ARLINGTON, Texas (`) — Nathan Eovaldi threw a three-hitter for his first nine-inning shutout in the big league, Ezequiel Duran hit a two-run homer in the fifth and the Texas Rangers defeated the listless Yankees 2-0 Saturday night for New York’s fifth loss in seven games.
Yankees captain Aaron Judge missed his second straight game with a minor hip strain, joining Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Harrison Bader on the touchline. Shut out for the first time this season, New York has hit two runs or fewer in five of their last seven games.
Jake Bauers didn’t make it past the first inning of his Yankees debut, crashing headfirst into the left field wall in a full sprint while catching Adolis García’s drive and walking away with an injured right knee.
The 27-year-old fell to the ground and held the ball for the final from the inning, stranding Travis Jankowski at second base. New York said the X-rays were negative.
In front of a record-breaking crowd of 40,027 at Globe Life Field, Eovaldi (3-2) hit a season-best eight and went none against one of his former teams.
His only previous shutout was a five-inning, rain-shortened game for Boston versus Tampa Bay last October 4th. It was the third full game of his career for Eovaldi and the first shutout by a Texas pitcher at Globe Life Field, which opened in 2020.
Jhony Brito (2-3) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.
TRAINING ROOM
Yankees: Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team will evaluate Judge throughout the weekend before deciding whether to put the reigning AL MVP on the injured list.
Rangers: RHP Jacob deGrom has been placed on the 15-day IL with a right elbow infection after early retirements in two of his last three starts. … SS Corey Seager (left hamstring) took some grounders on Saturday. He’s been on the IL since he injured himself running bases on April 11th.
NEXT
Martín Pérez starts for the Rangers and Nestor Cortes for the Yankees in an All-Star left-hander match with 3-1 records on Sunday.
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