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  Friday, Mar. 17 1:05pm ET
Texas 13, Baltimore 8
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Kelly Dransfeldt hit a grand slam and the Texas Rangers overcame two homers by Delino DeShields in a 13-8 comeback victory over the error-plagued Baltimore Orioles on Friday.

Dransfeldt's second homer of the spring highlighted a six-run seventh inning against Al Reyes. David Hulse hit a two-run shot in the inning, which was kept alive by a throwing error by second baseman Jerry Hairston.

The Orioles built a 7-3 lead on two homers by DeShields and one apiece by Hairston and Mike Bordick. But Texas came back, thanks in part to four Baltimore errors and a poor performance by a bullpen that has been overhauled since last season.

Reyes gave up six runs, one earned, three hits and a walk. The right-hander has given up 12 hits and six walks in 8 1-3 innings this spring, leaving his spot in the bullpen in doubt.

``Al needs to give us something to hang our hats on, and it needs to happen pretty soon,'' Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said.

After the Orioles closed to 9-8, B.J. Ryan allowed five hits in Texas' four-run ninth.

Bordick's homer in the first bounced off the glove of left fielder Scott Sheldon and over the wall. DeShields hit the next pitch from Mark Clark into the right-field seats to give Baltimore a 2-1 lead.

DeShields, batting third and playing center field in place of the injured Brady Anderson, hit a three-run homer off Clark in the third to put Baltimore up 5-3.

 


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