ARLINGTON, Texas — A clean sweep at home for the Texas Rangers, who are suddenly scoring plenty of runs for all of their pitchers and now have the longest winning streak in the majors this season.
Ryan Rua hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth, Martin Perez finally got some run support and the Rangers stretched their winning streak to nine games with an 8-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
"We don't change. We stay aggressive, on the mound, at the plate, on the basepaths, defensively," Rua said. "We're playing pretty good right now.