Isaac Paredes, Nick Allen, and Nelson Velázquez all went deep, but it wasn't nearly enough in a lopsided series finale.

Freddy Peralta pitched five hitless innings, and Jonathan Aranda hit two of Tampa Bay's four home runs to help the Rays finish off a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 14-4 victory on Sunday.

Winners of seven straight, the Padres are the hottest team in baseball. After sweeping the Giants over the weekend, they now own a 2.5 game lead over the Diamondbacks for the final NL Wild Card spot. In other news, Manny Machado has gone blonde.

The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays clash in an NCAA College Football weekend baseball matchup as MVP candidates Yordan Alvarez and Junior Caminero duel.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Richie Palacios had a two-run single in fifth, Ian Seymour threw six strong innings and Nick Madrigal had a clutch sacrifice fly to help the postseason-bound Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Saturday night.

Houston scored three or fewer runs for the 21st time in the past 35 games, failing to come up with timely hits in another low-scoring game against Tampa Bay.

The Houston Astros are in the middle of trying to stay atop the AL West, and this weekend they’ve dropped each of the first two games in their series against the Tampa Bay Rays.This sets up a series finale on Sunday where the Astros will look to avoid the sweep.

El dominicano Freddy Peralta lanzó cinco entradas sin permitir hits, y el mexicano Jonathan Aranda conectó dos de los cuatro jonrones de Tampa Bay para ayudar a los Rays a completar una barrida de tre