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Houston Astros @ Tampa Bay Rays

2026-09-12 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 24642 · 72°F, Dome · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:44

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Isaac Paredes homers (20) on a fly ball to left center field. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 5th — Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	3	0	0	0	1	2
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jose Altuve 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1
Yainer Diaz DH	4	0	3	1	0	0
Daulton Varsho CF	4	0	0	0	0	3
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cam Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Taylor Trammell LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Christian Vazquez C	3	0	0	0	0	3

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathan Aranda 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Junior Caminero 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Vilade PH	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kenny Piper C	0	1	0	0	0	0
Liam Hicks C	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Fortes C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	2	1	1	0	2	1
Chandler Simpson LF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Madrigal 2B	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cedric Mullins CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Palacios 2B	2	0	1	2	0	0
Jonny Deluca CF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jorge Mateo SS	3	0	0	0	0	2