Jacob deGrom tossed five shutout innings to earn his 100th career victory and the visiting Texas Rangers opened a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 2-1 win on Monday.
Ezequiel Duran doubled in a run among his three hits and Joc Pederson delivered an RBI single for Texas, which matched its season high with its fourth straight win. Nicky Lopez added two hits.
After coming up short in three previous outings, deGrom (4-4) notched his milestone victory by holding the Cardinals to four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.
The two-time Cy Young winner is the 16th active pitcher to reach 100 wins and the first since teammate Nathan Eovaldi achieved the feat on July 30, 2025.
Jacob Latz, one of four Texas relievers, retired St. Louis in order in the ninth for his eighth save.
Rangers’ hurlers fanned 14 Cardinal batters and Jordan Walker struck out in all four at-bats.
Masyn Winn’s sixth-inning homer was the lone hit over the final five frames for the Cardinals, who lost for the sixth time in their last eight games.
St. Louis threatened in the second inning with one out and two runners on before deGrom responded by striking out Walker and Bryan Torres.
The Rangers broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning against Michael McGreevy (3-5) when Brandon Nimmo scored from first on Duran’s two-out double into the left field corner.
Texas tacked on another run in the fifth. Danny Jansen drew a one-out walk, stole second base, moved to third on Lopez’s single and scored on Pederson’s single to center. With runners on the corners, McGreevy escaped further damage when Josh Jung grounded into a double play.
McGreevy yielded two runs on five hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Peyton Gray replaced deGrom to start the sixth inning and recorded two outs before Winn provided the Cardinals’ lone run with a solo homer to left field. The 384-foot shot was Winn’s second homer of the season.
