Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. ARLINGTON, Texas The last thing a scuffling team needs to see is Nathan Eovaldi standing on the mound. But that was the case for the Yankees Tuesday night and it went about as expected. Eovaldi dominated the Yankees, allowing just one base runner acro s eight shutout innings on a night when they mustered just two hits total in at Globe Life Field. He uses all his pitches, works all parts of the zone, does a good job throwing strikes with all pitches, said Aaron Judge, who went 0-for-3 with two Jose Cuas Jersey strikeouts in his return from the injured list. So you really got to be disciplined when youre facing a guy like that. He made some tough pitches that kept us off the bases for quite a bit. Just couldnt get anything going against him. Anthony Volpe was responsible for the only hit off Eovaldi, recording a hustle double with two outs in the third inning. Explore More Nathan Eovaldi walks off the field after retiring Cody Bellinger (left) for the final out in in the seventh inning of the Yankees 2-0 lo s to the Rangers on Aug. 5, 2025. Getty Images Ryan McMahon led off the ninth with a single against Phil Maton, but was quickly erased before Trent Grisham struck out to end it. Eovaldi, who struck out six, was coming off a July in which he gave up two earned runs in 30 / innings. He became the third opposing starter in the past four games to shut down the Yankees the other two being Marlins Eury Prez and Edward Cabrera, who combined for 12 innings of one-run, four-hit ball over the weekend. Weve faced [Eovaldi] a lot over the years, manager Aaron Boone said. Weve had some succe s, but hes had a lot of nights where hes really pitched well against us. This was right up there. We were getting it in play some, but really not a lot of hard contact at all. Nathan Eovaldi held the Yankees to one hit over eight innings in the Rangers 2-0 win. Getty Images The only solace for the Yankees was that Judge reported feeling great physically in his first game since July 25, the day before he was diagnosed with a right elbow flexor strain. Results werent there, but I got to step it up and well get those right, said Judge, who will be limited to DH duties until he gets through a throwing program that he is set to start on Wednesday. The quiet offensive performance by the Yankees helped further loosen their grip on a playoff spot. They lead the race for the final AL wild-card by a half-game. We got some work to do, Judge said. A lot of things to clean up. But the boys in here are fired up to change all that and get things right. We got a great ballclub in here. Its a lot of mistakes all around, some mental mistakes and physical mistakes, but we got to fix them and we got to fix them now. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! We got to look ourselves in the mirror. It starts with each individual on their own, to say, Hey, I got to step up, I got to be better. Enoughs enough. Johnny Callison Jersey