mlb Game Recap
Recap - Texas Defeats Oakland 4-0
Oakland couldn't get its offense rolling against Nathan Eovaldi in a 4-0 loss to Texas in baseball action on Thursday.
Texas was favored by -270 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 8.5.
Nathan Eovaldi earned the victory for the Rangers, throwing 8.2 innings of work, striking out 12, walking 1, and allowing 3 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Sam Huff in the win.
Oakland's starting pitcher Austin Pruitt worked 1 innings, giving up 1 hits and 0 earned runs while striking out 2 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Esteury Ruiz in a losing cause.
Texas enjoyed an edge at the plate with a 7-3 advantage in hits.
The game was closed out by Will Smith who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.