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Houston Downed 4-1 By Tampa Bay - Justin Verlander Takes Loss

Tampa Bay got 2 innings of work from Ryan Yarbrough en route to a 4-1 victory over Houston on Tuesday at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay was an underdog by +190 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 7.5.

Ryan Yarbrough earned the victory for the Rays, throwing 2 innings of work, striking out 0, walking 0, and allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Joey Wendle in the win.

Houston's starting pitcher Justin Verlander worked 3.2 innings, giving up 7 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 5 in the loss. They got 2 hits from George Springer in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored Tampa Bay as they had 13 hits, while Houston only had 6.

The game was closed out by Blake Snell who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.