Phillies and Rangers square off in series rubber match

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Texas Rangers (1-1) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (1-1)

Philadelphia; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: MacKenzie Gore (0-0); Phillies: Jesus Luzardo (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -152, Rangers +128; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Philadelphia went 96-66 overall and 55-26 in home games a season ago. The Phillies slugged .431 as a team in the 2025 season while hitting 1.3 home runs per game.

Texas had an 81-81 record overall and a 33-48 record in road games last season. The Rangers pitching staff had a 3.48 ERA collectively last season while averaging 8.4 strikeouts and 2.9 walks per nine innings.

INJURIES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Lazar: 15-Day IL (oblique), Orion Kerkering: 15-Day IL (hamstring)

Rangers: Jacob deGrom: day-to-day (neck), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (back ), Cody Bradford: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.