ARCHIVE April 16, 2026
April 16, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox

April 16, 2026Rate FieldPartly Cloudy 66°F · 15 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
11-7
5
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
6-13
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Miguel Vargas Miguel Vargas homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. TB 0, CWS 1
T4 Taylor Walls Taylor Walls singles on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Jonny DeLuca scores. Nick Fortes to 2nd. TB 1, CWS 1
B6 Edgar Quero Edgar Quero hits a ground-rule double (1) on a line drive to left field. Chase Meidroth scores. Everson Pereira to 3rd. TB 1, CWS 2
T7 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to left fielder Sam Antonacci, deflected by third baseman Miguel Vargas. Cedric Mullins scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. TB 2, CWS 2
B8 Everson Pereira Everson Pereira homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. TB 2, CWS 3
T9 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (4) on a line drive to left center field. TB 3, CWS 3
T9 Hunter Feduccia Hunter Feduccia walks. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda to 3rd. Richie Palacios to 2nd. TB 4, CWS 3
T9 Taylor Walls Taylor Walls walks. Jonathan Aranda scores. Richie Palacios to 3rd. Hunter Feduccia to 2nd. TB 5, CWS 3

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000100103 5
CWS 001001010 3

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 5

Steven Matz started for Rays, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Kevin Kelly took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Steven Matz Starter 5.1 74 2 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Steven Matz threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 35 47% 3 9 8 10 5
    Changeup 20 27% 3 2 3 5 7
    Slider 13 18% 2 2 1 4 4
    Curveball 6 8% 0 0 1 4 1
  • Griffin Jax Reliever 0.2 22 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 2.0 26 1 2 W
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 20 0 0 SV
White Sox HOME 3

White Sox opened with Jordan Leasure, then turned the bulk of the game over to Anthony Kay. Out of the bullpen, Seranthony Domínguez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jordan Leasure Opener 1.1 21 0 0
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jordan Leasure threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 60% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 52% 0 1 3 6 1
    Slider 9 43% 1 3 0 2 3
    Sinker 1 5% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Anthony Kay Bulk 2.2 71 1 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Jordan Hicks Reliever 1.0 19 0 1
  • Grant Taylor Middle 1.1 35 1 3
  • Sean Newcomb Middle 1.2 21 0 3 BS inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Seranthony Domínguez Closer 0.1 32 3 1 L
  • Lucas Sims Reliever 0.2 23 0 1 inherited 3, 2 scored

Where the game turned

1 run Top 9th · off Sims
  • Feduccia BB (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 6 0 0 0 0 1 .348 .375 .406 .781
Junior Caminero 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 .246 .354 .449 .803 HR (4)
Cedric Mullins CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .138 .203 .241 .444
Yandy Díaz DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 .371 .463 .557 1.020
Jonathan Aranda 1B 1 1 0 0 2 1 .224 .329 .418 .747
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 2 1 0 0 .292 .469 .417 .886
Jake Fraley RF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .211 .286 .368 .654
Hunter Feduccia C 0 0 0 1 1 0 .211 .348 .211 .559
Taylor Walls SS 4 0 1 2 1 1 .310 .375 .345 .720
Ryan Vilade 1B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .238 .304 .286 .590 SB
Ben Williamson 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .321 .333 .654
Jonny DeLuca RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .278 .316 .500 .816
Nick Fortes C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .320 .346 .460 .806
HOME · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Miguel Vargas 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 .159 .289 .333 .622 HR (2)
Chase Meidroth 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .222 .310 .333 .643 2B
Munetaka Murakami 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .346 .417 .763
Everson Pereira RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 .304 .360 .739 1.099 HR (3)
Edgar Quero C 3 0 1 1 1 1 .159 .260 .182 .442 2B
Colson Montgomery SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 .172 .274 .359 .633
Andrew Benintendi DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .245 .271 .516
Tristan Peters CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .238 .505
Sam Antonacci LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Tanner Murray SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 .263 .333 .421 .754
Derek Hill CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .400 .286 .686

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Steven Matz 5.1 6 2 2 1 4 1 74 3.80
Griffin Jax 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 7.50
Kevin Kelly 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 26 7.04 W
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 3.68 SV
HOME · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jordan Leasure 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 3.48
Anthony Kay 2.2 4 1 1 1 1 0 71 2.60
Jordan Hicks 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 5.40
Grant Taylor 1.1 1 1 1 1 3 0 35 1.86
Sean Newcomb 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 21 4.38 BS
Seranthony Domínguez 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 1 32 7.50 L
Lucas Sims 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 23 3.68

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · CWS
Will Venable
Lineup 4.2 R Bunts 2.9 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · CWS
4-6 W1 -13 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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