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HOUSTON -- Wins have been hard to come by for Chris Archer this season. Strikeouts have not.Archer fanned 10 batters in seven innings, Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 10-4 on Sunday.I just felt really good overall today, Archer said. Last time I threw, obviously I felt pretty good. Theyre a good, young team, so its really fun to go out there and duke it out with them. Today we ended up on the right side of it.Matt Duffy and Nick Franklin also went deep for the last-place Rays, who have homered in 21 of their last 24 games.Houston, in the hunt for an AL wild card, had won three straight.Archer (8-17) gave up three runs on four hits and two walks. With his strikeout of A.J. Reed in the sixth, the right-hander joined David Price and James Shields as the only Tampa Bay pitchers with multiple 200-strikeout seasons.Elite stuff, Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Archer. You put yourself into a category not a lot of pitchers get into. Coming in we knew Archers stuff was right there at the tops in baseball and that shows how elite it can be. If he continues to stay in the zone, hes going to be in those categories quite a bit.Franklin had three hits in his first start since returning from a concussion. Evan Longoria also had three hits for the Rays, who jumped out early against Doug Fister (12-9).The right-hander allowed four runs, two earned, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, the fourth time in his past seven starts he has permitted four or more runs.I didnt have my best stuff today but made some pitches, Fister said. They hit some balls hard, they hit some balls soft and did what they needed to do. Something that you dont want to happen, but youre trying to keep the damage minimal.Steven Souza Jr. had an RBI groundout in the second. Doubles by Dickerson and Longoria made it 2-0 in the third.Luke Maile hit an RBI double in a two-run fourth. The rally was aided by a pair of errors on one play by Houston rookie third baseman Alex Bregman with two outs.With the Astros trailing 4-0 in the bottom half, Jose Altuve hammered the first pitch he saw from Archer for his 21st home run, a two-run shot. Houston has 18 homers in the last 10 games.Jason Castro cut it to 4-3 with an RBI single.Tampa Bay broke it open in the eighth, when Duffy and Dickerson combined to drive in five runs on a pair of homers.It did feel good, Dickerson said. To be able to see the ball well, consistently put on good swings instead of every now and then. Its good to get some in a row and I think that helped me a lot.Franklin joined the party in the ninth with a solo shot to right. He has four home runs in his last 28 at-bats.Houstons bullpen gave up six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.TRAINERS ROOMRays: Before the game, OF Mikie Mahtook was optioned to Triple-A Durham and RHP Steve Geltz was called up. Afterward, Geltz was optioned back to Durham to make room for pitcher Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery). The right-hander was set to meet the team in Boston on Sunday night. Cobb hasnt pitched in the majors since Sept. 28, 2014. . LHP Blake Snell (left lower leg bruise) feels good and is expected to make his next start after leaving Saturdays game.Astros: RHP Luke Gregerson (left ankle) remained unavailable, but manager A.J. Hinch said the team will try to get Gregerson into a game against Oakland this week. ... OF Colby Rasmus (cyst in right ear) is scheduled to work out Monday and then it will be determined whether he will be activated or needs a rehab assignment.UP NEXTRays: RHP Matt Andriese (6-5, 3.71 ERA) starts against Boston on Monday. He has gone 0-5 with a 4.60 ERA in his last 13 appearances, including six starts.Astros: RHP Joe Musgrove (1-2, 5.20) starts against Oakland on Monday. 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Kevin Mitchell Mariners Jersey . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim.ELMONT, N.Y. -- Chad Brown has won a lot of races at Belmont Park in his decade-long career as a trainer, but he doesnt recall any of his horses ever getting an ovation in the winners circle.An appreciative, albeit sparse, crowd on an overcast Saturday afternoon at Belmont couldnt help but applaud Lady Eli, who, 15 months after being diagnosed with the life-threatening hoof disease laminitis, ran down Sentiero Italia to win the Grade1, $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes by three-quarters of a length.This has been my home base the last few years, particularly in the fall with a large stable, and Ive never had one of my horses get an ovation when they came back to the winners circle, said Brown, who won the previous two Flower Bowls with Stephanies Kitten.Lady Eli certainly deserved the ovation after battling back from her illness, which was the result of her stepping on a nail walking back to her barn after winning the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational on July 4, 2015.It took dedication by Brown and his staff, as well as podiatrist Bryan Fraley, to get Lady Eli back to the races. She made it back on Aug. 27, but suffered her first career defeat by three-quarters of a length to Strike Charmer in the Grade 2 Ballston Spa at Saratoga.Brown put some of the blame on himself for using a pacemaker, or rabbit, in the race. Irad Ortiz, Lady Elis jockey, blamed himself for perhaps moving a bit too soon into a hot early pace.Brown did not use a pacemaker on Saturday and Ortiz waited as long as he could before asking his filly to run down Sentiero Italia, who haad made the lead through a half-mile in 49.dddddddddddd.03 seconds, six furlongs in 1:13.73 and a mile in 1:37.03.I was three-wide the whole way. I know [Brown] doesnt like that, but I took a shot and it worked out good for us, Ortiz said. She was dragging me the whole way. I felt like I had horse, I just wanted to wait a little longer.Sentiero Italia finished second by 1-1/4 lengths over Sea Calisi, also trained by Brown. Strike Charmer finished fourth, followed by Itsonlyactingdad and Ame Bleue.Lady Eli, owned by Sheep Pond Partners, covered the 1-1/4 miles in 1:59.85 and returned $3.70 as the favorite. She is now 7 for 8 in her career.I think shes better than ever, Brown said. Takes such a rare horse to overcome what she has and to make it all the way back, center stage at the Breeders Cup. I think shes one of the all-time great turf mares. I do believe that.The win in the Flower Bowl earned Lady Eli a fees-paid berth into the $2 million Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 5. Two years ago, Lady Eli won the Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita.Brown said he also plans to send Sea Calisi to the Filly and Mare Turf. She hadnt run since winning the Beverly D on Aug. 13 and may have flattened out a bit in the stretch.I think this race will do her real good, I look forward to running Sea Calisi back in four weeks, Brown said.Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Sentiero Italia would also be considered for the Filly and Mare Turf. ' ' '