With Hunter Brown’s worst outing of the year coming against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Houston Astros (25-24) weren’t able to back him up at the plate after eventful first innings from both teams.
Things got started right away in the top of the first after a hit-by-pitch to the first batter of the game, Jeremy Peña, setup Isaac Paredes for a two-run shot to left center to put Houston up 2-0.
The Rays answered right back on Brown though with two runs of their own in the bottom half to tie it, both coming on RBI-singles.