The Tampa Bay Rays did battle with the the Houston Astros yesterday at Minute Maid Park with the Rays picking up the W 10 to 6. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Astros tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 16 runs! Talk about excitement!
Rays pitcher David Price (2.41 ERA) got the win, while Brian Moehler (4.42 ERA) took the loss for the Astros. David Price went 5 innings for the Rays, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Joaquin Benoit (0.00), Dan Wheeler (2.45), Grant Balfour (2.33), and Lance Cormier (3.06). The Astros’s starter Bud Norris went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, 3 home runs and 4 earned runs with 3 walks and 10 strikeouts. Gustavo Chacin (1.69), Jeff Fulchino (4.60), Chris Sampson (2.84), and Wilton Lopez (4.80) also pitched for the Astros. With the win, Price’s record goes to 7-1, while Moehler is at 0-1. Rafael Soriano earned the save for the Rays, bringing his saves up to 13.
John Jaso provided much of the offense for the Rays with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 10 runs, the Rays scored 15 hits and committed one error. Reid Brignac and Ben Zobrist tied for most hits for the Rays with 3 hits, followed by John Jaso with 2 hits. B.J. Upton had a tough day at the plate, leaving 6 runners on base. Jeff Keppinger had the most hits for the Astros (3), followed by Hunter Pence (2), and Jason Michaels (2). The Astros managed 6 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Kerwin Danley, C.B. Bucknor, Doug Eddings and Dana DeMuth. There were 28,801 Astros ticket holders in attendance at Minute Maid Park.
The win puts the Rays at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Astros to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Rays are the (-) at the Rays’s Tropicana Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Astros will next take on the (-) at Miller Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and and see the game in person.
