Rangers vs Blue Jays Preview: Eovaldi Faces Blue Jays in Week 66

The Texas Rangers are hurting right now. They just dropped their last two games and sit at 38-42 on the season. But here's what matters: they pounded the Blue Jays yesterday 6-0 through three innings! Jace Pederson, Langford, and Burger all went deep, lighting up Toronto's pitchers early. Now the Rangers send Nathan Eovaldi to the mound tonight. He's a veteran pitcher who has thrown for five different MLB teams. Eovaldi needs to stay sharp. Toronto answered back late yesterday with a ninth-inning homer from Okamoto, but it wasn't enough. Can the Rangers keep rolling?

The Blue Jays fell behind big yesterday but didn't quit. The Rangers grabbed a 6-0 lead fast, but Toronto clawed back in the fifth inning. A sacrifice fly from Schneider scored Okamoto. Straw doubled, and suddenly it's 6-3. Then boom—Okamoto crushes a 420-foot homer in the ninth to make it 6-5. That's the Blue Jays baseball you need to see. They keep fighting. Toronto sits at 39-41 and plays much better at home. Rogers Centre is their fortress. Patrick Corbin takes the mound tonight for the home team.

Both teams are struggling right now. Texas is 38-42 overall. Toronto is 39-41. These squads just split a close battle yesterday. Neither team wants to lose ground in June. Nathan Eovaldi brings serious experience—he's pitched for the Dodgers, Marlins, Yankees, Rays, and Red Sox. But Eovaldi's numbers this season show he's battling it out with a 6.03 ERA. He needs to pitch clean tonight against a Blue Jays lineup that scored three runs in one inning yesterday. This is a must-win game for both rosters chasing playoff hopes.