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Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros · MLB

Tampa Bay Rays

89-59

3 – 2

Final

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Houston Astros

75-74

Tropicana Field · St. Petersburg · Florida

Summary

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 3-2 in a close one at Tropicana Field in front of 24,642. A two-run 5th set the Rays apart, over 8 innings. It leaves the Astros at 75-74 and the Rays at 89-59.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 10:10 PM UTC · Sep 12
Event: MLB USA
Ground: Tropicana Field · St. Petersburg · Florida
Crowd: 24,642
Match officials: Mark Wegner (Home Plate Umpire), Bruce Dreckman (First Base Umpire), Carlos Torres (Second Base Umpire), Jacob Metz (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

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Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Rays	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		3
Astros	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2

Player stats

Tampa Bay Rays

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Yandy Diaz DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.301	.366	.464
Jonathan Aranda 1B	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	0	18	.277	.360	.426
Junior Caminero 3B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	17	.279	.365	.532
Liam Hicks C	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.286	.368	.442
Kenny Piper C	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.556
Ryan Vilade RF	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.262	.329	.472
Nick Fortes C	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.307	.361
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	1-2	2	1	1	0	2	1	23	.253	.324	.500
Chandler Simpson LF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.306	.335	.355
Cedric Mullins CF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.202	.284	.342
Nick Madrigal 3B	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.255	.357	.277
Richie Palacios 2B	1-2	2	0	1	2	0	0	8	.232	.328	.368
Jonny DeLuca RF	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.264	.297	.419
Jorge Mateo SS	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	11	.207	.254	.326
Team	7-27	27	3	7	3	4	4	129

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Ian Seymour SP	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	79-58	4.27	79
Tyler Wells RP	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	15-9	2.38	15
Ty Johnson RP	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	25-16	3.86	25
Bryan Baker RP	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-11	1.54	20
Team	9.0	5	2	2	3	14	1	139-94		139

Houston Astros

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jeremy Pena SS	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	.269	.322	.449
Isaac Paredes 3B	1-4	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	18	.260	.358	.430
Jose Altuve 2B	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	17	.247	.308	.400
Yainer Diaz C	3-4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	11	.279	.307	.435
Daulton Varsho CF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.226	.289	.360
Christian Walker 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.225	.298	.418
Cam Smith RF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.217	.283	.405
Taylor Trammell LF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	.207	.292	.358
Christian Vazquez C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.208	.263	.326
Team	5-32	32	2	5	2	1	3	14	139

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Peter Lambert SP	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	85-62	3.71	85
Bennett Sousa RP	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	5.40	13
AJ Blubaugh RP	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	24-11	3.30	24
Bryan King RP	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	7-2	5.01	7
Team	8.0	7	3	3	4	4	129-82		129

Standings

2026 American League West Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Houston	81	81	.500
2	Texas	80	82	.494
3	Seattle	76	86	.469
4	Athletics	64	98	.395
5	Los Angeles	62	100	.383

2026 American League East Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Tampa Bay	98	64	.605
2	New York	93	68	.578
3	Boston	87	75	.537
4	Baltimore	79	82	.491
5	Toronto	79	83	.488

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
9	Blue Jays	79	83	.488
10	Twins	77	85	.475

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