The greatest young talent at Minute Maid Park and maybe anywhere this season homered in the first inning and four-plus hours later ended a budding marathon with a single through the right side, the second straight walk-off for the Astros against the Rays.
Carlos Correa’s two-out single in the 13th inning sealed a 3-2 win that made good on a tremendous effort from the Astros bullpen in the second-longest game the team has played in terms of innings this season.
Matt Andriese, a righty in his second inning of work, gave up the winner as Colby Rasmus scored from third base.