Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays

HOU 2 — 3 TB

Final — 2026-09-12

MVP: Ian Seymour 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 10 K

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Houston Astros 3-2. Ian Seymour led the way with 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 10 K. Tyler Wells earned the win and Peter Lambert took the loss. Bryan Baker recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
TB	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		3

WP Tyler Wells

LP Peter Lambert

SV Bryan Baker

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Isaac Paredes homers (20) on a fly ball to left center field. (1-0)

Bot 5: Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson scores. (1-2)

Top 6: Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jose Altuve scores. (2-2)

Bot 7: Nick Madrigal out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Kenny Piper scores. Chandler Simpson to 2nd. (2-3)

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Paredes	3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.260	.358	.430	.788
Smith	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.217	.283	.405	.688
Varsho	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.226	.289	.360	.649
Altuve	2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.247	.308	.400	.708
Trammell	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.207	.292	.358	.650
Pena	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.269	.322	.449	.771
Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.298	.418	.716
Vazquez	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.208	.263	.326	.589
Diaz	DH	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.307	.435	.742

TB — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Madrigal	2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.357	.277	.634
Palacios	2B	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.232	.328	.368	.696
Mateo	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.207	.254	.326	.580
Vilade	PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.329	.472	.801
Simpson	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.335	.355	.690
DeLuca	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.264	.297	.419	.716
(gpid=sa:700652)	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.556	.920
Hicks	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.368	.442	.810
Aranda	1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.360	.426	.786
Fortes	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.307	.361	.668
Diaz	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.301	.366	.464	.830
Mesa	RF	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	.253	.324	.500	.824
Caminero	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.365	.532	.897
Mullins	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.284	.342	.626

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Blubaugh	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	24-11	3.30	1.22
Sousa	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	5.40	1.72
Lambert	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	85-62	3.71	1.22	L
King	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	7-2	5.01	1.47

TB — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Wells	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	15-9	2.38	0.90	W
(gpid=sa:694494)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	25-16	3.86	1.71	H
Seymour	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	79-58	4.27	1.14
Baker	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-11	1.54	0.91	S

Venue: George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Florida

Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays

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