After Nathan Eovaldi tossed 5 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless, the veteran was removed after his uncharacteristic third walk of the evening. That tasked the ‘pen with holding onto a 2-0 lead for a big chunk of this game and, especially with most of the high leverage pitchers dealing with something, that proved to be far too big of an ask.

The second game in a four-game weekend series takes place on Friday, May 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas where the Texas Rangers are hosting the Houston Astros.