MLB, round 25
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
The Tampa Bay Rays held off the Houston Astros 3-2 on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
The big inning was the fifth, when the Rays scored 2.
The Rays improve to 89-59. The Astros fall to 75-74.
Attendance: 24,642.
Full recap at ESPN: Postseason-bound Rays beat the Astros 3-2Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Pena SS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .269 | .322 | .449 |
| I. Paredes 3B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .260 | .358 | .430 |
| J. Altuve 2B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .247 | .308 | .400 |
| Y. Diaz C | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .279 | .307 | .435 |
| D. Varsho CF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .226 | .289 | .360 |
| C. Walker 1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .225 | .298 | .418 |
| C. Smith RF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .217 | .283 | .405 |
| T. Trammell LF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .207 | .292 | .358 |
| C. 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 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Lambert SP | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85-62 | 3.71 | 85 |
| B. Sousa RP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13-7 | 5.40 | 13 |
| A. Blubaugh RP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24-11 | 3.30 | 24 |
| B. King RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7-2 | 5.01 | 7 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 129-82 | 129 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y. Diaz DH | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .301 | .366 | .464 |
| J. Aranda 1B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .277 | .360 | .426 |
| J. Caminero 3B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .279 | .365 | .532 |
| L. Hicks C | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .286 | .368 | .442 |
| K. Piper C | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .556 |
| R. Vilade RF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .262 | .329 | .472 |
| N. Fortes C | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .307 | .361 |
| V. Mesa Jr. RF | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | .253 | .324 | .500 |
| C. Simpson LF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .306 | .335 | .355 |
| C. Mullins CF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .202 | .284 | .342 |
| N. Madrigal 3B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 | .357 | .277 |
| R. Palacios 2B | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .232 | .328 | .368 |
| J. DeLuca RF | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .297 | .419 |
| J. Mateo SS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .207 | .254 | .326 |
| Team | 7-27 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 129 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Seymour SP | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 79-58 | 4.27 | 79 |
| T. Wells RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15-9 | 2.38 | 15 |
| T. Johnson RP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25-16 | 3.86 | 25 |
| B. 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 |
Paredes homered to left center (391 feet).
Palacios singled to center, Mesa Jr. scored and Simpson scored.
Diaz singled to left, Altuve scored.
Madrigal hit sacrifice fly to center, Piper scored, Simpson to second.
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