6-4 loss in 10 innings<\/a>. The series clincher was just the fourth victory for Texas in its past 20 meetings with San Diego.<\/p>\nNathan Eovaldi sparkled for five of his six innings after the Texas right-hander’s start was pushed back a day because of left knee soreness. <\/p>\n
The fourth inning was a different story. Eovaldi allowed six hits and three runs right after Langford’s three-run shot, which was the leadoff hitter’s sixth homer of the season.<\/p>\n
Eovaldi (7-7) struck out a season-high nine, eight of those coming while he allowed just one hit and a walk in his other five innings.<\/p>\n
Peyton Gray pitched a perfect seventh, and rookie Robby Ahlstrom walked Manny Machado before getting pinch-hitter Miguel Andujar to ground into an inning-ending double play in the eighth.<\/p>\n
Jakob Junis allowed singles to pinch-hitter Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts to start the ninth before finishing for his fifth save. Closer Jacob Latz had pitched in the first two games of the series.<\/p>\n
Gavin Sheets and Bogaerts had run-scoring singles to go with Sung-Mun Song’s RBI double to get the Padres even. Sheets was thrown out at home on Bogaerts’ hit, which scored Machado.<\/p>\n
Nicky Lopez, Langford and Jung had three consecutive singles to put Texas back in front in the bottom of the fourth against Lucas Giolito (2-3), who allowed all four Texas runs after entering in the second inning.<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Grant Holmes (4-3, 4.33 ERA) is set for the series opener at home against Atlanta on Monday. Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (2-6, 4.17) is scheduled to open the series at Miami on Monday.<\/p>\n
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