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July 4, 2026 · AL West

Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros

July 4, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
52-34
8
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
44-47
10

Game Highlights

Published July 4, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (26) on a fly ball to left center field. TB 1, HOU 0
B1 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (28) on a fly ball to left center field. Jose Altuve scores. TB 1, HOU 2
T2 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. TB 3, HOU 2
T3 Victor Mesa Jr. Victor Mesa Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Taylor Trammell. Jonathan Aranda scores. TB 4, HOU 2
T3 Jonny DeLuca Jonny DeLuca singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Junior Caminero scores. Cedric Mullins to 3rd. TB 5, HOU 2
T3 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios lines out to left fielder LaMonte Wade Jr. TB 6, HOU 2
T4 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero reaches on a fielder's choice. Taylor Walls scores. Hunter Feduccia to 3rd. Throwing error by shortstop Nick Allen. TB 7, HOU 2
B4 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Christian Walker scores. TB 7, HOU 4
B5 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Nick Allen scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd. TB 7, HOU 5
T7 Jonny DeLuca Jonny DeLuca homers (5) on a line drive to left field. TB 8, HOU 5
B7 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Taylor Trammell scores. Nick Allen to 3rd. TB 8, HOU 6
B7 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes singles on a line drive to left fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Nick Allen scores. Jose Altuve to 2nd. TB 8, HOU 7
B7 Zach Dezenzo Zach Dezenzo singles on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Jose Altuve scores. Isaac Paredes to 3rd. TB 8, HOU 8
B9 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (29) on a fly ball to center field. Jose Altuve scores. TB 8, HOU 10

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 123100100 8
HOU 200210302 10

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Rays AWAY 8

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with a 7–5 lead. Out of the bullpen, Cole Sulser took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 5.0 77 5 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 24 31% 4 4 2 8 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 26% 3 3 5 5 4
    Sinker 16 21% 1 4 0 7 4
    Changeup 11 14% 1 0 6 2 2
    Curveball 4 5% 0 1 1 2 0
    Sweeper 2 3% 0 0 0 0 2
  • Cole Sulser Setup 1.0 20 3 0 HLD
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 0.2 14 0 1 HLD inherited 3, 2 scored
  • Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.1 19 0 1 BS inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Casey Legumina Middle 0.0 12 2 0 L
Astros HOME 10

Hunter Brown started for Astros, leaving trailing 2–7. Out of the bullpen, Cristian Javier took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Hunter Brown Starter 4.0 82 7 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Hunter Brown threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 41% 1 7 4 20 2
    Knuckle Curve 16 20% 0 3 2 6 5
    Sinker 16 20% 0 3 1 7 5
    Changeup 8 10% 2 1 2 2 1
    Slider 8 10% 2 1 1 2 2
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 18 0 0
  • Cristian Javier Reliever 2.0 39 1 4
  • Bryan King Setup 1.0 22 0 2
  • Josh Hader Closer 1.0 17 0 1 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 9th · off Legumina
  • Alvarez HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jonathan Aranda DH 5 1 1 0 0 4 .287 .390 .455 .845
Junior Caminero 3B 4 2 2 2 1 1 .291 .379 .566 .945 HR (26), SB
Cedric Mullins CF 3 1 1 0 2 2 .215 .295 .355 .650 SB
Ryan Vilade 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .331 .466 .797
Victor Mesa Jr. LF 2 1 0 1 2 1 .176 .279 .311 .590 SB
Jonny DeLuca RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 .265 .306 .450 .756 HR (5), 2 SB
Richie Palacios 2B 4 1 2 2 1 0 .233 .332 .322 .654 HR (2), SB
Taylor Walls SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 .229 .331 .302 .633
Hunter Feduccia C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .231 .311 .315 .626
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve 2B 3 3 2 0 2 0 .234 .311 .387 .698 2B, 3B
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 2 3 6 0 0 .324 .433 .645 1.078 2 HR (28, 29)
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .251 .347 .413 .760
Christian Walker 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 .238 .312 .464 .776
Zach Dezenzo LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 .208 .269 .354 .623
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .293 .380 .673
Yainer Diaz C 4 1 1 2 0 0 .235 .261 .362 .623 HR (4)
Taylor Trammell CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .257 .322 .410 .732
Nick Allen SS 3 2 1 0 1 0 .244 .294 .321 .615 2B
LaMonte Wade Jr. LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .313 .600 .913

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 5.0 6 5 5 1 2 2 77 2.78
Cole Sulser 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 20 5.89 HLD
Garrett Cleavinger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 4.01 HLD
Craig Kimbrel 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 4.81 BS
Casey Legumina 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 12 3.57 L
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Hunter Brown 4.0 6 7 7 4 3 2 82 3.68
Nate Pearson 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 4.00
Cristian Javier 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 39 11.12
Bryan King 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 2.13
Josh Hader 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0.64 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 3.7 R IBBs 3.5 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 1.7 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
7-3 W3 +0 run diff
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HOME · HOU
7-3 L1 +13 run diff
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Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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