Before leaving for this week’s road trip, Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said the plan was for Jack Leiter to join the team on the west coast and start. That remains the plan. During a meeting with the media on Friday,

Leiter hasn’t pitched for Texas since he was placed on the injured list April 4 with a blister on his right middle finger.

Eovaldi said he was “erratic” on a night where he threw six scoreless innings, struck out seven and walked just one batter.

Nathan Eovaldi prevailed in a pitchers' duel with Justin Verlander, Wyatt Langford had an RBI double among three hits, and the Texas Rangers opened a three-game road series with a 2-0 victory over the