The Tampa Bay Rays start a four-game series against the Astros in Houston on Thursday night, and catcher Matt Thaiss is making his Rays debut. Here are the starting lineups, and lots of newsy nuggets.

The Rays most previous transaction with the Astros — 8/1/22: Rays trade Jayden Murray to the Astros and Seth Johnson to the Orioles. Astros trade Jose Siri to the Rays and Chayce McDermott to the Orioles. Orioles trade Trey Mancini to the Astros.

Hunter Brown allowed one hit in six innings to become the first eight-game winner in the majors, and the Houston Astros edged the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 to split a four-game series. Josh Hader earned

Twice already in this four-game series with the Houston Astros, the Tampa Bay Rays' bats have gone wild. They scored 13 runs Thursday, and 16 m

Tomorrow, the Rays will look to guarantee at least a split of this four game set in Houston and will send Littell to the bump opposite Colton Gordon, who will be making his fourth start of the year. Through three starts the LHP has thrown 14.2 innings, struck out 14 batters, and has pitched to a 5.52 ERA.