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Tampa Bay Rays @ Houston Astros

2018-06-19 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 37414 · 73°F, dome, dry · 3:19

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — C.J. Cron homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Jake Marisnick pops out to second baseman Joey Wendle — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Marwin Gonzalez (P): Arguing called third strike.

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Line score

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

W: Blake Snell L: Hector Rondon SV: Sergio Romo

Umpires — HP: Pat Hoberg · 1B: Nic Lentz · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Brian Knight · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Kiermaier	5	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Duffy	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jake Bauers	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wilson Ramos	4	0	2	1	0	2
Joey Wendle	4	0	2	0	0	2
C. J. Cron	4	1	1	1	0	2
Mallex Smith	3	0	0	0	1	1
Carlos Gomez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Adeiny Hechavarria	4	0	1	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Bregman	2	0	1	1	2	0
Carlos Correa	3	0	0	0	1	2
Yuli Gurriel	3	0	0	0	1	1
Evan Gattis	3	0	1	0	1	1
Marwin Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	2
Max Stassi	3	0	0	0	1	2
Tyler White	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jake Marisnick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Kemp	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blake Snell	7.0	3	7	6
Ryne Stanek	1.0	0	0	1
Jose Alvarado	0.1	1	0	0
Sergio Romo	0.2	1	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	6.2	6	1	10
Hector Rondon	1.0	2	0	1
Brad Peacock	1.1	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kevin Kiermaier: 5/F56-
Matt Duffy: S8/L8LS
Jake Bauers: 63/G4.1-2
Wilson Ramos: K

Bot 1

George Springer: S6/G6+
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Carlos Correa: 54(1)/FO/G56S-.2-3
Yuli Gurriel: W.1-2
Evan Gattis: 9/DP.3XH(92)

Top 2

Joey Wendle: K
C. J. Cron: HR/F7LD
Mallex Smith: K
Carlos Gomez: K

Bot 2

Marwin Gonzalez: K
Max Stassi: 43/G6M
Tyler White: 53/G56

Top 3

Adeiny Hechavarria: K
Kevin Kiermaier: K
Matt Duffy: 8/F89D+

Bot 3

Jake Marisnick: S8/L6MD+
George Springer: 46(1)/FO/G4M
Alex Bregman: WP.1-2
Alex Bregman: S9/F9D+.2-H;BX2(96)
Carlos Correa: K

Top 4

Jake Bauers: K
Wilson Ramos: K
Joey Wendle: D9/G3+
C. J. Cron: 53/G5-

Bot 4

Yuli Gurriel: K
Evan Gattis: K
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Top 5

Mallex Smith: 63/G6
Carlos Gomez: W
Adeiny Hechavarria: 8/F8RXD+
Kevin Kiermaier: 3/G3S

Bot 5

Max Stassi: K
Tyler White: W
Jake Marisnick: 9/F9D
George Springer: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Matt Duffy: K
Jake Bauers: 7/F5DF-
Wilson Ramos: S8/L4MD
Joey Wendle: S8/G6.1-2
C. J. Cron: K

Bot 6

Alex Bregman: W
Carlos Correa: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: 64(1)3/GDP/G6.2-3
Evan Gattis: IW
Tony Kemp: 8/F8LD

Top 7

Mallex Smith: 7/F7LM
Carlos Gomez: 3/F23-
Adeiny Hechavarria: D7/G5
Kevin Kiermaier: 1/G34S-

Bot 7

Max Stassi: W
Tyler White: 7/F78S
Jake Marisnick: 8/F8LXD+
George Springer: 8/F89XD+

Top 8

Matt Duffy: D9/L3D+
Jake Bauers: 43/G4.2-3
Wilson Ramos: S57/G56S.3-H
Joey Wendle: SB2
Joey Wendle: K
C. J. Cron: WP.2-3
C. J. Cron: K

Bot 8

Alex Bregman: 8/F8RXD+
Carlos Correa: K
Yuli Gurriel: 9/F9D+

Top 9

Mallex Smith: W
Carlos Gomez: 7/F78D
Adeiny Hechavarria: K
Kevin Kiermaier: SB2
Kevin Kiermaier: 7/F78D

Bot 9

Evan Gattis: S7/L7LS
Jose Altuve: 8/F8RXD+
Max Stassi: K
Tyler White: S4/G4S-.1-2
Jake Marisnick: 4/F6MD-

Notes & reviews

Astros challenged call that Bregman was out at 2nd; call was upheld as he overslid base and did get back in time
Gonzalez ejected by plate umpire Hoberg for arguing called third strike

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