ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Gomez and Luis Valbuena hit solo home runs to back the pitching of Mike Fiers and lead the Houston Astros over the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Saturday.
Fiers (4-3) allowed a pair of solo homers in seven innings and won for only the second time in a month.
Gomez went deep off Chris Archer (4-8) to tie it in the seventh. Marwin Gonzalez scored on Erasmo Ramirez’s wild pitch in the eighth and Valbuena homered off Dana Eveland for a two-run lead in the ninth.
Will Harris worked through a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth, losing his streak of 26 consecutive scoreless innings but escaping with his second save when Desmond Jennings grounded into a game-ending double play.
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