Bad Baseball: Rangers 7, Phillies 0

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesThe Phillies opened up a small two-game interleague series with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday and it did not go as planned. It was a revenge game for Kyle Gibson who was facing his former team for the first time since being acquired by the Phillies last season.

Starting for the Rangers was one of the surprise pitchers of the season, Martin Perez. The lefty dominated the Phillies through six innings of work that included striking out six and allowing six hits. He lowered his season ERA to a stunning 1.96.

This was a pitcher duel through the first four innings until the Rangers hit back-to-back homers off of Gibson in the fifth inning. Then tacked on another run…