Nathan Eovaldi has been a thorn in the Yankees' side for years, and Wednesday night was more of the same. The veteran right-hander silenced the Bronx Bombers for the second time in just over a week, continuing a stretch of dominance that now spans 16 consecutive scoreless innings against New York. The last time a Yankee managed to score off Eovaldi was nearly a year ago, on May 22, 2025, when Jorbit Vivas connected for a solo home run—the only run Eovaldi allowed that night. Since then, he's been untouchable.
On the other side, Yankees starter Will Warren entered the game with plenty of reasons for optimism. The young righty has been outstanding early this season, boasting a 5.3% walk rate (91st percentile in baseball) and keeping the ball in the yard. The Yankee offense, meanwhile, had been humming, posting crooked numbers on the regular. But baseball has a way of humbling even the best-laid plans.
The trouble started in the first inning. After getting two quick outs, Warren fell behind 3-0 to a struggling Corey Seager. Rather than walk Seager and face the red-hot Josh Jung, Warren challenged him with a 96-mph fastball up and in. To Seager's credit, he turned on it, kept it fair, and deposited it into the short porch for a three-run homer. Just like that, the Yankees were in a hole.
Cody Bellinger came into the night riding a seven-game hitting streak, hitting .444 with 12 RBI in that span. He extended it to eight games with a single off Eovaldi in the bottom of the first, but that would prove to be the offensive highlight of the night against the Texas righty.
The Rangers struck again in the third. Brandon Nimmo drew a leadoff walk—a cardinal sin that came back to haunt Warren. As the baseball truism goes, leadoff walks come around to score, and Ezequiel Duran made sure of it with a double. But Warren couldn't stop the bleeding there. He left a sweeper over the plate to Evan Carter, and Carter didn't miss, launching a two-run homer to extend the lead to 4-0. After allowing just four home runs in his first 37.2 innings, Warren had given up two in fewer than four frames.
For Yankees fans, the story is all too familiar. Eovaldi has turned into a nemesis, and the Bombers are running out of answers. As the season rolls on, they'll need to find a way to solve him—or avoid him altogether.