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July 5, 2026 · AL West

Tampa Bay Rays vs Houston Astros

July 5, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
52-35
0
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
45-47
2

Game Highlights

Published July 5, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Christian Walker Christian Walker homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. TB 0, HOU 1
B6 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. TB 0, HOU 2

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000000000 0
HOU 000101000 2

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 0

Mason Englert started for Rays, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mason Englert Starter 5.2 101 2 9 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mason Englert threw
    CSW 35% 1st-pitch strike 63% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 23 23% 6 6 2 6 3
    Sinker 16 16% 0 2 4 4 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 16% 4 2 3 5 2
    Curveball 16 16% 1 5 3 6 1
    Cutter 15 15% 3 3 4 5 0
    Slider 9 9% 1 1 0 5 2
    Slow Curve 4 4% 1 0 0 3 0
    Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Cam Booser Middle 1.1 15 0 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.0 12 0 0
Astros HOME 2

Peter Lambert started for Astros, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Peter Lambert Starter 5.2 90 0 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Peter Lambert threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 71% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 46 51% 7 7 13 17 2
    Changeup 14 16% 3 0 1 5 5
    Sweeper 13 14% 4 1 3 4 1
    Slider 7 8% 1 0 1 3 2
    Cutter 6 7% 0 1 2 0 3
    Slurve 4 4% 1 0 1 1 1
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.1 25 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Bryan King Setup 1.0 12 0 0 HLD
  • Josh Hader Closer 1.0 21 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Englert
  • Walker HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .321 .404 .489 .893
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 .388 .452 .840
Junior Caminero 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .288 .378 .561 .939
Ryan Vilade 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .327 .459 .786
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 .316 .330 .646 SB
Ben Williamson SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .238 .312 .324 .636 SB
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .171 .281 .303 .584
Jonny DeLuca CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .270 .311 .454 .765
Nick Fortes C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .301 .347 .648
Cedric Mullins CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 .293 .353 .646
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .329 .319 .648
Hunter Feduccia C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .306 .309 .615
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .236 .314 .386 .700 SB
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .429 .637 1.066
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254 .348 .423 .771 HR (12)
Christian Walker 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .238 .311 .470 .781 HR (20)
Cam Smith RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .221 .293 .380 .673
Zach Dezenzo LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .204 .264 .347 .611
Nick Allen SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .284 .309 .593
Christian Vázquez C 3 0 1 0 0 2 .218 .275 .327 .602
LaMonte Wade Jr. LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .263 .500 .763
Taylor Trammell CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .252 .316 .402 .718

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mason Englert 5.2 5 2 2 1 9 2 101 3.82 L
Cam Booser 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 1.42
Craig Kimbrel 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.62
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Peter Lambert 5.2 3 0 0 1 6 0 90 3.26 W
Steven Okert 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 2.49 HLD
Bryan King 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.08 HLD
Josh Hader 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21 0.60 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 3.7 R IBBs 3.5 R
HOME · HOU
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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How RunsLeft analyzes games

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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