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Rays silenced as 5-game winning streak ends

ST. PETERSBURG -- Rays manager Kevin Cash chalked up Thursday's 1-0 loss vs. the Astros to bad luck.

Despite several scoring opportunities, Tampa Bay's five-game winning streak was snapped in the opener of a four-game set at Tropicana Field.

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"That's how I look at it. It was bad luck," Cash said. "Nobody did anything wrong. ... It just didn't work in our favor, for whatever reason."

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The Rays had another successful pitching performance beginning with an "opener.