Houston at Tampa Bay — MLB September 12, 2026

2 – 3

Final

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0
TB	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		3	7	0

Decisions

Win T. Wells TB

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 2.38 ERA

Loss P. Lambert HOU

6.0 IP · 6 H · 3 ER · 4 K · 3.71 ERA

Save B. Baker TB

1.1 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 1.54 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	HOU	TB
Top 1st Isaac Paredes homers (20) on a fly ball to left center field.	1	0
Bottom 5th Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson scores.	1	2
Top 6th Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jose Altuve scores.	2	2
Bottom 7th Nick Madrigal out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Kenny Piper scores. Chandler Simpson to 2nd.	2	3

Closing line

Box score

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Peña SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	.269
I. Paredes 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.260
J. Altuve 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.247
Y. Diaz DH	4	0	3	1	0	0	.279
D. Varsho CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.226
C. Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.225
C. Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.217
T. Trammell LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.207
C. Vázquez C	3	0	0	0	0	3	.208
Totals		2	5		3	14

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
P. Lambert L	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	85
B. Sousa	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	13
A. Blubaugh	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	24
B. King	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	7

Tampa Bay

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Y. Díaz DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.301
J. Aranda 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.277
J. Caminero 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.279
L. Hicks C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.286
K. Piper PR-C	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222
R. Vilade PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.262
N. Fortes C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263
V. Mesa Jr. RF	2	1	1	0	2	1	.253
C. Simpson LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.306
C. Mullins CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.202
N. Madrigal PH-2B	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255
R. Palacios 2B	2	0	1	2	0	0	.232
J. DeLuca PH-CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.264
J. Mateo SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	.207
Totals		3	7		4	4