{"id":81786,"date":"2025-08-22T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:33:46","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-nathan-eovaldis-fiery-mission-to-crush-guardians-and-snap-rangers-losing-streak-%e2%9a%be%f0%9f%92%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26881443.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26881443.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | Nathan Eovaldi looks to halt Rangers' slump in opener vs. Guardians\" \/>Aug 17, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (17) walks towards the dugout against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Imageses<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">Time is ticking to make a move into the wild-card race, so this weekend&#8217;s series in Arlington, Texas, between the Cleveland Guardians and Texas Rangers will be crucial for both teams.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">The Guardians will send Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.50 ERA) to the mound on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. He will oppose fellow right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (11-3, 1.76), the Rangers&#8217; Cy Young Award candidate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">Texas has lost 11 of its past 14 outings and heads home after a scuffling road trip in which it went 2-5 in Toronto and Kansas City. The most recent of those setbacks was Thursday afternoon, when the Rangers fell 6-4 to the Royals to finish a fourth straight series loss. The Rangers are 63-66, in third place in the American League West, 7 1\/2 games behind first-place Houston.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">Texas is 5 1\/2 games out of the AL&#8217;s third and final wild-card spot, and Cleveland is three games out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">But the Guardians are struggling, having dropped five of their past six games, including 3-2 in 10 innings in Arizona on Wednesday. After winning nine of its 12 games immediately following last month&#8217;s trade deadline, Cleveland has fallen into third place in the AL Central, 10 1\/2 games off the pace set by Detroit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t look at the scoreboard for anybody else. I just know that we need to keep winning games. We need to get back on track,&#8221; Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said after the loss in Phoenix. &#8220;We control our own destiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Eovaldi has had a historic season for the Rangers, winning seven of his past eight starts. In his most recent outing, he bounced back from his only no-decision since late June by allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings in a 10-4 win over Toronto. Both runs he allowed were on solo homers. He struck out six and did not allow a walk.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">&#8220;He just got better,&#8221; Texas manager Bruce Bochy said about Eovaldi. &#8220;He was hitting his spots, wasn&#8217;t trying to power his way through them. He just did a great job of pitching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Eovaldi&#8217;s ERA over his first 21 starts is the lowest of any pitcher who&#8217;s logged 120 or more innings this year, with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Paul Skenes (154 innings) a distant second at a 2.16.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">Eovaldi is 4-2 with a 3.91 ERA over 48 1\/3 innings in 10 career appearances (seven starts) against Cleveland.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">Texas second baseman Marcus Semien was forced from Thursday&#8217;s game with what the Rangers announced was a left foot contusion. His status for Friday&#8217;s contest is to be determined.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">Cecconi has struggled of late, losing his past two outings to extend his winless stretch to five outings. His most recent appearance was Saturday at home against Atlanta. Cecconi allowed a season-high eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits and two walks over 4 2\/3 innings in a game Cleveland lost 10-1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-13\">Cecconi has a 3.18 ERA without a decision in two career relief appearances covering 5 2\/3 innings against the Rangers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-14\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadspin | Nathan Eovaldi looks to halt Rangers&#8217; slump in opener vs. Guardians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deadspin | Nathan Eovaldi looks to halt Rangers&#039; slump in opener vs. Guardians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\",\"name\":\"XuanTan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"XuanTan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA","og_description":"Deadspin | Nathan Eovaldi looks to halt Rangers' slump in opener vs. Guardians","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"XuanTan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"XuanTan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786","name":"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp","datePublished":"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-22T15:33:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01jwpyp70mp57gk9051p.webp","width":1200,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81786#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udd25 Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s fiery mission to crush Guardians and snap Rangers\u2019 losing streak! \u26be\ud83d\udcaa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06","name":"XuanTan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"XuanTan"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81791,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81786\/revisions\/81791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}