Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 7,
Houston 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Ryan Wills
Attendance: 28321
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Ryan Wills
Attendance: 28321
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .243 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .230 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .271 |
| Manuel Margot | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .255 |
| Brett Phillips | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 |
| Francisco Mejia | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brandon Lowe (31), Wander Franco (18), Joey Wendle (31) | |||||||||
| 3B - Brett Phillips 2 (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Brandon Lowe (35), Ji-Man Choi (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Brandon Lowe 6, Wander Franco 4, Nelson Cruz, Ji-Man Choi 4, Joey Wendle 2, Kevin Kiermaier, Brett Phillips 6, Francisco Mejia | |||||||||
| RBI - Brandon Lowe 2 (90), Ji-Man Choi 3 (45), Brett Phillips (44), Francisco Mejia (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brandon Lowe 2 (37), Ji-Man Choi 3 (17), Brett Phillips (20), Francisco Mejia (19) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ji-Man Choi (32), Joey Wendle (59) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ji-Man Choi (5), Brett Phillips (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Kevin Kiermaier (4, 2nd by Garcia/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Drew Rasmussen (W 4-0) | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.44 |
| Luis Patino | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.42 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.52 |
| Louis Head | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.48 |
| HBP - Jake Meyers (by Sherriff) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Drew Rasmussen 54-42, Luis Patino 28-17, Ryan Sherriff 34-20, Louis Head 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Drew Rasmussen 7-5, Luis Patino 2-3, Ryan Sherriff 0-1, Louis Head 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Drew Rasmussen 16, Luis Patino 7, Ryan Sherriff 8, Louis Head 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Head 2-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Michael Brantley | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .312 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Jake Meyers | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| Chas McCormick | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .254 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| Jose Siri | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .289 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .171 |
| Jason Castro | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Yuli Gurriel, Kyle Tucker, Jason Castro | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chas McCormick (25) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Garcia (L 11-8) | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3.48 |
| Peter Solomon | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 |
| WP - Luis Garcia | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Garcia 84-58, Peter Solomon 64-36 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Garcia 3-1, Peter Solomon 5-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Garcia 23, Peter Solomon 16 | ||||||||