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Game Recap Final

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays

HOU

Houston Astros

74-74 · L1

2
Final

TB

Tampa Bay Rays

88-60 · W1

3

Tampa Bay Rays beat Houston Astros 3-2 at Tropicana Field. Tyler Wells earned the win; Peter Lambert took the loss. Bryan Baker recorded the save.

Houston Astros 2, Tampa Bay Rays 3 MLB game recap for September 12, 2026

Tampa Bay beat Houston 3-2 on a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning at Tropicana Field. The Rays erased a 2-1 deficit with two runs in the fifth and added the deciding marker two frames later. Isaac Seymour worked six innings for Tampa Bay, punching out 10 batters on 79 pitches. That's a season-best strikeout total for the right-hander, who surrendered two earned runs and now carries a 4.27 ERA. Peter Lambert threw six frames for Houston, fanning four and allowing three earned on 85 pitches. His ledger stands at 3.71. Isaac Paredes opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first, his 20th home run of the year. Richie Palacios answered with a two-run single in the fifth that brought home Victor Mesa Jr. and Chandler Simpson. Yainer Diaz brought the Astros within one in the sixth on an RBI single that scored Jose Altuve. Nick Madrigal's sac fly in the seventh plated Kenny Piper and proved to be the difference. The NRFI model had a lean toward no runs in the first. It landed. Seymour's 10 strikeouts outpaced his K projection, while Lambert's four came in under. Tyler Wells earned the win in relief, and Bryan Baker recorded the save.

Isaac Paredes homered for Houston in the first inning, but Richie Palacios drove in two in the fifth to put Tampa Bay ahead for good.

Isaac Seymour struck out 10 batters across six innings on just 79 pitches, a season-high K total for the Rays starter.

The NRFI model had a lean toward no runs in the first inning, and the frame finished scoreless despite Paredes homering in the top half.

Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 with an RBI single in the sixth, but Houston could not push across the tying run after that.

Linescore

123456789 R H E
HOU 100001000 2 5 0
TB 00002010- 3 7 0

Scoring Summary

▲ 1st

Isaac Paredes homers (20) on a fly ball to left center field.

1-0
▼ 5th

Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson scores.

1-2
▲ 6th

Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jose Altuve scores.

2-2
▼ 7th

Nick Madrigal out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Kenny Piper scores. Chandler Simpson to 2nd.

2-3

Key Performers

Isaac Paredes

HOU

1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R

Richie Palacios

TB

1-2, 2 RBI

Yainer Diaz

HOU

3-4, 1 RBI

Nick Madrigal

TB

0-0, 1 RBI

Batting

HOU AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 -
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 -
Daulton Varsho CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 -
Jose Altuve 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 -
Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 -
Jeremy Peña SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 -
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 -
Christian Vázquez C 3 0 0 0 0 3 -
Yainer Diaz DH 4 0 3 1 0 0 -
Totals 32 2 5 2 3 14
TB AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Nick Madrigal 2B 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 1 2 0 0 -
Jorge Mateo SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 -
Ryan Vilade PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 -
Jonny DeLuca CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
Kenny Piper C 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
Liam Hicks C 3 0 1 0 0 0 -
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 -
Nick Fortes C 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 -
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 2 1 1 0 2 1 -
Junior Caminero 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 -
Cedric Mullins CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals 27 3 7 3 4 4

Pitching

HOU IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Lambert, P (L, 8-9) 6.0 6 3 3 0 4 85-62 3.71
Sousa 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 13-7 5.40
Blubaugh 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 24-11 3.30
King, B 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 7-2 5.01
Totals 8.0 7 3 3 4 4
TB IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Seymour, I 6.0 4 2 2 1 10 79-58 4.27
Wells, T (W, 5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 15-9 2.38
Johnson, T (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 25-16 3.86
Baker (S, 40) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 20-11 1.54
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 3 14
Research Not included in official record
NRFI: NRFI model leaned lean nrfi at 55%