HOUSTON -- Astros right-hander Mike Fiers delivered a performance Friday night emblematic of the inconsistencies plagued Houston starters of late.Undone by three wild pitches -- two of which led directly to runs, Fiers blew a 3-0 lead and did not factor in the decision in the Astros 5-4 victory over the Rays.Fiers hasnt recorded wins in consecutive starts since mid-June, but with Collin McHugh and Doug Fister and rookie Joe Musgrove alternating strong starts with poor ones, Fiers isnt alone riding the roller coaster of varying results for the Astros (67-61).I think its just about making pitches in this league, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said of the variance in the performances of his starters. Its a tough league, its a smaller margin for error. I think its just rigors of the schedule and rigors of the season and the difficulty of putting five starters out there every day. Weve had some inconsistencies.Left-hander Dallas Keuchel (8-12, 4.64 ERA) makes his seventh career start against the Rays on Saturday. He is 0-4 with a 5.11 ERA against Tampa Bay.Keuchel allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits and two walks with nine strikeouts over five innings in a 5-0 loss to the Rays on June 12 at Tropicana Field. In his last start, Keuchel tossed eight innings and allowed two runs on five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in a 5-3 victory over Baltimore on Sunday.The entire second half of the season has represented a turnaround for the Rays (54-73). After posting a minus-74 run differential prior to the All-Star break -- the worst mark in the American League, the Rays entered the series with Houston with the second-best run differential in the majors since the break and it stands at plus-56 after Fridays game.Were very happy with the performance from our pitching staff (and) the way weve gone out and defended, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. We had stretches last year where we were a really good club but we fell short. This year it went the other way where we struggled early but we seem to be playing better baseball now. Somehow Ive got to find a way where we play that type of style of baseball throughout the course of a full season.Left-hander Blake Snell (4-6, 3.17 ERA) makes his first career appearance against the Astros on Saturday. Snell has allowed two earned runs or fewer in eight consecutive starts, the longest such streak by a rookie in franchise history. Snell is 3-3 during that stretch, lowering his season ERA by 0.69.Snell issued a career-high five walks in his last start against the Red Sox on Monday, failing to work five innings for the second time in three appearances. While Snell was lifted after 3 2/3 innings, he also failed to get any run support for the fifth time in 13 career starts. Zapatillas Adidas Yeezy Baratas . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. 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A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin lashes out at discrimination against the countrys banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony for its depleted Olympic team.- On the one hand, Brazil is thoroughly mixed. On the other, there is searing racial inequality in a place often portrayed as a racial democracy, or race-blind. The myth of a race-blind country has been losing force, but theres still a yawning gap between black and white. Diversity and inequality will line up side-by-side at the Olympics, just as they did at Brazils World Cup two years ago.- How does the mom of the worlds fastest man, Usain Bolt, help him keep his cool? We say things that will make him laugh, Jennifer Bolt says as her sprinter star offspring faces down what just may be his last Olympics.- NEWARK, Del. -- The U.S Olympic womens basketball team plays France in an exhibition game at the University of Delaware. Game starts 7:30 p.m.- TOKYO -- While Rio Olympic organizers are under immense pressure to finish preparations before Aug. 5, their Tokyo counterparts are already facing skyrocketing costs for an event four years away.- SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Sergio Garcia is all grown up and still doesnt have a major to show for it. Even with a recent run of first-time major champions, the talented Spaniard has learned to accept that it might never happen to him. All he wants at tthe PGA Championship is a chance.dddddddddddd- SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Wheres the Beef? All around New York City, chowing down on burgers and pastrami, before heading to Baltusrol and signing autographs for hours. The whirlwind that has carried Andrew Johnston into the golfing limelight shows no signs of slowing down as he prepares for his first PGA Championship.- SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Jason Day has low expectations as the defending champion at the PGA Championship, some of that by design. Because of three straight tournaments and his need to keep his energy level high, he didnt see Baltusrol for the first time until the eve of the final major.- CLEVELAND -- Stephen Strasburg, beaten for the first time this season in his previous start, takes the mound as the Washington Nationals wrap up their interleague series against Carlos Carrasco and the Cleveland Indians. Game starts 12:10 p.m.- ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish struck out 11 in his last game but is winless in his two starts since coming off the disabled list for the Texas Rangers. The right-hander is 1-8 in his 10 career starts against Oakland. Game starts 8:05 p.m.- SPARTANBTURG, S.C. -- The NFC champion Carolina Panthers are plenty optimistic about their chances of returning to the Super Bowl as they report to training camp, but are also aware there is plenty of work to be done.- Other team stories from training camp. ' ' '