Tampa Bay Rays at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

52-35, 21-23 Away

Final
0 - 2

Houston Astros

45-47, 23-24 Home

Walker and Paredes hit HRs, 4 pitchers combine for shutout as Astros beat Rays 2-0

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Walker led off the fourth inning with his 20th home run of the season, giving him five consecutive 20-homer seasons. Paredes hit his 12th homer to leadoff the sixth.

Peter Lambert (7-5) struck out six while he allowed three hits and walked one over 5 2/3 innings. He was removed with a runner on second base, but Steven Okert got pinch-hitter Ryan Vilade to fly out to end the threat.

Okert pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning, and Bryan King worked around a leadoff single in the eighth before Josh Hader overcame a leadoff walk in the ninth for his ninth save. Hader has allowed one run and two hits over 15 innings this season.

Mason Englert (0-2) allowed the two runs and five hits with a career-high nine strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings after being recalled from Triple-A Durham before the game. Cam Booser and Craig Kimbrel followed and combined to hold the Astros scoreless for 2 1/3 innings.

The Rays have lost back-to-back games after winning nine straight.

Yordan Alvarez was 0 for 4 after hitting two home runs, including a walk-off homer in a 10-8 win Saturday.

Up next Astros RHP Mike Burrows (4-8, 5.58 ERA) starts against Nationals RHP Miles Mikolas (2-7, 5.44) in the first game of a three-game series Monday night in Washington, D.C.

Rays RHP Griffin Jax (4-5, 3.45 ERA) starts against Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (8-5, 2.08) in the first game of a four-game series Monday night in Tampa Bay.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Williamson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Simpson lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Vilade struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero walked.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved King
	8th Inning	Walker grounded into double play, third to second to first, Paredes out at second.

Statistics

TB		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	6
9	Strikeouts	12
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
0.3	Runs Created	2.5
.129	Batting Average	.200
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.129	Slugging Percentage	.400
.129	Secondary Average	.267
.182	On Base Percentage	.226
.311	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.626
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
6.0	Batter Rating	21.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.000	Isolated Power	.200
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
59.0	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0