Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Beat Up on the Astros, 9-2

The Tampa Bay Rays snapped their three game skid on Monday, beating up on Scott Kazmir and the Houston Astros by a score of 9-2. Tampa Bay starts the day at 59-59 with 44 games left, and tied with the Minnesota Twins just 2-1/2 games back in the Wildcard race.