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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Hitting
Texas   Philadelphia
Michael Young Player Jimmy Rollins
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.750 Avg .667
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