HOUSTON -- Veteran Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria will play an integral role if a postseason push is to materialize for the Rays, with his individual performance on Tuesday night emblematic of his influence on the team's power-laden lineup.

Longoria recorded the second cycle in franchise history, and the Rays fended off the Houston Astros 6-4 on at Minute Maid Park.

Longoria clubbed his 17th home run in the first inning and drilled an RBI triple into the right field corner in the third. He added a single in the seventh and a hustle double in the ninth.

He was initially ruled out at second base, but that call was reversed after a review. Longoria joined B.J. Upton, who hit for the cycle on Oct. 2, 2009, as Rays to accomplish the rare feat.

"I was happy either way," Longoria said of the 65-second review. "Obviously, you get greedy in that moment and hope that you're safe for personal reasons so you can say you hit for the cycle. So, it was pretty long, but once I saw the replay, I felt like they were going to overturn it."

Logan Morrison drilled his 27th homer immediately following Longoria's blast in the first inning, helping the Rays (55-53) square their four-game series with the Astros (69-37).

Morrison delivered a timely insurance run with his run-scoring single off Astros left-hander Reymin Guduan in the seventh inning, plating Corey Dickerson and extending the lead to 6-2.

Houston chased Rays right-hander Chris Archer (8-6) when Marwin Gonzalez and Carlos Beltran reached to open the bottom of the seventh, with Beltran driving home Gonzalez on a single. Beltran subsequently scored on an Alex Bregman groundout, but Rays right-hander Tommy Hunter snuffed that rally by inducing an inning-ending groundball from Jose Altuve.

"I thought the bullpen they did a really nice job of weathering the storm," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Tommy Hunter (is) probably the MVP of the day to come in there and quiet that (seventh) inning and then go out there with a pretty simple eighth."

Rays closer Alex Colome retired the side in order in the ninth for his 31st save.

Beltran and Bergman hit their 13th and 12th home runs, respectively, off Archer in the fifth. Astros starter Mike Fiers (7-6) allowed six runs on eight hits and three walks over 6 1/3 innings.

Fiers, plagued by the long ball earlier in the season, logged seven consecutive starts without surrendering a home run between late May and early July. However, for the second time in the past month, Fiers allowed a pair of homers in an appearance, with Longoria and Morrison going back-to-back in the first inning to spot Archer a three-run lead before he even took the mound.

"They were coming out swinging early and often," Fiers said. "Didn't really take too many pitches that were in the strike zone. Felt like they did a good job against me. They always had runners on base. Just couldn't stop the damage.

"They just kept putting it on. Kind of hard to stop them tonight."

Fiers labored through the third inning before finally settling down, stringing together scoreless frames in the fourth, fifth and sixth.

However, Fiers allowed a run-scoring triple to Longoria and an RBI single to Adeiny Hechavarria in the third that helped the Rays extend to a 5-0 lead.

That cushion enabled Archer to ramp up the aggression and keep Houston in pursuit mode. Archer allowed four runs on six hits and no walks over six-plus innings. He struck out five.

"He had a pretty big cushion at the beginning, which makes it tough," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said of Archer. "We battled, we had some pretty good at-bats, hit some balls hard. Chased him at the end, but he's good."

NOTES: Rays RF Steven Souza Jr. was a late scratch due to a left foot contusion, an injury he sustained in the series opener on Monday night. CF Peter Bourjos was added to the lineup with Mallex Smith shifting from center to right. ... The Astros activated LHP Francisco Liriano, who was acquired on Monday from the Toronto Blue Jays. Liriano started and worked six innings Saturday, so he was unavailable out of the Houston bullpen. ... The Astros placed RHP Michael Feliz (right shoulder discomfort) and LHP Tony Sipp (right calf soreness) on the 10-day disabled list. Houston recalled RHP Jordan Jankowski from Triple-A Fresno.