ST. PETERSBURG -- Rays manager Kevin Cash chalked up Thursday's 1-0 loss vs. the Astros to bad luck.
Despite several scoring opportunities, Tampa Bay's five-game winning streak was snapped in the opener of a four-game set at Tropicana Field.
"That's how I look at it. It was bad luck," Cash said. "Nobody did anything wrong. ... It just didn't work in our favor, for whatever reason."
The Rays had another successful pitching performance beginning with an "opener.