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Gomez, Valbuena homer, Astros hold off Rays for 4-3 victory

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- 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.