Astros vs. Rays Game Highlights (8/13/24) | MLB Highlights

But the big move they've made junior cro the second best prospect, widely acclaimed in all of baseball with the club and it appears the move is meant to, he's going to get 44 games of an opportunity here. He was a guy that came up last year's 20 year old. He played in seven games in the month of September and impacted the team in those seven games. He drove in seven runs in the seven games, drove a run in in five of the seven. Jordana Alvarez legend has it just broke their video board earlier today during batting practice, he hit the scoreboard , the right field scoreboard is completely out right now. We're going to play without a scoreboard before he hit, everything was great, hit it and all of a sudden it just SCM the entire screen they have since pulled the plug on because of the damage, literal damage that Jordan Alvarez can do. Let's take a look at Shane Bods still looking for that first win. The, er, a 4.30 the whip you would like to get that lower. The Astros come you very fast, very quick and all their hot hitters are there in a row. Altuve Bregman. Alvarez Diaz painted the front five and that pitch popped up left side that's in foul ground to take care of that. Alex Bregman is homer in each of his last three games as a seven game hit streak. The line drive to center field Brey starts the night with a base hit. He has got such a good right now. The foot is getting down on time. The hands are loaded perfectly and he's just ready to fire through the zone and that path getting through the zone is so pure right now steps Jordan Alvarez equally as hot as Gregson right there for two and a swing and that will take care of Diaz bottom of the first. You say KCI on the mound for the Astros five and 94.62. Er A in 24 starts this year, Diaz, the only guy that didn't strike out in that stretch of eight in a row this ball to right runs it down on the warning track. Good play by Mauricio for out number one. Now, Dylan Carlson who homered against him in Houston Carlson, the wave and a pitch down and kit makes the tag Carlson frustrated as he head back to the dugout first strikeout for as Brandon Lowe left handed, hitting second base in play but playable shallow, left center field coming on with the head of the is Chas mccormick and he's going to get there for the final out of the inning. No score Astros and raise top of the second base is empty for jake myers. The ball hit well by Jake in the left center field that will be down for hit Astros have their second hit of the night hot shot. It's going to be caught by down there reaching across to his right. They're taking aim on the rookie and so far he's three for three with his glove and with one out and the junior Cabana will come to the plate. He made his debut with the Rays last year at age 21 of the youngest players ever to debut with the Rays. Got him strikes out cam and that's three strikeouts for you say in two in a Jose Caballero will stand in shortstop right handed hitter and makes him through the hole between short and Fabro is gonna shoot for two and he's gonna make it, but he turned first with heads up looking to see how the Houston defense would respond and he took advantage and winds up in scoring position. We're looking for some sort of a spark, maybe that's it. Josh Lowe left handed, hitting right fielder adds a liner to center for a base hit and Cro's aggressive base running, he's gonna be turned into a run scores standing up and the Rays take a 10 lead nicely done by Lowe serving that one. Now, let's see if shane can put up a scoreless frame and get further momentum in that first base. Here's Bregman. This guy continues to be a hit machine. Alex Bregman, another base hit. He is unstoppable right now. He doubles with two outs here in the third and now it's Diaz turn again, three run homer yesterday with 66 runs batted in. There you go. Base hit in the left center field that will tie the to score. You're not going to third comes through again. RB I number 67 on the year. The team leader 11 game in the fourth. Here's more. Struck out his last time up looking this one to center. Jake Myers coming on. Still coming. He's going to make a diving sliding catch as he got there, didn't have the best of jumps, which is usually his strength, but he's able to get there in time for the second out, two out bases empty for junior Cainero gets a nice round of applause. Short throw by Crow is a boy. He hit that ball hard. That ball was hit at 116 off the bat. They score that infield hit ground ball slowly hit Breman backhand takes his time throws across for the final out Astros and Rays all square at one as we start the fifth inning. Now, Jose stay high enough that ball started to sink and Carlson got there just in time, man. Now with an eight game hit streak, alex drills one deep to left field four consecutive. The Astros take a 2 to 1 lead. Bragg is hitting bombs on a regular. Why walk when you can do that, Bragman again with a big punch 2 to 1 Astros lead the Rays ball to left field, slicing tough play for Bregman. Can he get there? Yes, he does. He is doing everything tonight at Tropicana Field, alex, a great defensive play. He is in a great position to be able to make this play because he's not playing a traditional third base with a right handed hitter up there. He's kind of playing that pull shortstop position where he's very comfortable. We go to the sixth. The races are down 21 to Houston and here's Jeremy Pena 21 and Pena hits it well that to left center field going back on it. Carlson, still going back looking up. See you later. Jeremy Pena exits left center and the Astros lead is 3 to 1. Pena with his 11th of the season , 96.2 into the zone. 100 and four getting out of the zone JP three over the chief shows up 3 to 1 bottom of the seventh inning. Brian Abreu back out there and it's Junior Camro, the 21 year old to lead things off. Abreu picked up a strikeout of Christopher Morell to end the sixth inning and now he strikes out Junior Canonero on three pitches. Abreu two strikeouts of two batters. This ball lined to right coming on. Dub-n diving. He makes a great catch did it in right field in the seventh inning. The Astros flashing leather all over the place at Tropicana Field, Astros with a 3 to 1 lead over the Rays as we start the eighth at Tropicana field, there's a ground ball base hit to the right side, another multi hit game for J Diaz and he's a one out base runner. Here's Caratini, he's two with a walk slowly hit, but they were in the shift going to be tough to turn two. In fact might have beaten that throw out at second base for now as brandon Lau just got to the bag ahead of time and joe Epa says, let's challenge, but when C had to go so far to his right , that's what allowed the time for Jeremy Painty to get in there before the throw. That's gonna be an easy overturn. This outstanding hustle, here comes the call from Allen Porter. After review, the call in the field is overturned. Runner is safe. Houston will retain their challenge. So the bases are loaded with jake Meyers coming up two strike pitch and he got him at pitch sweeping right off the plate and a cut and miss by Myers ground ball. Third grab by cro got a nice play by the young infielder CBA to his left, grabbed it and went to first bottom of the eighth in ST Petersburg. And ryan Presley is the third pitcher of the night for the Astros. There's going to be a base hit the other way. One hop in front of Jackson makes contact, picking up his first hit of the night. Yandy Diaz come through hitless tonight, but he's hit two balls quite well. The rays with back to back hits for the first time since the second inning pitch. And that's ball four and a good controlled at bat there by Carlson to walk and load the bases and that's a big walk by Carlson to get brandon Laue up there. Here it is. And a shot down to first. They got to get the out there. A run will score. The runners move up, gets an RB. I, he hit it hard but he hit it right in the wrong spot, I guess. Fortunate that Diaz didn't catch on the line or it would have been a double play. Christopher Mll looking for a moment with his relatively new team ball. Two hops takes his time and that's the final out of the inning. A strand run second and third bottom of the ninth Astros with a 3 to 2 lead over the rays, josh Hater on to try to close it out for the Astros. Now, you're hoping for a big moment for Juniors, had an infield hit a couple of pretty good plays defensively in his return. Got a three pitch strikeout, josh Hater. Good morning, good afternoon. Good night to the Young third baseman what away here in the night Rays down to their final out and josh Lowe, their final hope ground ball slowly hit Diaz will flip it to Hader covering Astros win 3 to 2 as the Astros get their 26 consecutive save from Hader. And they now lead the A L West by a game and a half their biggest lead of the season. Astros have won seven in a row.