ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Marcus Semien and Corey Seager homered, Nathan Eovaldi pitched five strong innings in his second start since missing a month with an elbow issue and the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Ezequiel Duran had a two-run single in the fourth, Josh Smith had three singles and Alejandro Osuna singled twice and walked a night after the rookie hit his first big league home run.<\/p>\n
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The Rangers planned to limit Eovaldi (5-3) to five innings after his bout with elbow inflammation. The right-hander allowed two hits and struck out five while throwing 72 pitches.<\/p>\n
Dane Dunning pitched three innings for his second career save, both this season.<\/p>\n
Baltimore first baseman Ryan O’Hearn went 1 for 4 with a double not long after being named an All-Star for the first time. The 31-year-old is set to start at DH for the American League on July 15 in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
Semien opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the third, and Seager connected on a solo shot leading off the fifth against Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano (6-5). Seager’s fourth homer in six games gave him 11 for the season.<\/p>\n
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Key moment<\/p>\n
Duran, who started at third the same day struggling 2023 All-Star third baseman Josh Jung was sent to Triple-A Round Rock, singled on an 0-1 pitch after Jake Burger and Billy McKinney struck out on three pitches with runners at second and third.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Gunnar Henderson, last year’s AL All-Star starter at shortstop, struck out three times. Eovaldi had the first two after Henderson entered the game 5 for 5 in his career against the two-time All-Star.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Both teams are off Thursday before opening road series Friday. Orioles RHP Charlie Morton (4-7, 5.63 ERA) is scheduled to start in Atlanta. Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (3-4, 6.13) is set to face San Diego.<\/p>\n
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