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April 5, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins

April 5, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 50°F · 13 mph, R To L
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
4-5
4
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
3-6
1

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Matt Wallner Matt Wallner homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. TB 0, MIN 1
T4 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. TB 1, MIN 1
T10 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Ben Williamson scores. TB 3, MIN 1
T10 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero walks. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda to 3rd. Chandler Simpson to 2nd. TB 4, MIN 1

Box score

  12345678910 R
TB 0001000003 4
MIN 0100000000 1

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 4

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving with the game tied 1–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 6.0 81 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 60% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 29 36% 7 2 4 11 5
    Sinker 17 21% 0 5 4 5 3
    Cutter 16 20% 1 2 1 7 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 9 11% 1 3 1 3 1
    Curveball 8 10% 1 3 2 1 1
    Slider 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Griffin Jax Reliever 2.0 30 0 0
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 14 0 2 W
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.0 19 0 1 SV
Twins HOME 1

Simeon Woods Richardson started for Twins, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Justin Topa took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Simeon Woods Richardson Starter 6.2 88 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Simeon Woods Richardson threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 54% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 41 47% 4 5 6 17 9
    Splitter 25 28% 2 4 2 9 8
    Slider 17 19% 1 5 0 8 3
    Curveball 5 6% 0 1 1 3 0
  • Kody Funderburk Reliever 0.1 3 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Cole Sands Reliever 2.0 21 0 1
  • Justin Topa Reliever 0.1 15 3 0 L
  • Taylor Rogers Setup 0.2 18 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 10th · off Topa
  • Palacios HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 1 1 0 1 1 .405 .488 .649 1.137
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 .216 .318 .432 .750
Chandler Simpson LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .382 .432 .441 .873
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 2 1 0 .257 .381 .371 .752 HR (1)
Cedric Mullins CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .114 .135 .143 .278
Ben Williamson SS 4 1 1 0 0 2 .281 .303 .313 .616
Richie Palacios 2B 3 1 2 2 1 0 .231 .444 .462 .906 HR (1), SB
Jake Fraley RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .364 .421 .785
Nick Fortes C 2 0 1 0 0 0 .360 .407 .560 .967
Jonny DeLuca RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .316 .500 .816
Hunter Feduccia C 1 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .455 .333 .788
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kody Clemens 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .261 .300 .561
Byron Buxton DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .133 .182 .233 .415
Luke Keaschall 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .231 .222 .453
Matt Wallner RF 4 1 2 1 0 2 .194 .256 .444 .700 HR (3)
Ryan Jeffers C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .321 .250 .571
Trevor Larnach LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .500 .455 .955
Josh Bell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .371 .556 .927
Tristan Gray 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .353 .571 .924
Brooks Lee SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .250 .167 .417
Austin Martin CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 .435 .235 .670

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 6.0 1 1 1 1 4 1 81 2.25
Griffin Jax 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 11.25
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00 W
Kevin Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 16.88 SV
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Simeon Woods Richardson 6.2 5 1 1 2 4 1 88 2.31
Kody Funderburk 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.15
Cole Sands 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.45
Justin Topa 0.1 2 3 2 1 0 1 15 5.79 L
Taylor Rogers 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 4.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · MIN
7-3 L1 +22 run diff
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Keep reading

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.

Read the full methodology.