Eovaldi pitches 5 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Braves 8-3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched three-hit ball over five scoreless innings in his first start since the All-Star break and the Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Friday night.

Eovaldi (8-3) threw 53 of his 86 pitches for strikes as Texas won its fourth straight and handed Atlanta a third straight loss. He struck out seven but walked a season-high four.

It was also Eovaldi's first start since the Rangers paid him a $100,000 All-Star Game bonus even though the 35-year-old wasn’t selected despite a 7-3 record and a 1.58 ERA. He missed his first start after the break — a matchup with AL All-Star starter Tarik Skubal and the Tigers — with back tightness.

Sam Haggerty singled leading off the first against Joey Wentz (2-2) before stealing his 10th base and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien for a 1-0 lead.

Jonah Heim hit his ninth home run — a two-out shot in the second for a 2-0 lead. Wyatt Langford had a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Sam Haggerty doubled in a run in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. Three singles, two walks, a hit batter and a sac fly led to four runs in the eighth.

Michael Harris II hit his eighth home run — a leadoff shot off Jacob Latz in the seventh to cut it to 4-1.

Wentz allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Corey Seager went 0 for 3 but walked twice to extend his on-base streak to 25 games for the Rangers.

Austin Riley went 0 for 4 in his first game for Atlanta since suffering an abdominal strain on July 11.

Texas had allowed two runs or fewer in a club-record-tying seven straight games until Caleb Boushley surrendered two in the ninth to end the run.

Seager is the only player to have an on-base streak of 24-plus games in each of the last three seasons.

Braves RHP Grant Holmes (4-9, 3.81) starts against Rangers rookie RHP Kumar Rocker (4-4, 5.66) on Saturday.

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Atlanta Braves left fielder Jurickson Profar makes a leaping attempt to catch a run-scoring double by Texas Rangers' Sam Haggerty in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford connects for a run-scoring double in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia (53), Jonah Heim, center right, and Ezequiel Duran (20) celebrate Heim's solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Friday, July 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws to the Atlanta Braves in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, July 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene homered and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs as the Detroit Tigers beat Gerrit Cole for the first time in 10 years, winning 5-3 against the New York Yankees on Monday night.

Framber Valdez (4-5) outpitched Cole, giving up one run on four hits and two walks in six innings. The left-hander struck out eight as the Tigers won their fourth straight game.

Cole (2-2) entered 10-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 14 career starts against Detroit, with his only loss coming as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 14, 2016. But the 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner wasn't very sharp this time, allowing five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out five.

Minus injured slugger Aaron Judge, the Yankees have lost three in a row and four of five. They still have the best record in the American League at 46-31.

New York got a run in the second when José Caballero walked, stole second and scored on Ali Sánchez's double.

Detroit took the lead with three runs in the third.

Zack McKinstry led off with a triple and scored on McGonigle's groundout. Cole struck out Dillon Dingler for the second out, but the next four hitters reached base, including RBI singles by Spencer Torkelson and Colt Keith.

McGonigle's RBI double gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead in the fourth, and Greene's 422-foot homer made it 5-1 in the fifth.

Sánchez exited in the seventh after being hit on the left wrist by a pitch. Amed Rosario homered two pitches later to make it 5-3.

A pair of infield singles brought Jasson Domínguez to the plate with two on and two outs in the eighth, but Will Vest came out of the bullpen to strike him out. Vest also pitched the ninth for his second save.

The game was delayed for seven minutes in the fourth when a camera installed in front of second base popped up through the grass. Despite the best efforts of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. to rebury the camera, the grounds crew had to come out to fix the field.

The teams continue their three-game series Tuesday night, with Detroit RHP Casey Mize (2-4, 2.58 ERA) scheduled to face LHP Carlos Rodón (3-2, 3.50).

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New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole walks in the dugout against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole walks to the dugout against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers' Hao-Yu Lee slides safely into home plate against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez throws against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene reacts to his home run agains the New York Yankees during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)