Scorching Houston hitter Alex Bregman drilled a go-ahead homer, Yusei Kikuchi stifled Tampa Bay for the second one time in two weeks and the Astros received their 7th consecutive sport, edging the Rays 3-2 on Tuesday evening in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bregman went 3-for-5 with the lengthy ball, a doubled and two runs. He homered for the fourth sport in a row and ran his hitting streak to 8 video games, during which he’s 16-for-37 (.432).
Kikuchi, who struck out 11 Rays on Aug. 2 in his Astros debut, allowed only one run on 3 hits in 5 2/3 innings on Tuesday. The left-hander fanned 5 with out issuing a stroll.
Kikuchi (6-9) received for the second one time in 3 begins with Houston after being received from the Toronto Blue Jays on July 29.
Jeremy Pena (solo homer) and Yainer Diaz every had two hits and an RBI for the Astros.
Rays starter Shane Baz (0-2) threw a career-high seven innings, giving up 3 runs on seven hits, together with two homers. The suitable-hander struck out six and walked two.
3rd baseman Junior Caminero, probably the most majors’ most sensible possibilities, went 1-for-4 and fanned thrice in his 2024 debut for the Rays, who controlled best 5 hits.
With two outs and the bases empty within the Tampa Bay 2nd, Jose Caballero roped successful to left, a ball that generally can be a unmarried. On the other hand, left fielder Chas McCormick casually went for the ball, and the fast Caballero simply beat a lobbed throw in to 2nd for a double. Josh Lowe adopted with an RBI unmarried to middle for a 1-0 lead.
Baz bumped into bother within the 3rd after recording two outs in an instant. Bregman doubled, and Baz walked Yordan Alvarez sooner than Diaz stroked a run-scoring unmarried to even it at 1-all.
Within the 5th, Bregman introduced his nineteenth homer with two outs, a 376-foot shot to left for a 2-1 lead.
Pena added a solo shot with one out within the 6th, using a 408-foot blast to left-center for his eleventh house run.
After the Rays loaded the bases with one out within the 8th in opposition to Ryan Pressly, Brandon Lowe delivered an RBI groundout in an 11-pitch at-bat sooner than Christopher Morel hit an inning-ending grounder to shortstop.
Houston nearer Josh Hader pitched a really perfect 9th with a strikeout for his twenty sixth consecutive save and his twenty sixth total this season.
–Box Degree Media
