Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays

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Houston Astros

65-55, 33-29 Away

Final
2 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

59-61, 31-34 Home

Dubón has RBI single in 10th and Astros beat Rays 2-1 for season-best 8th straight win

Pedro León advanced from second to third on Jeremy Peña's fly to deep center off Garrett Cleavinger (7-3) starting the 10th. Zach Dezenzo struck out, Jake Meyers and Dubón got Houston's second hit of the game. The Rays also had two hits.

“We got the sweep,” Dubón said. “It was a battle, though. But it felt pretty good.”

Hader (5-6) struck out three as Houston ended an 8-1 trip. The Astros (65-55) extended their division lead to 2 1/2 games over Seattle, which lost 3-2 in 10 innings at Detroit.

“A heck of a road trip,” Houston manager Joe Espada said. “We took care of business.”

Tampa Bay has lost seven of nine and dropped to 59-61.

“We got to find a way, we’re not scoring runs,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Score runs two ways. Either getting a lot of hits or getting timely hits. None of that is coming for us right now.”

Tampa Bay has scored two or fewer runs in nine of its last 13 games.

Houston was hitless until Peña homered for the second straight game, leading off the fifth against Zack Littell.

Littell departed after five innings and 68 pitches due to season workload. The right-hander, who retired his first 11 batters, struck three and walked two.

Astros starter Ronel Blanco scattered two hits and struck out four in six scoreless innings. He is winless in six starts.

Blanco's last batter, Brandon Lowe, hit an 106.5 mph liner that the right-hander deflected with his glove and resulted in a sore left index finger.

“He came in sore, lost some feel to it,” Espada said. “He did get some X-rays; came out negative. He's good to go.”

Bryan Abreu walked Taylor Walls, who is hitting .171, starting the eighth. Walls was running on the pitch, preventing a double play on Jose Siri's grounder. Walls stole third and scored with a head-first slide on Yandy Díaz's grounder.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Astros: RHP Justin Verlander (neck) will make his second and likely final minor league rehab start Thursday night with Double-A Corpus Christi. … OF Kyle Tucker (bruised right shin) hit in a cage and played catch. “Slow progress, but he’s tending in the right direction,” manager Joe Espada said. … RHP Luis García (Tommy John surgery) has not resumed throwing after having a setback.

Astros: RHP Spencer Arrighetti (5-10, 5.14 ERA) and Chicago White Sox LHP Garrett Crochet (6-9, 3.65 ERA) are Friday night’s scheduled starters.

Rays: Ryan Pepiot (6-5, 3.92 ERA) will make his first start since July 14 on Friday night against Arizona. The right-hander has been out with a right knee infection that is thought to have resulted from a spider bite. “A little bump in the road,” Pepiot said. “Very unorthodox thing happened, but kind of scary at the same time. Just happy to be back.” RHP Ryne Nelson (8-6, 4.51 ERA) starts for the Diamindbacks,

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 44.9%

Astros: 55.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Walls grounded out to third.
	10th Inning	DeLuca struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Carlson flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Carlson hit for Rortvedt
	10th Inning	Caratini catching.
	10th Inning	McCormick struck out swinging.

Statistics

HOU		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	13
9	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	2
2	Stolen Bases	4
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	2
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
0.4	Runs Created	-1.1
.063	Batting Average	.063
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.063
.281	Secondary Average	.188
.167	On Base Percentage	.143
.323	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.205
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.9
15.0	Batter Rating	10.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.80
4.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.094	Isolated Power	.000
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.125
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.0	Balls In Play Average	0.1
61.8	MLB Rating	57.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0