Houston Astros @ Tampa Bay Rays

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final

0-1, 0-1 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
G. SpringerRF	1-5	1	1	3	.200
J. Altuve2B	2-4	1	1	1	.500
A. Bregman3B	0-4	0	0	0	.000
M. BrantleyLF	2-4	1	1	1	.500
Y. Gurriel1B	2-4	0	0	0	.500
T. WhiteDH	1-4	0	0	0	.250
R. ChirinosC	1-3	1	0	0	.333
A. DíazSS	0-4	0	0	0	.000
J. MarisnickCF	1-3	1	0	0	.333

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Verlander	7.0	3	1	1	9	102-74	1.29
R. Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	2	13-11	0.00
R. Osuna	1.0	0	0	0	1	9-5	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

4:00 PM, March 28, 2019

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 25,025

Game Time:2:38

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Sam Holbrook
First Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Second Base Umpire - Jim Wolf
Third Base Umpire - Manny Gonzalez

Verlander outpitches Snell, Astros cruise past Rays 5-1

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Mar 28, 2019, 09:28 pm - Associated Press


HOU
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	1
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

J. Verlander1-0

7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 1 BB

B. Snell0-1

6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU	TB
1st	Meadows homered to left (381 feet).	0	1
3rd	Springer homered to center (427 feet), Chirinos scored and Marisnick scored.	3	1
4th	Brantley homered to right (404 feet).	4	1
5th	Altuve homered to left (384 feet).	5	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
5
Rays
1

Game 1

3/28

Astros
2
Rays
4

Game 2

3/29

Astros
1
Rays
3

Game 3

3/30

Astros
1
Rays
3

Game 4

3/31

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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Houston Astros @ Tampa Bay Rays

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Verlander outpitches Snell, Astros cruise past Rays 5-1

J. Verlander1-0

B. Snell0-1

Scoring Summary

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