The Rays didn’t find much consistency at the plate from day to day as they split a four-game series with the Astros at Daikin Park. They exploded for 13 runs on 14 hits in the series opener on Thursday,

Moving on from the Rays and now taking on the Pirates, the Astros look to be on quite the roll as they continue to add wins, climbing the American League division rankings now placed 3rd right behind the Yankees and the Tigers.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls was livid Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park. Walls was thrown out of the Rays’ 1-0 loss to the Houston Astros after he got into it with home plate umpire Nick Lentz over what he thought was a missed call. Walls then tapped the top of his helmet, which prompted Lentz to throw him out of the game.

Then Sunday, they managed just two hits and went down meekly, shut out 1-0 in splitting the series. The loss, just the third in their last 12 games, dropped the Rays to 30-29.

Hunter Brown and three Houston Astros relievers combined for a two-hit shutout to salvage a split in the four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Zack Littell pitched Tampa Bay's first complete game since 2021 and the Rays had season highs in home runs (5), hits (18) and runs (16) in a 16-3 blowout of the Houston Astros on Saturday.

Tomorrow, the Rays will look to guarantee at least a split of this four game set in Houston and will send Littell to the bump opposite Colton Gordon, who will be making his fourth start of the year. Through three starts the LHP has thrown 14.2 innings, struck out 14 batters, and has pitched to a 5.52 ERA.

El dominicano Junior Caminero conectó dos de los cinco jonrones de los Rays de Tampa Bay, quienes consiguieron su mayor cifra de vuelacercas en la

Astros manager Joe Espada said he is comfortable playing Jacob Melton at any spot in outfield after recent injuries shuffled Houston's options.