The Rays lost 2-1 to the Astros Friday in Houston, walked off when Yainer Diaz hit a two-out homer in the ninth off reliever Garrett Cleavinger.

Tampa Bay dropped to 29-28. It had won eight of its previous nine and 13 of 19, including Thursday’s series opener .

The Rays took an early 1-0 lead. Jose Caballero, batting leadoff for the first time this season, drove lefty Framber Valdez’s second pitch of the game on a 383-foot ride over the leftfield fence at 114.4 mph.

That held up until the eighth, when the Astros tied it on a throwing error by Rays second baseman Curtis Mead.

Jake Meyers opened the inning with a double to center off reliever Kevin Kelly. Zach Dezenzo followed with a grounder up the middle. Mead got to the ball but threw wide of first baseman Jonathan Aranda, allowing

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