Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays

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Houston Astros

25-22, 10-13 Away

Final
4 - 3

Tampa Bay Rays

21-26, 11-18 Home

Jake Meyers hits go-ahead HR, Josh Hader gets 12th save as Astros beat Rays 4-3

Chandler Simpson reached on catcher's interference to begin the ninth against Hader. Simpson advanced on a ground out before stealing third. Hader then got Taylor Wells to pop up a bunt and Isaac Paredes to pop out near third for his 12th save in 12 opportunities.

Meyers went 2 for 3 and hit his third home run on the second pitch from reliever Manuel Rodriguez (0-2) to put the Astros ahead in the seventh.

Meyers walked, stole his eighth base and scored on a double by Cam Smith as part of a three-run first inning against Rays starter Ryan Pepiot. Victor Caratini opened the scoring with his third home run — a two-out solo shot — and Chas McCormick capped it with an RBI single.

Houston's Colton Gordon — a native of St. Petersburg, Florida, making his second career start — allowed a single to Yandy Díaz leading off the first then retired 12 straight until Brandon Lowe singled in the fifth. Danny Jansen followed with his third homer to make it 3-2. Díaz and José Caballero had back-to-back doubles in the sixth to tie it.

Gordon allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts. Bryan King (2-0) got four outs for the win.

Pepiot allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings.

Key moment King allowed a walk and a single to begin the seventh with a one-run lead but came back to strike out both Taylor Walls and pinch-hitter Jonathan Aranda swinging. Bryan Abreu entered and got Díaz on a grounder for the third out.

Key stat The Rays have gone 10-8 on the road but just 11-18 at George M. Steinbrenner Field — their temporary home.

Up next Rays RHP Zack Littell (3-5 4.31) starts Tuesday's middle game. The Astros have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rortvedt fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Walls bunt popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Simpson stole third.
	9th Inning	Mead grounded out to third, Simpson to second.
	9th Inning	Simpson reached first base on catcher's interference.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu

Statistics

HOU		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	4
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	1
4	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
23	Fly Balls	13
3	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	12
36	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
4.6	Runs Created	3.4
.324	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.529	Slugging Percentage	.353
.176	Secondary Average	.294
.361	On Base Percentage	.229
.891	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.582
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
36.0	Batter Rating	30.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.25	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.42	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.206	Isolated Power	.147
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.5	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0