HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer off Casey Legumina with no outs in the ninth inning to cap a big night and give the Houston Astros a 10-8 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Rays had won nine in a row, the longest winning streak in the American League this season.<\/p>\n
Named to his fourth All-Star team before the game, Alvarez homered twice and drove in six runs. He leads the AL with 29 homers and has four multi-homer games this season.<\/p>\n
Jose Altuve drew a walk to open the ninth against Legumina (2-2). Altuve was 2 for 3 with two walks and three runs.<\/p>\n
After Hunter Brown allowed a season-high seven runs over four innings, Houston\u2019s bullpen combined to hold the Rays to a run over the final innings, with Josh Hader (3-0) earning the win.<\/p>\n
Named to his second All-Star team on Saturday, Junior Caminero went deep with one out in the first inning to give the Rays a 1-0 lead. He has hit 11 home runs over his last 11 games and has 26 overall.<\/p>\n
The Rays regained the lead when Richie Palacios hit a two-run homer in the second inning, and they scored three runs in the third and one in fourth to make it 7-2 before Yainer Diaz hit a two-run home run of his own in the bottom of the fourth.<\/p>\n
Jonny DeLuca answered Alvarez\u2019s fifth inning RBI single with a solo homer in the seventh, but Houston tied it with a three run seventh inning, capped by Zach Dezenzo\u2019s pinch-hit, two-out RBI single off Craig Kimbrel.
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RHP Peter Lambert (6-5, 3.51 ERA) was set to start for the Astros on Sunday in the series finale. The Rays had not announced a starter.<\/p>\n
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