Notch their thirty-third come from behind victory with 3-2 13 inning win.
WP: Josh Fields (4 – 0)
LP: Matt Andriesse (3 – 3)
Submitted by Sphinx Drummond
A solo homerun by Carlos Correa, his 15th, got the scoring started for the Astros and the one to nothing score held up until the 7th inning when the Rays scored twice to take the lead. Correa’s second hit of the game, his first walk off, proved to be the game winner.
There were a lot of missed opportunities in between. A RBI single by Evan Gattis that scored Jed Lowrie finally tied the game in the bottom of the ninth frame to get to extra innings. After Hank Conger lead off the 13th with a strike out, Colby Rasmus picked up and walk, he advanced to third on Jose Altuve’s single, and following a strike out by Marwin Gonzalez, Correa struck gold with a single to right field to end the game.
Dallas Keuchel came up short of getting a win but turned in another stellar performance in attempting to be the MLB’s first 15 game winner, he scattered 7 hits over 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, and finished with 5 strike outs and one base on balls. Chad Qualls was excellent, striking out the side in the 8th, Pat Neshek was perfect in the ninth, as was Luke Gregerson in the 10th. Will Harris, Oliver Perez and Josh Fields killed in extra innings.
The last time Houston was in sole possession of 1st place in their division this late in a season was on Sept. 21, 2003, when they were 84-71 and leading the NL Central Division by a half game. Thursday the first place Astros try to make it three in a row when Collin McHugh squares off against Chris Archer in a 7:10 pm CST start.
Attendance: 26,001
Game Time: 4:04