The Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Sep 21, 2022 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Kyle Tucker went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Corey Kluber pitched 7.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Peralta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manuel Margot | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wander Franco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Walls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Kluber | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2022 season · Previous Sep 20, 2022: HOU 5, TB 0 · Next Sep 22, 2022: HOU 0, BAL 2
- Rays · 2022 season · Previous Sep 20, 2022: HOU 5, TB 0 · Next Sep 22, 2022: TOR 5, TB 10