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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 2, Tampa Bay 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, May 21, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 27601

Brett Myers allowed just an unearned run in seven innings and the Houston Astros surprised the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 in the first of a three-game interleague series on Friday night.

Myers (3-3) pitched in and out of trouble much of the game. He scattered six hits and walked four while striking out seven.

Matt Lindstrom allowed one hit in the ninth for his 10th save.

The Rays scored their lone run in the first inning. After Jason Bartlett led off the game with a walk, he was forced out at second base on a grounder by Carl Crawford. Ben Zobrist followed with a double and Crawford came around to score on Hunter Pence’s error in right field.

Houston tied the game 1-1 on an RBI single by Jeff Keppinger in the third inning. They scored what proved to be the game-winner on a single by Pence in the seventh inning to score Keppinger, who led off the inning with a double.

Rays starter Matt Garza (5-2) took the loss. He went the distance, allowing six hits and three walks while fanning six.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Houston
Matt Garza Player Brett Myers
Loss W/L Win
8.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 6
2.25 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Houston
Reid Brignac Player Jeff Keppinger
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
5 TB 3
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 9 0 13 .273 23 9 0 4 2 0
Houston 6 0 8 .200 16 6 2 3 1 1