For a last-place team, most nights end in disappointment.
Still, there are the routine losses, and the wipeouts. There are boring losses. There are losses by the rotation and the batting order.
Then, there are games like this, where the defeat reminds you of the standings.
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped a 5-4 game to the Houston Astros Friday night as closer Alex Colome, the team’s all-star this year, gave up back-to-back homers in the bottom of the ninth to Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis. The Astros entered the ninth with only four hits for the game.
The Rays had rallied from a 3-0 deficit as Corey Dickerson scored twice and knocked in a third run. Outfielder Mikie Mahtook, in the top of the ninth, hit a home run to give the Rays a 4-3 lead.
For the Rays, Drew Smyly went six innings, giving up only two unearned runs (and three overall). Dickerson had three hits and Logan Morrison and Mahtook each had two.
The Rays play Houston again today with Blake Snell pitching against Dallas Keuchel.
