Post Game Thread (Jul 30, 2023): Rays (64-44) @ Astros (59-47)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TB	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	12	1	8
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	10	1	8

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	3	0	0	1	.277
2B	Kessinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214
SS	Peña	4	1	2	0	0	0	.240
RF	Tucker	3	0	1	1	0	0	.299
LF	Julks	1	0	0	0	0	0	.251
3B	Bregman	4	0	1	1	0	1	.254
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	1	0	0	1	.286
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	0	0	0	1	.245
RF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	1	.285
CF	Dubón	4	0	1	0	0	0	.263
C	Maldonado, M	4	0	0	0	0	2	.169

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bielak	5.0	8	6	3	3	4	93-55	3.74
Maton, P	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	37-21	3.24
Graveman	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	11-5	3.40
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-5	6.00

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Díaz, Y	3	1	2	1	2	0	.315
SS	Franco	4	2	1	0	1	0	.267
2B	Lowe, B	5	2	3	3	0	2	.226
3B	Paredes	4	0	0	0	1	2	.254
LF	Raley, L	5	1	1	1	0	1	.268
DH	Ramírez, H	5	0	2	0	0	1	.284
RF	Lowe, J	4	0	2	3	1	0	.271
CF	Siri	4	1	1	0	0	1	.226
C	Pinto, R	4	1	0	0	0	1	.111

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Littell	5.0	8	2	2	0	4	82-58	4.85
Ramírez, E	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	48-34	5.70
Adam	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-7	2.51

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Luke Raley reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Jose Abreu. Yandy Diaz scores. Wander Franco to 3rd. Brandon Lowe to 2nd.	0-1
T1	Josh Lowe doubles (20) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Wander Franco scores. Brandon Lowe scores. Luke Raley scores.	0-4
T4	Yandy Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick, deflected by third baseman Alex Bregman. Jose Siri scores. Rene Pinto to 3rd.	0-5
T4	Brandon Lowe singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick, deflected by shortstop Jeremy Pena. Rene Pinto scores. Yandy Diaz to 3rd.	0-6
B5	Kyle Tucker doubles (26) on a ground ball to left fielder Luke Raley. Jose Altuve scores. Jeremy Pena to 3rd.	1-6
B5	Rays challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Alex Bregman grounds out, shortstop Wander Franco to first baseman Yandy Diaz. Jeremy Pena scores.	2-6
T6	Brandon Lowe homers (13) on a line drive to right field. Wander Franco scores.	2-8

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 30 vs Rays	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, July 30 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 30 vs Rays	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, July 30 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Rays at Astros – July 30, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Brandon Bielak's pitches	0:08	Video
The distance behind Brandon Lowe's home run	0:11	Video
Brandon Bielak's outing against the Rays	0:25	Video
Breaking down Zack Littell's pitches	0:08	Video
Zack Littell's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Yandy Díaz scores on an error to open the scoring	0:34	Video
Josh Lowe clears the bases with a double	0:30	Video
Yandy Díaz hits an RBI single	0:43	Video
Brandon Lowe slashes an RBI single	0:24	Video
Maldonado throws on the money to cut down Ramírez	0:28	Video
Kyle Tucker slashes an RBI double down the line	0:30	Video
Jeremy Peña scores on a fielder's choice	0:23	Video
Brandon Lowe belts a two-run home run to right	0:30	Video
Zack Littell strikes out Martin Maldonado	0:10	Video
Wander Franco makes a dazzling play at shortstop	1:03	Video
Zack Littell strikes out four batters vs. Astros	1:01	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Littell (1-2, 4.85 ERA)	Bielak (5-6, 3.74 ERA)

Game ended at 3:50 PM.