The game turned twice in the middle innings, and the Rangers held the final turn. Texas defeated San Diego 4-3 on Sunday at Globe Life Field, with all seven runs scored across the third and fourth innings in a game that was effectively settled before the fifth.
Wyatt Langford supplied the early blow. His three-run homer to left — 403 feet — cleared the bases in the third, putting Texas ahead 3-0 and sending Kyle Higashioka and Nicky Lopez across the plate. Langford finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBI, his sixth home run of the season against a .271 average. Josh Jung added a quieter but equally important contribution: 2-for-3 with a walk and the run that ultimately separated the teams.
San Diego answered in the fourth, pulling even on three consecutive singles and a double. Gavin Sheets singled to right to score Jackson Merrill, then Xander Bogaerts singled to center to score Manny Machado, and Sung-Mun Song doubled to right to score Bogaerts, tying the game at 3-3. Texas responded immediately. Jung singled to left in the bottom half, scoring Lopez and restoring the Rangers' lead at 4-3 — a margin they would not surrender.
Nathan Eovaldi absorbed the Padres' rally and kept Texas in front. He worked 6.0 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 9 strikeouts and 1 walk on 94 pitches, earning his seventh win against seven losses, with a 4.24 ERA. Lucas Giolito could not survive the fourth for San Diego, departing after 4.0 innings having allowed 4 runs on 7 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks on 66 pitches, falling to 2-3 with a 5.16 ERA. Jake Junis closed it out with a clean ninth inning, recording his fifth save of the season.
Texas moved to 36-40, third in the division. San Diego, which had won its previous game, fell to 39-36, second in the division.