After being swept by the Rangers over the weekend, a strong start to the serious in Houston would go a long way in keeping up with the red-hot Orioles in the wild card standings. The offensive output in Dallas was lackluster, but thankfully that didn't transfer over on the short trip to H-Town.
Facing former Ray Scott Kamir, the Rays got to the scoring early. Asdrubal Cabrera continued his torrid pace with a two out run-scoring single in the first. That brought up Tim Beckham who took an 0-2 changeup and launched it into left field for a three run homer.