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September 11, 2026 · AL East

Houston Astros vs Tampa Bay Rays

September 11, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Houston Astros
75-73
1
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
88-59
3

Game Highlights

Published September 11, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz grounds into a force out, second baseman Richie Palacios to shortstop Jorge Mateo. Isaac Paredes scores. Daulton Varsho out at 2nd. Yainer Diaz to 1st. HOU 1, TB 0
B5 Victor Mesa Jr. Victor Mesa Jr. homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. HOU 1, TB 1
B9 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (40) on a fly ball to left center field. Jonny DeLuca scores. HOU 1, TB 3

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 000100000 1
TB 000010002 3

Pitching & bullpen

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

Astros AWAY 1

Astros opened with Miguel Ullola, then turned the bulk of the game over to Bryan King. Out of the bullpen, Bryan Abreu took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Miguel Ullola Opener 1.0 13 0 0
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Miguel Ullola threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 67% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 10 77% 2 1 2 3 2
    Slider 2 15% 0 0 0 1 1
    Changeup 1 8% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Bryan King Bulk 1.1 19 0 0
  • Ethan Pecko Reliever 5.2 75 1 4 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Bryan Abreu Setup 0.1 9 2 1 L
Rays HOME 3

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with the game tied 1–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 7.0 92 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 56% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 30 33% 2 5 4 8 11
    Cutter 29 32% 2 4 4 15 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 23% 2 5 5 5 4
    Changeup 11 12% 0 0 4 3 4
    Sweeper 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Tyler Wells Middle 1.0 9 0 1
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 15 0 1 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 9th · off Abreu
  • Caminero HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 .307 .398 .705 SB
Jeremy Peña SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .271 .323 .453 .776
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .260 .359 .426 .785 2B
Daulton Varsho CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228 .291 .363 .654
Yainer Diaz C 3 0 2 1 1 0 .272 .302 .431 .733
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .300 .421 .721
Cam Smith RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219 .285 .409 .694
Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .210 .293 .362 .655
Nick Allen 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 .320 .358 .678
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .303 .368 .467 .835
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 .279 .365 .534 .899 HR (40)
Liam Hicks C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285 .368 .440 .808
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 2 1 1 1 1 0 .250 .316 .500 .816 HR (13), SB
Chandler Simpson LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .335 .356 .691
Cedric Mullins CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203 .285 .343 .628
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .230 .327 .367 .694 SB
Jorge Mateo SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .210 .258 .331 .589
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 .359 .427 .786 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Miguel Ullola 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.38
Bryan King 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 5.04
Ethan Pecko 5.2 1 1 1 2 4 1 75 4.30
Bryan Abreu 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 1 9 3.86 L
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 92 2.81
Tyler Wells 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.41
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 1.58 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 0.7 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
3-7 L3 -18 run diff
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HOME · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with HOU listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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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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