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Font strains lat in 6th but earns win vs. Astros

ST. PETERSBURG -- Amid all the noise about "openers" and "bullpen days" of late, the Rays seem to have discovered a bona fide starter in Wilmer Font.

Unfortunately, Font suffered a right lat strain during a superlative performance Friday night in the Rays' 3-2 win over the Astros at Tropicana Field.

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Font pitched five scoreless innings, not allowing a hit until a two-out double in the fifth by Max Stassi. He then walked Jake Marisnick to start the sixth and fell behind 3-1 to the next batter, Alex Bregman.