The Rays scored all four of their runs with two outs. Pearce belted a two-run double in the first. Then Logan Forsythe, in his first game off the disabled list, had an RBI double of his own in the second. Miller singled him home. Houston starter Lance McCullers shut the Rays down after that over six innings, but the damage was done.
The Rays' Matt Andriese was effective for his first 16 outs, but then he allowed a double, high off the wall, to Luis Valbuena. It was followed by an RBI single from Tyler White and a two-run homer from Jason Castro.