Texas 4, Florida 1

FRISCO, Texas (AP) -- Mark Teixeira homered for the third straight game, and Brad Wilkerson and David Dellucci also connected to lead the Texas Rangers past the Florida Marlins 4-1 Friday night.

Teixeira, who had 43 homers last season, hit a two-run shot in the third to give Texas a 3-0 lead. He had not homered in his first 31 at-bats this spring before going on his current streak.

Texas starter Kameron Loe allowed one run and struck out two in four innings. He have up three hits and walked two.

Florida starter Brian Moehler yielded four runs and seven hits in five innings. He had one strikeout and didn't walk a batter.

Wilkerson led off the game with his fourth homer of the spring, off Moehler. Dellucci added a solo drive -- his fifth -- in the fourth.

Florida's Mike Jacobs led off the fourth with his third homer.

Loe's solid effort was a boost for Texas' rotation.

Adam Eaton has a strained tendon in the middle finger on his pitching hand, the same injury that put him on the disabled list twice last season with San Diego. Though Eaton was not placed on the DL Friday, Texas manager Buck Showalter adjusted his rotation to make Vicente Padilla the No. 2 starter.

The Rangers traded Juan Dominguez, a candidate to fill the void left by Eaton, to the Oakland Athletics on Friday.

With the Rangers leading 1-0, Loe escaped a bases-loaded jam when Miguel Cabrera popped up to end the third.

Game notes
The game was played at the home of Texas' Double-A affiliate. The teams will play again Saturday in Arlington. ... Florida has lost two in a row after winning nine straight. ... Fabio Castro, Erasmo Ramirez, Joaquin Benoit, Antonio Alfonseca and Francisco Cordero combined to throw five shutout innings of relief. ... The Marlins placed LHP Michael Megrew on the 15-day disabled list with left shoulder tendinitis. The move is retroactive to March 24. Megrew appeared in one game this spring and gave up two runs without retiring a batter.