Houston Astros 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2
Regular Season Game 159
Played on Thursday, September 30, 2021 (N) at Minute Maid Park
TB A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 HOU A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 7 1
Tampa Bay Rays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A B. Lowe 2b 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 Arozarena rf,lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 Franco ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Meadows lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 B. Phillips pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Margot cf,rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Choi 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 Zunino c 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 Kiermaier pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mejia c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wendle 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 McHugh p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yarbrough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Fairbanks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feyereisen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wisler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 4 2 2 6 24 6 BATTING - HR: B. Lowe (36,6th inning off McCullers 1 on 2 out). HBP: Zunino (7,by Graveman). GDP: Cruz (14,off Pressly). Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING - CS: Kiermaier (5,2nd base by Graveman/Maldonado).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Altuve 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Bregman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Alvarez lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 McCormick pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gurriel 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 10 1 Tucker rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 Correa ss 3 1 1 3 0 1 3 3 Brantley dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Meyers cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Maldonado c 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 2 McCullers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Stanek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Graveman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pressly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 30 3 7 3 1 6 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 2. Maldonado-Correa, Gurriel-Altuve-Pressly. E: Altuve (8). BATTING - 2B: Tucker (37,off Yarbrough). HR: Correa (25,4th inning off Yarbrough 2 on 0 out). SH: Altuve (1,off Yarbrough). Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP McHugh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Yarbrough L(9-7) 4.2 4 3 3 1 3 1 19 Fairbanks 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Feyereisen 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Wisler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 8 7 3 3 1 6 1 32
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP McCullers W(13-5) 6 3 2 2 1 4 1 21 Stanek 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Graveman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Pressly SV(26) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Totals 9 4 2 2 2 6 1 32 HBP: Graveman (8,Zunino). Umpires: HP - Will Little, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Ryan Wills, 3B - Rob Drake Official Scorer: Dave Fanucchi Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 31608 Starting Lineups: Tampa Bay Rays Houston Astros 1. B. Lowe 2b Altuve 2b 2. Arozarena rf Bregman 3b 3. Franco ss Alvarez lf 4. Cruz dh Gurriel 1b 5. Meadows lf Tucker rf 6. Margot cf Correa ss 7. Choi 1b Brantley dh 8. Zunino c Meyers cf 9. Wendle 3b Maldonado c McHugh p McCullers p RAYS 1ST: B. Lowe grounded out (first unassisted); Arozarena grounded out (shortstop to first); Franco grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Altuve grounded out (shortstop to first); Bregman flied to left; Alvarez singled to left; Gurriel flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. RAYS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Meadows was called out on strikes; Margot lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: YARBROUGH REPLACED MCHUGH (PITCHING); Tucker doubled to center; Correa lined to shortstop; Brantley struck out; Meyers flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. RAYS 3RD: Choi grounded out (third to first); Zunino grounded out (shortstop to first); Wendle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Maldonado singled to left; Altuve out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Maldonado to second]; Originally scored as no sacrifice, which was added on 10-03-2021; Bregman grounded out (first to pitcher) [Maldonado to third]; Alvarez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. RAYS 4TH: B. Lowe walked; Arozarena struck out; Franco forced B. Lowe (second to shortstop) [Franco to first]; Franco was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Astros challenged call that Franco was safe at 2nd; call overturned - out advancing; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Gurriel singled to left; Tucker walked [Gurriel to second]; Correa homered [Gurriel scored, Tucker scored]; Brantley lined to right; Meyers flied to center; Maldonado grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 3. RAYS 5TH: Cruz flied to right; Meadows grounded out (second to first); Margot grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Altuve grounded out (second to first); Bregman grounded out (second to first); Alvarez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Astros 3. RAYS 6TH: Choi singled to center; Zunino forced Choi (second to shortstop) [Zunino to first]; Wendle struck out; B. Lowe homered [Zunino scored]; Arozarena singled to right; Franco grounded out (third to first); Astros challenged call that Franco was safe at 1st; call overturned - ground out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Gurriel was called out on strikes; Tucker flied to center; FAIRBANKS REPLACED YARBROUGH (PITCHING); Correa was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. RAYS 7TH: STANEK REPLACED MCCULLERS (PITCHING); Cruz struck out; Meadows singled to center; B. PHILLIPS RAN FOR MEADOWS; Margot forced B. Phillips (shortstop to second) [Margot to first]; Choi flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: AROZARENA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); B. PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MARGOT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); FEYEREISEN REPLACED FAIRBANKS (PITCHING); Brantley singled to left; Meyers struck out; Maldonado was called out on strikes; Altuve flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. RAYS 8TH: GRAVEMAN REPLACED STANEK (PITCHING); Zunino was hit by a pitch; KIERMAIER RAN FOR ZUNINO; Wendle flied to center; B. Lowe struck out while Kiermaier was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: MEJIA REPLACED KIERMAIER (PLAYING C ); WISLER REPLACED FEYEREISEN (PITCHING); Bregman popped to first; Alvarez singled to left; MCCORMICK RAN FOR ALVAREZ; Gurriel flied to right; Tucker popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. RAYS 9TH: MCCORMICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PRESSLY REPLACED GRAVEMAN (PITCHING); Arozarena walked; Franco reached on a fielder's choice [Arozarena to second (error by Altuve)]; Cruz grounded into a double play (first to second to pitcher) [Arozarena to third, Franco out at second]; DIAZ BATTED FOR B. PHILLIPS; Diaz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Astros 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Rays 2 4 0 3 Astros 3 7 1 5
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