Rangers Blank Yankees to Take Series

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August 5, 2025

Rangers 2, Yankees 0

ARLINGTON, Texas (Aug 5) — The Texas Rangers claimed their latest series as they beat the New York Yankees, 2–0, Tuesday evening. This brings their home winning streak to eight games. A two-run single by Rowdy Tellez in the ninth was the game-changer on Tuesday. With a quick turnaround, the Rangers will go for the three-game sweep with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 pm Central at Globe Life Field. Lefty Carlos Rodon (11–7, 3.34 ERA) will take the hill for the Yankees, while righty Jack Leiter (7–6, 4.10 ERA) will get the ball for the Rangers.

Locked at Zero

This game remained in a scoreless tie for the first seven and a half innings.

The Rangers finally broke through in the bottom of the ninth against reliever Devin Williams. Adolis Garcia reached on a one-out double to left, his 22nd of the year.

Back-to-back walks to Joc Pederson and Wyatt Langford nudged Garcia to third.

That brought up Tellez. After fouling off several pitches, the Rangers’ training staff came out to check on Tellez. He was dealing with some soreness in one of his pinky fingers, according to Rangers manager Bruce Bochy. Tellez quickly convinced the staff that he was able to continue.

After fouling off several more offerings from Williams, Tellez singled a 3–2 pitch up the middle to score both Garcia and Pederson. This sent the crowd of 35,399 into absolute hysterics.

What Went Right for the Rangers

For the second consecutive game, the Rangers got the big hit when they needed it. Monday night it was the walk-off homer by Josh Jung in the 10th, and Tuesday, it was Tellez in the ninth. Those moments win ballgames when it is nearly impossible to score runs on any given night.

What Went Wrong for the Rangers

The only thing that went wrong for the Rangers was the two hits they give up. Starter Nathan Eovaldi gave up a double to Anthony Volpe in the third, and reliever Phil Maton surrendered a leadoff single to Ryan McMahon in the ninth.

One-Hit Wonder

As previously mentioned, Eovaldi allowed only one knock in his eight innings, earning his 10th win. That brings his record to 10–3. He lowered his season ERA to 1.38 – the lowest ERA through a pitcher’s first 19 starts in franchise history. That mark puts him ahead of Rick Honeycutt, who had a 2.20 ERA in 1983. It’s the lowest for any AL pitcher in such a span since Vida Blue of the then-Oakland Athletics in 1971 (1.37).

Eovaldi is the fourth pitcher in franchise history to pitch eight or more scoreless frames and allow either one or zero baserunners. The others are Yu Darvish on April 2, 2013, Ken Hill on May 3, 1996, and Kenny Rogers on July 28, 1994, which was a perfect game.

After giving up the single to McMahon in the ninth, Maton settled down and notched his third save of the season. He also struck out Trent Grisham on a foul tip to end the game.

Warren’s Evening

Yankees starter Will Warren pitched five scoreless innings and did not factor into the decision. His line was 3 H, 3 BB, 5 K, 98 pitches/52 strikes. Warren dealt with traffic on the base paths in every inning but held the Rangers hitless in 12 at-bats with runners on base, including an 0-for-10 clip with runners in scoring position…

He became the first Yankees pitcher to allow no hits with runners in scoring position during an outing with ten or more such at-bats. The last to do that was Phil Hughes on August 1, 2012 against the Baltimore Orioles (0-for-11 w/RISP). Warren has allowed two or fewer earned runs in five of his last six starts, posting a 2.87 ERA in that span to lower his season mark from 5.02 to 4.44.

After giving up the RBI single to Tellez in the ninth, Williams took the loss. His record now sits at 3–4 with an ERA of 5.44.

Bochy’s Postgame Comments

After the game, Bochy was out of superlatives when it came to Eovaldi. “I don’t know what else to say about him,” he said. “I mean, what a job. Tremendous effort with his stuff and focus. Eight innings. We needed it. We couldn’t score a run, and for him to do what he did today, just says so much about him. He’s fun to watch. You’re seeing pitching at its finest when he’s out there. We needed it. We had our guy out there. What a job he did.”

“He’s just an artist out there,” Bochy continued. “His pitchability, his command, his focus, the way he reads swings, he can adjust on the fly, all those things. You’ve got four pitches with command of all of them that he can throw anytime. That’s why he’s having so much success.”