Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds will take the mound against Nathan Eovaldi and the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
The Cincinnati Reds will head on the road to open up a three-game series against the Texas Rangers with game one on Friday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. This will be the first meeting this season between these two teams. The Reds enter this series with a 14-11 record overall this year. They have steadily been right behind the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs in the National League Central holding down the No. 3 spot, 2.5 games back. They split a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies two games each earlier this week with a total run differential of 15-17. The Rangers are an even 13-13 this season entering this weekend. They are the No. 2 team in the American League West just a half-game back from the divisional-leading Seattle Mariners. They lost two of three games against the Mariners in their last series with the win coming 5-1 bookended by losses.
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Graham Ashcraft will open up the game on the mound for the visiting Cincinnati. He is 3-1 this season with a 5.24 ERA. The right-hander has given up 23 hits with 23 strikeouts over 22.1 total innings. He pitched 5.0 innings in a no-decision in his last start allowing five earned runs with just four strikeouts against the Los Angeles Angels.
Texas will start the series with ace, Nathan Eovaldi, on the mound. He is 1-2 this year with a 3.30 ERA and 24 hits giving up over 30.0 innings with 28 strikeouts. The right-hander went 5.1 innings in his last start against the Atlanta Braves on the road giving up three earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts.
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