The story of this game was the pitching, specifically, the starting pitching. For the Tampa Bay Rays, Ryan Pepiot was great, turning in 6.2 scoreless frames, allowing just a pair of hits in the process. For the Houston Astros, Framber Valdez was somehow even better. The right-hander tossed a complete game, allowing just one run on three hits. He struck out nine and walked one. And, he did all of that with just 83 pitches, 59 of which he threw for strikes.
The only run Valdez surrendered was on the second pitch of the game. Jose Caballero jumped on an elevated sinker who lined it over the wall in left field to give the Rays an early 1-0 advantage.