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Tampa Bay Rays @ Houston Astros

2019-08-28 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 25539 · 73°F, dome · 3:09

Houston Astros defeated Tampa Bay Rays 8–6. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Joey Wendle out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder George Springer. Ji-Man Choi scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 7th — George Springer singles on a fly ball to right fielder Austin Meadows, deflected by second baseman Eric Sogard. Martin Maldonado scores. Jake Marisnick to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Aledmys Diaz doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Tommy Pham. Yuli Gurriel scores — worth 25% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	6	7
HOU	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2		8	10

W: Will Harris L: Diego Castillo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Jordan Baker · 2B: Brian Knight · 3B: Pat Hoberg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Sogard	4	0	0	0	0	4
Austin Meadows	4	0	0	0	0	4
Tommy Pham	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ji-Man Choi	3	2	2	2	1	1
Avisail Garcia	3	1	0	0	1	2
Joey Wendle	3	1	1	1	0	1
Willy Adames	4	1	1	2	0	3
Jesus Aguilar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Zunino	4	0	1	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	4	0	1	2	1	2
Jose Altuve	5	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Brantley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Bregman	4	2	3	1	0	0
Yordan Alvarez	3	1	1	0	1	1
Yuli Gurriel	3	2	1	2	1	0
Aledmys Diaz	3	0	1	1	1	0
Martin Maldonado	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jake Marisnick	4	1	1	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Yarbrough	6.0	4	1	5
Diego Castillo	1.0	3	1	0
Oliver Drake	1.0	3	2	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	6.2	6	1	14
Will Harris	1.1	0	0	3
Roberto Osuna	1.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Sogard: K
Austin Meadows: K
Tommy Pham: K

Bot 1

George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: 4/F4D-
Michael Brantley: K

Top 2

Ji-Man Choi: W
Avisail Garcia: BK.1-2
Avisail Garcia: K
Joey Wendle: WP.2-3
Joey Wendle: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Willy Adames: K

Bot 2

Alex Bregman: 5/F5-
Yordan Alvarez: W
Yuli Gurriel: 5/L5+
Aledmys Diaz: 9/F89D+

Top 3

Jesus Aguilar: 31/G34+
Mike Zunino: 13/G-
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 3

Martin Maldonado: 8/F8RXD+
Jake Marisnick: K
George Springer: K

Top 4

Austin Meadows: K
Tommy Pham: S57/G56+
Ji-Man Choi: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Avisail Garcia: 63/G6
Joey Wendle: 5/P

Bot 4

Jose Altuve: D9/F9D
Michael Brantley: 31/G34.2-3
Alex Bregman: S9/L9S+.3-H
Yordan Alvarez: K
Yuli Gurriel: HR/F9D+.1-H
Aledmys Diaz: 4/F34D-

Top 5

Willy Adames: K
Jesus Aguilar: 9/L9M
Mike Zunino: S67/G6+
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 5

Martin Maldonado: 53/G5+
Jake Marisnick: 6/F6D-
George Springer: 9/F8RS

Top 6

Austin Meadows: K
Tommy Pham: K
Ji-Man Choi: D7/F7LD
Avisail Garcia: K

Bot 6

Jose Altuve: 4/F4MD-
Michael Brantley: 7/F7S
Alex Bregman: D8/F78XD+
Yordan Alvarez: 31/G34

Top 7

Joey Wendle: T9/G3+
Willy Adames: K
Jesus Aguilar: S7/G56.3-H
Mike Zunino: K
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 7

Yuli Gurriel: W
Aledmys Diaz: D7/L7LM+.1-H
Martin Maldonado: FC1.2X3(15)
Jake Marisnick: S9/G34.1-2
George Springer: S49/F89S-.2-H;1-2
Jose Altuve: 64(1)/FO/G6+.2-H(E4/TH)(UR)(NR);B-2
Michael Brantley: 3/F4S-

Top 8

Austin Meadows: K
Tommy Pham: 7/L78D+
Ji-Man Choi: K

Bot 8

Alex Bregman: D8/L8LM+
Yordan Alvarez: S7.2-3
Yuli Gurriel: 63/G6S-.1-2
Aledmys Diaz: IW
Martin Maldonado: S9/L34D.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jake Marisnick: K
George Springer: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Altuve: 64(1)/FO/G56+

Top 9

Avisail Garcia: W
Joey Wendle: K
Willy Adames: HR/F7D.1-H
Jesus Aguilar: 9/F9D
Mike Zunino: K

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