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March 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals

March 26, 2026Busch StadiumPartly Cloudy 91°F · 16 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
0-1
7
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
1-0
9

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 JJ Wetherholt JJ Wetherholt homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. TB 0, STL 1
T5 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. TB 1, STL 1
T6 Chandler Simpson Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Nathan Church. Nick Fortes scores. Carson Williams to 3rd. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. TB 2, STL 1
T6 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Carson Williams scores. TB 3, STL 1
T6 Ben Williamson Ben Williamson singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Chris Roycroft. Yandy Díaz scores. Chandler Simpson to 3rd. Junior Caminero to 2nd. TB 4, STL 1
T6 Jonny DeLuca Jonny DeLuca singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II. Chandler Simpson scores. Junior Caminero scores. Ben Williamson to 3rd. TB 6, STL 1
T6 Nick Fortes Nick Fortes singles on a ground ball to shortstop Masyn Winn. Ben Williamson scores. Jonny DeLuca to 2nd. TB 7, STL 1
B6 Nolan Gorman Nolan Gorman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alec Burleson scores. Masyn Winn scores. TB 7, STL 3
B6 Nathan Church Nathan Church singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Nolan Gorman scores. Jordan Walker scores. TB 7, STL 5
B6 JJ Wetherholt JJ Wetherholt out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Nathan Church scores. Pedro Pagés to 3rd. TB 7, STL 6
B6 Iván Herrera Iván Herrera out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Pedro Pagés scores. Victor Scott II to 3rd. TB 7, STL 7
B6 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Victor Scott II scores. TB 7, STL 9

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000016000 7
STL 001008000 9

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Rays AWAY 7

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Ian Seymour took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 5.0 73 1 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 75% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 32 44% 6 2 7 10 7
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 32% 1 4 7 6 5
    Sinker 12 16% 0 4 0 2 6
    Sweeper 3 4% 0 0 0 3 0
    Changeup 3 4% 0 0 0 3 0
  • Ian Seymour Middle 0.0 21 5 0
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 0.1 9 2 0 L inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Griffin Jax Reliever 0.2 14 1 0 BS inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Yoendrys Gómez Reliever 2.0 28 0 1
Cardinals HOME 9

Matthew Liberatore started for Cardinals, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Matt Svanson took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Liberatore Starter 5.0 78 1 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Liberatore threw
    CSW 17% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 37% 1 0 6 12 10
    Slider 20 26% 3 4 5 4 4
    Changeup 14 18% 0 3 1 7 3
    Curveball 10 13% 0 0 3 5 2
    Sinker 4 5% 0 2 1 0 1
    Cutter 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Matt Svanson Middle 0.1 16 3 0
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 0.1 9 2 0 inherited 3, 2 scored
  • Chris Roycroft Reliever 0.1 13 1 0 inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • JoJo Romero Setup 0.2 9 0 0
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.1 17 0 2 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 26 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 6th · off Jax
  • Burleson HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 5 1 3 0 1 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267
Chandler Simpson LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 1 2 2 1 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 HR (1)
Junior Caminero 3B 2 1 1 0 4 1 .500 .833 .500 1.333
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jake Fraley RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Hunter Feduccia C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Cedric Mullins CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carson Williams SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Ryan Vilade LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ben Williamson 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 0 2 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Nick Fortes C 4 1 3 1 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 4 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .200 1.000 1.200 HR (1)
Iván Herrera DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Alec Burleson 1B 4 2 3 2 1 0 .750 .800 1.500 2.300 HR (1)
Masyn Winn SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 2B
Jordan Walker RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2B
Nathan Church LF 4 1 3 2 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500
Pedro Pagés C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Victor Scott II CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 2 SB
Nolan Gorman 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 73 1.80
Ian Seymour 0.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 21 -.--
Garrett Cleavinger 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 9 54.00 L
Griffin Jax 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 13.50 BS
Yoendrys Gómez 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 28 0.00
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Liberatore 5.0 7 1 1 2 2 1 78 1.80
Matt Svanson 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 16 81.00
Justin Bruihl 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 9 54.00
Chris Roycroft 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 27.00
JoJo Romero 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Riley O'Brien 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0.00 W
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 0 26 0.00 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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