Eovaldi (4-2) turned in a great performance in Wednesday's win against the Diamondbacks. He pitched six innings, allowing just one run, one hit and no walks while striking out five.
Eovaldi had his good stuff working as he was in command of the Arizona lineup. After giving up a freakishly-weird leadoff double, Eovaldi retired the next 18 straight before yielding to the bullpen in the seventh after throwing 85 pitches. It was a little strange that manager Joe Giradi didn't let the right-hander go back out there for the seventh, and Eovaldi admitted he was disappointed with that decision. Not to take anything away from the starter, but the Yankees have a deadly combination of relievers for the seventh, eighth and ninth, and the decision to remove Eovaldi was nothing personal.