Josh Lowe clubbed a pair of residence runs whereas Zack Littell pitched successfully into the sixth inning because the visiting Tampa Bay Rays evened their three-game sequence towards the Houston Astros with a 6-1 victory on Saturday.
Lowe, who went 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs, helped the Rays erase a 1-0 deficit together with his sixth residence run within the prime of the fifth, a two-run shot that got here with two outs on an 0-2 depend. That 373-foot blast to proper subject got here towards Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco (9-6), who pitched out and in of bother over his first 4 frames earlier than he tried to sneak a second consecutive fastball by Lowe with Brandon Lowe on first base.
Blanco allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over 5 innings. Blanco stranded baserunners in every of his first 4 innings together with 5 in scoring place earlier than surrendering the two-run residence run to Lowe. He’s winless over his final 4 begins and has only one profitable resolution over his final seven outings.
Jon Singleton noticed Blanco a 1-0 lead together with his ninth homer, a one-out shot that simply cleared the right-field wall within the backside of the second. Littell (5-7) restricted the injury to that run within the second and labored round two singles within the third earlier than retiring the ultimate 10 batters he confronted.
After Littell allowed one run on 4 hits and one stroll with three strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings, 4 Rays relievers took the baton and stifled the Astros the rest of the way in which by combining to retire the ultimate 10 batters.
Lowe socked his second residence run of the sport and seventh on the season with two outs within the seventh off Astros reliever Tayler Scott, who surrendered a leadoff homer to Yandy Diaz earlier that inning that stretched the deficit to 3-1.
Diaz and Lowe each took benefit of the modest dimensions at Minute Maid Park, with Diaz masking solely 344 toes on his tenth homer whereas Lowe dumped a 339-foot shot into the primary row of seats of the Crawford Containers in left subject.
Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe recorded a multi-hit sport, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Yordan Alvarez was the one Houston batter with a number of hits, ending 2-for-4 with a double.
–Discipline Stage Media
