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Rays 2, Astros 9: The Struggle is Real

The Tampa Bay Rays begin a three-game series against the Houston Astros and the start of seventeen straight games without an off day. Ryan Yarbrough (1-2, 4.28 ERA) is the starter for the Rays against Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1, 4.58 ERA) for the Astros. This is the first meeting between the teams since the 2020 ALCS with the Rays winning in seven games.

We were going to say something about the ALCS

But instead, here’s tonight’s lineup - let’s win the weekend pic.twitter.com/22xBvLyom9— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) April 30, 2021

Jose Altuve tried to get things going for the Astros to leadoff the game with a couple bunt attempts resulting in a groundout.