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Major League Baseball
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Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 13, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 20409


Rays 4, Astros 3: Luke Scott belted his third homer in six games and knocked in three runs as host Tampa Bay rallied from an early three-run deficit to win for the ninth time in 10 games.

Wil Myers recorded a pair of hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run in the sixth on Scott’s RBI single. Tampa Bay starter Roberto Hernandez (5-10) allowed three runs – all in the first inning -- and six hits over six innings to snap a personal four-game losing streak.

Jason Castro had two hits and Brett Wallace homered for the Astros while Lucas Harrell (5-10) took the loss, giving up one run and two hits over 1 2/3 innings. Jake McGee and Joel Peralta each pitched a perfect inning for the Rays and Fernando Rodney retired all three batters he faced in the ninth for his 22nd save.

A groundout by J.D. Martinez brought home the first run of the opening inning before Wallace delivered a two-run blast into the right-field seats for a 3-0 lead. Myers led off the fifth with a single and scored on Scott’s two-run shot to right field on a 1-2 pitch to bring the Rays within a run.

The Rays weren’t done in the fifth as Yunel Escobar doubled with two outs, stole third and scored on a bunt single by Desmond Jennings to knot the game 3-3. Myers singled with two outs in the sixth, stole second and came home on Scott’s base hit to right to give Tampa Bay the lead for good.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The effort by Hernandez, which included six strikeouts and one walk, extended Tampa Bay’s club record to 14 straight quality starts. … Houston starter Dallas Keuchel gave up three runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings. … The Astros signed 2B Jose Altuve to a four-year extension, which begins in 2014. There are also club options in 2018 and 2019.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   Tampa Bay
Dallas Keuchel Player Roberto Hernandez
No Decision W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 6
5.06 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Houston   Tampa Bay
Jason Castro Player Luke Scott
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 6 1 11 .194 6 10 3 1 0 0
Tampa Bay 8 1 12 .258 9 3 4 2 2 0