Garza and Navarro scuffle, Rangers beat Rays 6-3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Murphy filled in aptly in the No. 3 spot of the Texas lineup with an early home run before German Duran and Ramon Vazquez also homered in the Rangers' 6-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday.

The Rays missed out on their first series sweep on the road this season with a loss marred by a confrontation between starting pitcher Matt Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro.

In the fourth, after No. 9 hitter Duran hit a two-run homer for a 3-0 lead, Garza and Navarro had heated words as pitching coach Jim Hickey visited the mound. When Garza and Navarro got in the dugout after the inning, television cameras caught them face-to-face in an apparent scuffle that spilled into the tunnel leading to the clubhouse. Manager Joe Maddon, Hickey and others could be seen rushing to break up the fracas. It wasn't clear if any punches were thrown.

Read Garza and Navarro's comments on the squabble:

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080608&content_id=2875917&vkey=news_tb&fext=.jsp&c_id=tb

For USA Today's Boxscore and More:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores108/108160/MLB799064.htm