ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥� Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi threw a bullpen session Wednesday and said he felt good two days after being scratched from his scheduled start because of left side tightness.
Eovaldi first felt what he described as minor tightness while playing catch Sunday. He still felt it when he woke up the next day, and met with team trainers before of a series against Arizona.
鈥淲e just did some of the testing that they have for it. I felt it on a few things and we just didn鈥檛 feel the need to push it,鈥� Eovaldi said Wednesday. “I鈥檝e experienced something like that before, and just try to play it smart.”
The Rangers did have right fielder in the lineup for the series finale against the Diamondbacks, a night after because of a sprained his left ankle.
鈥淗opefully, another bullet dodged with two big-time players for us,鈥� manager Skip Schumaker said.
When will Eovaldi make his next start?
Eovaldi (4-4, 4.15 ERA) said he was assuming that he would take his next normal turn in the rotation Sunday. He said he needed only a couple of days when experiencing similar stiffness in the past during spring training.
Schumaker said that was good to hear, but planned to have conversations with the two-time All-Star and the medical staff before determining when he would make his next start. The Rangers have a day of Thursday before opening a three-series in Houston.
Eovaldi threw about 25 pitches in his bullpen session, and Schumaker they were at a high intensity and 鈥渃ame out good. … Let鈥檚 see how he recovers.鈥�
Back-to-back gems against Yankees
The 36-year-old pitcher is coming off consecutive wins against New York in his last two starts, limiting the Yankees to one run and striking out 15 over 15 innings in those games. He at Yankee Stadium last Wednesday and against them in his last home start on April 29.
Eovaldi was 11-3 with a last season when limited to 22 starts because of elbow inflammation and a rotator cuff strain. He didn’t pitch .
Quick recovery for Nimmo
Nimmo came up hobbling in the sixth inning Tuesday and exited the game a few pitches after hitting the edge of first baseman Ildemaro Vargas鈥� foot as he reached on an infield single. X-rays during the game were negative, and he went through drills Wednesday before Schumaker posted the lineup.
“After the game, coming off the field, I didn鈥檛 think there was any way he was going to play today,” Schumaker said. 鈥淗e ran through outfield drills, base running drills and told me that he was gonna play. I didn鈥檛 tell him he was gonna play.鈥�
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