Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays Game 3 Player Stats and Box Scores for May 21

The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays are all set to wrap up a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon. This competitive series is currently tied at one win apiece, making this the rubber match.

Houston comes into this game with an overall record of 25-23 on the year, and they are in second place in the AL West. Tampa Bay is currently sitting in fourth place in the AL East with a record of 22-26.

Hunter Brown (6-2, 1.43 ERA) is making the start for the Astros and he will be opposed by Taj Bradley (3-3, 4.80 ERA) for the Rays.

Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays Box Score:

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Houston Astros	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
Tampa Bay Rays	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	x	8

Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Player Stats

Houston Astros

Batters - HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
PeñaSS	3	1	0	0	0	1	0.297	0.794
Paredes3B	4	2	2	3	0	1	0.27	0.861
AltuveDH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0.238	0.629
Diaz, YaC	4	0	1	0	0	2	0.224	0.611
Walker, C1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0.199	0.607
MeyersCF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0.306	0.8
SmithRF	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.235	0.687
Rodgers2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0.198	0.535
a-CaratiniPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.265	0.785
DubónLF	2	1	2	1	1	0	0.258	0.664
Totals	32	4	7	4	2	12

Pitchers - HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Brown, H	5	7	5	5	2	4	3	2.04
Sousa	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	2.45
Whitley	0.2	1	3	3	4	1	1	10.13
Okert	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99
Totals	8	10	8	8	6	8	4

Tampa Bay Rays

Díaz, YDH	5	2	2	3	0	0	0.254	0.719
Lowe, JRF	4	1	2	1	1	1	0.286	0.904
Lowe, B2B	4	1	1	1	1	2	0.224	0.663
Aranda1B	5	1	1	1	0	0	0.306	0.881
CaballeroSS	3	0	1	0	1	1	0.252	0.697
SimpsonLF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0.289	0.644
MisnerCF	2	1	0	0	2	1	0.235	0.684
Mead3B	3	2	2	1	1	0	0.206	0.565
RortvedtC	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.088	0.28
Totals	34	8	10	8	6	8

Pitchers - TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Bradley, T(W, 4-3)	6	4	2	2	2	7	1	4.61
Cleavinger(H, 5)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.89
Uceta(H, 7)	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	5.66
Fairbanks	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.25
Totals	9	7	4	4	2	12	3

Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Summary

The Tampa Bay Rays picked up an impressive 8-4 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday, and it also allowed them to win a series. Tampa Bay used the home run ball to break this game wide open, and they responded right away when facing a deficit.

Houston opened up the scoring with two runs in the top of the first inning, but Tampa Bay was able to match that number. The Rays then took the lead in the fourth inning, and broke it wide open late in the game.

Josh Lowe and Brandon Lowe each hit a home run in this game, and Tampa Bay belted four of them overall. Houston got two home runs in this game, including one from Isaac Paredes.

Hunter Brown struggled on the mound for the Houston Astros, and he took the loss in this game. Taj Bradley was able to pick up the win for Tampa Bay, moving to 4-3 on the year.