Rangers’ bats come alive with new coach Boone in dugout, beating the Red Sox 6-1

BOSTON AP Nathan Eovaldi struck out seven over six strong innings Texas had hits in their first meeting since adding Bret Boone as a hitting coach and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox - on Tuesday night Eovaldi allowed just one run on five hits in rainy conditions that pushed back the start The Rangers finished just two hits shy of their season high recorded one week before in a - rout of the Athletics Texas won its second straight the first consecutive victories since sweeping three games against the Angels from April - Josh Jung was the only batter in the lineup without a hit for Texas which was playing its first championship since firing offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker and adding Boone a former big league All-Star with one of baseball s deepest pedigrees to the coaching staff Something certainly sparked the Rangers who batted around during a five-run fourth inning and provided Eovaldi - with a surplus of offensive endorsement Boston didn t count until Kristian Campbell s sixth-inning single drove in Alex Bregman whose double to right was just their fourth hit Lucas Giolito - allowed hits and six runs over innings for Boston s fifth loss in six games Boston had a pair of hits in the fifth which ended when Josh Smith caught a line drive headed for right field but didn t know it Smith spun around a full degrees looking for the ball which was in his mitt Key moment Corey Seager and Joc Pederson opened the fourth with back-to-back ground-rule doubles sparking a five-run rally as the Rangers batted around with seven hits in the inning Key stat Texas seven hits in the fourth was one more than the Rangers had tallied in any inning this season Up next RHP Tyler Mahle - ERA faces Boston righty Tanner Houck - Wednesday night in the second of three games in the series