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Nathan Eovaldi continued his mastery of the Cincinnati Reds, tossing his third career shutout, and Wyatt Langford provided the only run with a solo homer as the visiting Texas Rangers prevailed 1-0 T...
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After Nathan Eovaldi threw a complete-game, four-hit shutout Tuesday, the Reds managed just three hits in Wednesday's series finale, falling 1-0 to Texas for the second day in a row.
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Cincinnati has lost 1-0 in each of its last three games. According to Sportradar, no team had lost by that score three straight times since the Philadelphia Phillies did it in May 1960. It’s only occurred six times in MLB history, and four of those instances were over a century ago. Nobody has ever lost 1-0 in four straight games.
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The Cincinnati Reds carved out an undesirable place in Major League Baseball's record books on Thursday night, becoming the first team in 65 years to suffer three consecutive 1-0 losses by dropping the first of a four-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers ( box score ).
Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux watched from the visitors' dugout at Great American Ball Park as Nathan Eovaldi twirled a gem against the Reds. It was only right that a Maddux was in the house for the occasion.
Outscored 14-5 during the three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds, the Texas Rangers still earned the series win thanks to rare back-to-back 1-0 victories.
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was the first player in baseball to accomplish a feat that is getting rarer by the year.
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Its Tuesday, April 1 and the Rangers (3-2) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (2-2) in Game 2 of this three-game series. Nathan Eovaldi is slated to take the mound for Texas against Carson Spiers for Cincinnati.