ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -AP- Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel became the major league pitcher to lose nine games this season when Matt Moore pitched two-hit ball over seven innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays over the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday.After going 20-8 with a 2.48 ERA last season, Keuchel (3-9) has a 5.54 ERA this year. He is 1-8 with a 6.58 ERA in his last 11 starts, allowing 83 hits in 67 innings, and he is 0-4 in six career starts against Tampa Bay. 
Moore (3-4) gave up singles to Jose Altuve in the fourth and sixth innings while striking out 10 and walking one. Enny Romero got one out and Tyler Sturdevant completed the two-hitter for the Rays, who have won seven of nine.Tampa Bay used four hits, two walks and a couple of defensive lapses in a five-run fifth inning against Keuchel, who gave up five runs -- four earned -- and five hits in five innings with nine strikeouts and two walks.Since Houston joined the AL in 2013, the Rays are 17-7 against the Astros -- pitching eight shutouts.Logan Morrison led off the Rays' fifth with a double, only the second hit off Keuchel.Steven Souza Jr. singled, and Desmond Jennings grounded to shortstop Marwin Gonzalez, who threw to second for the forceout. Altuve's high throw pulled first baseman Tyler White off the base as Souza scored.A pair of walks loaded the bases, and Logan Forsythe hit a potential double-play grounder to third baseman Luis Valbuena, who misplayed the ball for an error as Jennings scored.Mikie Mahtook followed with a two-run single, and Evan Longoriachopped an RBI single through the vacated right side of a shifted infield for a 5-0 lead.
Moore (3-4) gave up singles to Jose Altuve in the fourth and sixth innings while striking out 10 and walking one. Enny Romero got one out and Tyler Sturdevant completed the two-hitter for the Rays, who have won seven of nine.Tampa Bay used four hits, two walks and a couple of defensive lapses in a five-run fifth inning against Keuchel, who gave up five runs -- four earned -- and five hits in five innings with nine strikeouts and two walks.Since Houston joined the AL in 2013, the Rays are 17-7 against the Astros -- pitching eight shutouts.Logan Morrison led off the Rays' fifth with a double, only the second hit off Keuchel.Steven Souza Jr. singled, and Desmond Jennings grounded to shortstop Marwin Gonzalez, who threw to second for the forceout. Altuve's high throw pulled first baseman Tyler White off the base as Souza scored.A pair of walks loaded the bases, and Logan Forsythe hit a potential double-play grounder to third baseman Luis Valbuena, who misplayed the ball for an error as Jennings scored.Mikie Mahtook followed with a two-run single, and Evan Longoriachopped an RBI single through the vacated right side of a shifted infield for a 5-0 lead.
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