García snaps slump and Eovaldi strikes out 10 as Rangers win 4th in a row, 10-2 over White Sox

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García snapped out of a long slump with three hits while accounting for the tying and go-ahead runs, Nathan Eovaldi struck out 10 without any walks in seven innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 10-2 on Wednesday night for their fourth win in a row.

Corey Seager had a solo homer among his four hits for the reigning World Series champion Rangers (50-52), who have won 11 of 15 to move within three games of AL West-leading Houston. Robbie Grossman and Nathaniel Lowe also went deep, while Josh Smith added an RBI single and sacrifice fly.

The White Sox (27-77) lost their 10th game in a row to fall 50 games under .500 for the first time since finishing 56-106 in 1970. They are the first team since the expansion Mets in 1962 to lose 77 of their first 104 games — and New York that year went on to lose 120 games, the most in the modern era.


Texas Rangers' Adolis García (53) safely steals second base against Chicago White Sox shortstop Brooks Baldwin during the third inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Texas Rangers’ Adolis García (53) safely steals second base against Chicago White Sox shortstop Brooks Baldwin during the third inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Seager led off the fifth with a double, and scored to tie the game at 2-2 when García had a hustling two-out double to chase White Sox starter Chris Flexen (2-10). Lowe followed with an RBI single.

García was 2 for 26 in his previous seven games, and hitting .133 (8 for 60) in July. He added a second RBI when he beat out a fielder’s choice grounder in a six-run eighth inning that Lowe capped with a three-run homer.

Luis Robert Jr. put Chicago up 2-1 with his 12th homer, a liner with a 113-mph exit velocity that just cleared the wall down the left-field line with one out in the third.

Eovaldi (7-5) retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced after that in his first 10-strikeout game this season. It was his fifth consecutive start without a walk — now 141 consecutive batters faced since June 26 without giving up a free pass.

Seager’s 19th homer put Texas up 1-0 in the first. It was his first at-bat since the end of his 22-game on-base streak after striking out as a pinch-hitter Tuesday night.

Flexen is 0-7 over his last 14 starts, all White Sox losses. The right-hander struck out three, walked two and allowed seven hits over 4 2/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: Manager Pedro Grifol said 3B Yoán Moncada (thigh), who is at the team’s complex in Arizona after being recalled from his rehab assignment, feels better than he did a couple of days ago when he didn’t feel right running hard. Moncada played only 11 games before getting hurt April 9.

Rangers: 3B Josh Jung (right wrist fracture) took live BP, ran bases and is set to start another rehab assignment Friday with Double-A Frisco. He broke his wrist when hit by a pitch April 1 in the fourth game of the season. He experienced inflammation in his wrist after four rehab games in June.

UP NEXT

The four-game series finale is Thursday when three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (1-3, 3.99 ERA) has a chance to move into MLB’s top 10 for career strikeouts. The right-hander’s 3,391 have him two shy of matching Justin Verlander for 10th. RHP Jonathan Cannon (1-4, 4.58) starts for the White Sox.

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