Taylor Walls Hits Sacrifice Fly in 9th as Rays Rally to Beat Astros 3-2

Rays rally to tie in 8th inning, walk off Astros in 9th

By Marc Topkin, Tampa Bay Times TAMPA — The Rays turned a frustrating night into a celebratory one, rallying for two runs in the eighth inning to tie the Astros, then walking them off in the ninth for a 3-2 win on Tuesday. Taylor Walls delivered the game-winner with a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Christopher Morel, who drew a leadoff walk from Kaleb Ort and went to third on Brandon Lowe’s soft double into shallow left. The win improve…

Rays rally late, walk off Astros on Taylor Walls’ sac fly

Jonathan Aranda had a two-run single in the eighth inning and Taylor Walls had a sacrifice fly in the ninth as the host Tampa Bay Rays earned a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Taylor Walls hits sacrifice fly in 9th as Rays rally to beat Astros 3-2

Taylor Walls hit a game-ending sacrifice fly and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Houston Astros 3-2.

Tampa Bay 3, Houston 2

Table of ContentsAlignment Houston AstrosAlignment Tampa Bay RaysDevelopment of the meetingThe highlights Houston Astros jumped to the ground of the George Steinbrenner Field for the last game of the three series against Tampa Bay Rays with record divided in it, after exiting the big door on Monday, but with a painful defeat after a late reaction of the locals to leave them lying in the field.

Once again, the Rays pulled ahead of the rest of the league. They acquired Isaac Paredes—a utility infielder—at the start of the 2022 season and turned him into an above-average hitter. He was later traded for Christopher Morel and then Kyle Tucker. While he doesn’t hit especially hard, he has hit 76 home runs since 2022, optimizing his contact on fly balls. New trends quickly catch on, and now many hitters are looking to hit fly balls. Nobody d…