The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sep 12, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Peter Lambert pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Ian Seymour pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Taylor Trammell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Diaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Mateo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Liam Hicks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Richie Palacios | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Vilade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Seymour | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Bryan Baker | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Wells | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ty Johnson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Sep 11, 2026: HOU 1, TB 3 · Next Sep 13, 2026: HOU 4, TB 14
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Sep 11, 2026: HOU 1, TB 3 · Next Sep 13, 2026: HOU 4, TB 14