Brad Jackson was handed a 3-0 lead before he took the mound but couldn't hold onto it, and we ended up with a game more like we expected coming into this series, a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair. Unfortunately no Rays pitcher today escaped unscathed, and right after the Rays fought back to tie it a 5 on a 2-run Pat Moyer homer, Vinny Willard gave the lead right back to Houston in the bottom of the 5th and they could never catch up after that. Jose Mendoza will try to keep the Astros from tying the series tomorrow.
Speaking of tying up a series:
