Rays Hammered By Astros, League Series Tied 3-3

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros will play one last game to land a World Series berth when they face off in Game 7 on Saturday. The Rays experienced the worst loss yet in the American League Championship Series against the Astros on Friday.

The Rays owned the first three games in the ALCS against the Astros, but in Game 4 the Astros began their comeback and it continued in Friday night's game, handing the Rays a 7-4 defeat.

In the second inning, Rays Willy Adames doubled to center and Brandon Lowe brought the score to 1-0.

At the bottom of the fourth, a heated argument between Yandi Diaz and Astros catcher Martin Maldonado happened following Diaz grounding out to Maldonado. An umpire had to come between the players as the argument escalated. It was unclear what they were fussing about.

The Rays led until the fifth inning, when George Springer and Jose Altuve scored to give Houston a 4-1 lead.

The Astros kept dominating the game with strikeouts against the Rays, RBIs and defense.

By the top of the seventh inning, the Astros scored seven runs.

Manuel Margot hit two home runs, one in the seventh and one in the eighth inning. Things would have been more promising for the Rays if bases would have been loaded during the second home run, but only one runner, Lowe, was on base to bring the score to 7-4.

Game 7 is scheduled Saturday at 8:37 p.m. on TBS.