Jordan Montgomery and Eovaldi likely will start Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS, while Max Scherzer and Jon Gray are trending toward returning.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Sometime after the seventh inning, right around when took his curtain call, Chris Young’s wife, Liz, turned to him and said, “I guess Christmas Eve was worthwhile.” Liz remembered. Her husband, the general manager, should have been enjoying the holiday with his family. Instead, he was negotiating a two-year, $34 million free-agent contract for Eovaldi with the pitcher’s agent, Seth Levinson.
In going 5-0 against the Orioles and , the AL’s two best teams during the regular season, the Rangers allowed only 12 runs. And eight of those came in one game. Eovaldi pitched seven innings in the clincher Tuesday night, allowing one run on five hits, striking out seven, walking none. An early six-run lead liberated him to attack the strike zone even more than he planned. The curtain call was the first he has received from a home crowd.
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