Philadelphia 2, Texas 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 21, 2011
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Reynolds, 1B -
Mike DiMuro, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
45604
By SportsDirect Inc.
Cliff Lee handcuffed his former team by tossing eight strong innings and Ryan Howard belted a solo home run in the second as the Philadelphia Phillies recorded a 2-0 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday.
Lee (3-4), signed to a five-year deal worth $120 million in the offseason, posted his first victory in seven outings by allowing five hits and striking out 10. It was only a few months ago when the 33-year-old Arkansas native guided the Rangers to the World Series.
Howard, who entered the game mired in an 0-for-23 slump, deposited an offering from Colby Lewis (4-5) into the right-field seats for his team-leading 10th homer of the campaign.
Howard, Placido Polanco and Jimmy Rollins had a pair of hits, and John Mayberry Jr. added an RBI single in the sixth for Philadelphia, which has won two in a row after dropping five of its previous six.
After Lee departed, Ryan Madson worked around a leadoff single to record the final three outs for his ninth save in as many opportunities this season.
Despite pitching well, Lewis was saddled with the loss. The 31-year-old righthander permitted two runs and seven hits while striking out six in 6 2/3 innings. Lewis has allowed only eight runs in his last five starts.
Michael Young had three hits for Texas, which has dropped three in a row and four of its last five.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Colby Lewis
|
Player |
Cliff Lee
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
6.2 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
7 |
Hits |
5 |
|
2.70 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.194 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Philadelphia
|
8 |
1 |
11 |
.286 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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