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  Sunday, Mar. 26 1:05pm ET
Texas 7, Philadelphia 6
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) _ Ruben Mateo and Gabe Kapler homered as the Texas Rangers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Sunday.

Mateo hit his fifth homer of the spring, a two-run shot in the second, and Kapler hit a solo homer, his second, later in the inning off Phillies starter Paul Byrd.

Rafael Palmeiro was 2-for-2 with a double and Ivan Rodriguez also a solo home run for the Rangers.

Philadelphia took advantage of two Ranger errors to score two unearned runs in the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3. Two more runs in the seventh gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead.

The Rangers rallied for two more runs in the bottom half of the frame and one in the eighth to get the win.

Darren Oliver pitched 5 1-3 innings following John Wetteland's one inning of work, his third of the spring for Texas. Jeff Zimmerman picked up the win throwing 1 2-3 innings and Ryan Glynn earned the save.

Dennis Reyes took the loss for the Phillies.

Mike Lieberthal went 2-for-4 with four RBIs to lead the Phillies.

 


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