MLB Recap · April 29, 2026

New York Yankees at Texas Rangers: Final Score & Recap

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The Story

The Texas Rangers shut out the New York Yankees 3-0 on April 29, 2026, at Globe Life Field, overcoming a pre-game DiamondIQ model estimate that placed the home team's win probability at just 38%. The Rangers broke a scoreless deadlock in the bottom of the fifth inning, which proved to be the decisive frame of the night. Josh Jung's single off Elmer Rodríguez added 11.8 percentage points to Texas's win probability, the single biggest swing of the game, and an Ezequiel Duran walk off the same pitcher added another 5.9 points as the Rangers pushed across two runs. New York had opportunities to interrupt the momentum but squandered them, with Trent Grisham grounding into a double play in the top of the fifth and Cody Bellinger hitting into another twin killing in the sixth, costing the Yankees 6.7 and 7.0 percentage points of win probability respectively. Texas added an insurance run in the seventh, finishing with seven hits to New York's five.

Nathan Eovaldi was the dominant force of the evening, accumulating a staggering plus-42.0 WPA as he repeatedly suppressed a Yankees lineup that finished the night hitless in its most consequential at-bats. Among the Texas offense, Ezequiel Duran led position players with a plus-10.8 WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.3, while Josh Jung contributed a plus-7.1 WPA. Ben Rice added a plus-5.3 WPA on the New York side in a losing effort. Texas relievers Brent Headrick and Jacob Latz closed out the game cleanly, adding 9.5 and 6.9 percentage points of win probability respectively, as the DiamondIQ model's estimate climbed from that modest 38% opening figure all the way to 100% by the final out.

Analysis generated by DiamondIQ's model.

Win Probability

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DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 37.7% → final 100%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Josh Jung Single
Bot 5th · off Elmer Rodríguez
+11.8%
Cody Bellinger Double Play
Top 6th · off Nathan Eovaldi
-7.0%
Trent Grisham Grounded Into DP
Top 5th · off Nathan Eovaldi
-6.7%
Ryan McMahon Flyout
Top 2nd · off Nathan Eovaldi
-6.0%
Bot 5th · off Elmer Rodríguez
+5.9%

Top Batters by WPA

Ezequiel Duran+10.8%+1.3 RE24
Josh Jung+7.1%-0.2 RE24
Ben Rice+5.3%+0.7 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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