Patrick Murray's seventh-inning single scored Stephen Malcolm to break a 3-3 tie and Geancarlo Mendez added a two-run double later in the inning as the visiting Phillies topped the Rays, 6-3, to even their best-of-three Gulf Coast League championship series at one game apiece.
The Phils will host the deciding Game 3 today at noon.
Marshall Schuler earned the victory with three scoreless innings of two-hit baseball.
Phillers
Representing the Phillies on the Arizona Fall League's Mesa Solar Sox will be: Righthanders Justin DeFratus, B.J. Rosenberg, Tyson Brummett, Chris Kissock and Josh Zeid; first baseman/designated hitter Matt Rizzotti and utility man Tim Kennelly. Mark Parent, manager of low-A Lakewood, will serve as the Solar Sox hitting coach . . . In his last eight appearances, lefthander J.C. Romero has allowed one earned run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, retiring 19 of the 24 batters he has faced . . . Tonight's game has been moved to Comcast SportsNet.