3-2 gets it done

Three runs on four hits was just enough for the Phillies to top the Texas Rangers in the first game of (dreary) Interleague play. That and eight strong innings from Roy Halladay topped with a quick helping of Ryan Madson to finish it off. The Rangers scored first in the first, then added another in the eighth. The Phillies got their three on home runs, a two-run shot by the long-missing Ben Francisco, then a solo homer to deep center field by Raul Ibanez. The Rangers' C.J. Wilson was also outstanding but his mistakes, especially the rare homer to a lefty, were more costly.