MAJOR LEAGUE
HOUSTON ASTROS AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
09/15/2014
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MAJOR LEAGUE
HOUSTON ASTROS AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
GAME ID: 1455 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros (77-58) 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 10 0
Tampa Bay Rays (59-73) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
Astros Notch 7-1 Win Versus Rays
Houston beat Tampa Bay on the strength of starting pitcher Joe Niekro's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 7-1. The winner was Niekro. He threw 7.0 innings of shutout ball. The loser was David Price. With this game in the books, Houston is 77-58, Tampa Bay 59-73.

Houston used a well-timed hit by Brad Ausmus to capture the win. The catcher socked a 2-run double in the top of the second inning to put the Astros ahead, 2-0. Though it was his only hit in 4 at-bats, it was important.

Niekro said afterward that "winning is the goal."
HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Altuve DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .303 7 39
C. Correa 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .228 4 20
B. Serrell 2B 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 .292 18 57
K. Tucker RF 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 .265 20 74
A. Bregman 3B 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 .267 19 77
   a-M. Ensberg PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
L. Berkman LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .197 13 53
D. Thon SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .238 2 34
B. Ausmus C 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .251 13 44
M. Bourn CF 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 .241 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7 2 11 8      
a - M. Ensberg pinch hit for A. Bregman in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Ausmus (14, 2nd Inning off D. Price, 2 on, 2 outs) , B. Serrell (26, 6th Inning off D. Price, 0 on, 0 outs) , L. Berkman (23, 6th Inning off D. Wheeler, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Serrell (18, 3rd Inning off D. Price, 0 on, 2 outs) , A. Bregman (19, 4th Inning off D. Price, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Tucker (20, 8th Inning off A. Lopez, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Altuve , B. Serrell 7 , K. Tucker 4 , A. Bregman 5 , L. Berkman 3 , B. Ausmus 2
2-out RBI: B. Serrell , B. Ausmus
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Ausmus , M. Bourn
GIDP: C. Correa
Team LOB: 3
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Lloyd SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .302 10 42
   b-A. Huff PH, 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .259 2 11
K. Kiermaier CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .236 16 54
Y. Díaz 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .300 7 50
B. Lowe 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 16 63
C. Torriente DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .278 17 59
J. Canseco RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .203 9 42
C. Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .212 7 40
E. Longoria 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .210 11 45
   a-J. Lugo PH, SS 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0
T. Hall C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211 0 1
Totals 33 1 6 1 3 5 9      
a - J. Lugo pinch hit for E. Longoria in the 8th
b - A. Huff pinch hit for J. Lloyd in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Lugo (2, 8th Inning off X. Hernandez, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Lloyd , K. Kiermaier , Y. Díaz , J. Canseco , J. Lugo 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Díaz , C. Torriente , C. Crawford
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Canseco (24)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Longoria-Lowe-Díaz)
OF assists: 1 (Canseco(Berkman at 2nd base))
HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Niekro W (11-7) 7.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 81 3.22   
X. Hernandez 1.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 29 4.06   
B. Brown 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 1.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Niekro 73
Batters Faced: J. Niekro 25, X. Hernandez 7, B. Brown 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Niekro 6-11, X. Hernandez 3-0, B. Brown 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Niekro 81-51, X. Hernandez 29-11, B. Brown 18-10
WP: X. Hernandez
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Price L (7-16) 5.1 6 5 5 2 7 2 90 3.84   
D. Wheeler 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 29 4.15   
A. Lopez 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 24 3.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Price 41
Batters Faced: D. Price 22, D. Wheeler 7, A. Lopez 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Price 5-2, D. Wheeler 1-1, A. Lopez 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: D. Price 90-57, D. Wheeler 29-20, A. Lopez 24-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Wheeler 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Joe Niekro
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 15489
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