Nathan Eovaldi delivered a dominant performance, striking out 10 batters and limiting the Chicago White Sox to just one hit and two walks over seven innings, leading the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 victory on Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. This win allowed the Rangers to complete a three-game sweep of the White Sox.

With this sweep, Texas concluded a perfect season series against Chicago, winning all seven games they played against them.

The Rangers had previously swept the White Sox in a four-game series on July 25, and Thursday’s win marked their first three-game winning streak since then.

Corey Seager provided the Rangers with an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the fourth inning. Texas extended their lead in the seventh with an RBI groundout from Wyatt Langford. In the ninth inning, Andrew Benintendi’s home run off Rangers closer Kirby Yates brought Chicago closer at 2-1. Despite the home run, Yates secured his 25th save of the season.

Corey Seager hit his 200th career home run, and Nathan Eovaldi delivered a stellar performance with seven shutout innings to outpitch Nick Nastrini, leading the Texas Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday and completing a three-game sweep.

Eovaldi, along with relievers David Robertson and Kirby Yates, combined to limit the White Sox to just three hits. Yates earned his 25th save despite allowing a solo home run to Andrew Benintendi in the ninth inning.

 

The struggling White Sox experienced their 21st sweep of the season, extending their losing streak to seven games and suffering their 11th defeat in the last 12 games.

Their 104 losses this season are now just two short of the franchise record for losses in a single season, set in 1970. To avoid matching the major league record for most losses in a season—120, set by the 1962 New York Mets—Chicago must win 12 of their remaining 27 games.

Nastrini, a rookie right-hander, pitched six innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits, one walk, and three strikeouts. Returning to the majors for the first time since June 8, Nastrini showed improvement, moving past the control issues that plagued his initial appearances.

Despite an ERA of 8.39 coming into the game, he retired the first 10 Rangers batters before Seager’s 406-foot home run to right field in the fourth inning broke the shutout. Texas extended their lead to 2-0 in the seventh on a Wyatt Langford RBI groundout.