Nathan Eovali allowed 10 hits and six runs with one walk and five strikeouts over five innings in a loss to the Astros on Friday.
Eovaldi got shelled here, no two ways about it. The Astros rallied for three runs in the second inning on four hits and four-hard hit balls. He allowed 12 hard-hit balls in total and most weren’t cheapies either with seven of them being hit at least 104 mph. Eovaldi didn’t have the best feel for his splitter and without it, was playing catch-up most of the night. Also, he let two of those splitters sit in the heart of the plate in his fifth and final inning for Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker to launch back to back homers. Eovaldi now has an ugly 4.31 ERA across 127 1/3 innings this season and is scheduled to face the Giants at home next time out.
