Andrus entered the game hitting .571 against Rays pitching this season. He had a solo home run and a single in four at-bats when Rays reliever Brad Boxberger intentionally walked Shin-Soo Choo in the 10th with two outs and the potential go-ahead run at third to pitch to Andrus. Once again, Andrus came through, slamming a hot shot down the third-base line that Evan Longoria dove for and stopped, but he could not throw out Andrus, allowing the winning run to score.
Early in the game, the crowd of 24,461 was treated to a marquee pitching matchup between Alex Cobb and Yu Darvish, which lived up to the pregame hype.