Tommy Pham got things started for the Rays with a HR off of Justin Verlander in the 1st. He stole the momentum, he took the energy, he gave the prizefighter a shot to the ribs and another to the chin, and from that point on the Rays had the Astros on the ropes ready to even this series.
Pham is hurting, and he’d probably have hit the IL had this team not been in a playoff chase. That’s not stopping him from going out and giving everything he has each and every at bat, every play, and every chance he can.