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April 17, 2026 · NL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Pittsburgh Pirates

April 17, 2026PNC ParkClear 77°F · 2 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
11-8
1
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
12-8
5

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Spencer Horwitz Spencer Horwitz doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Jake Fraley. Marcell Ozuna scores. TB 0, PIT 1
T6 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Chandler Simpson scores. TB 1, PIT 1
B6 Oneil Cruz Oneil Cruz homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Konnor Griffin scores. TB 1, PIT 3
B8 Brandon Lowe Brandon Lowe doubles (4) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Billy Cook scores. Konnor Griffin scores. TB 1, PIT 5

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000001000 1
PIT 010002020 5

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 1

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving trailing 1–3. Out of the bullpen, Yoendrys Gómez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 5.1 88 2 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 54% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 39 44% 1 8 8 13 9
    Changeup 19 22% 3 0 2 13 1
    Cutter 17 19% 1 2 4 4 6
    Curveball 6 7% 0 1 0 3 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 4 5% 0 1 1 2 0
    Slider 3 3% 0 0 1 0 2
  • Griffin Jax Reliever 0.2 14 1 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Yoendrys Gómez Reliever 2.0 44 2 3
Pirates HOME 5

Bubba Chandler started for Pirates, leaving with the game tied 1–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bubba Chandler Starter 6.0 90 1 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bubba Chandler threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 77% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 45 50% 3 4 13 16 9
    Sweeper 19 21% 3 7 2 5 2
    Changeup 16 18% 2 1 2 6 5
    Slider 10 11% 0 3 4 1 2
  • Mason Montgomery Setup 1.0 16 0 2 HLD
  • Gregory Soto Setup 1.0 10 0 0 HLD
  • Dennis Santana Closer 1.0 17 0 1

Where the game turned

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

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .342 .368 .397 .765
Junior Caminero 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .247 .349 .438 .787
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .326 .400 .726
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .365 .453 .554 1.007 2B
Jake Fraley RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214 .283 .357 .640 SB
Ben Williamson SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241 .317 .315 .632
Cedric Mullins CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .129 .191 .226 .417
Nick Fortes C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .321 .345 .453 .798
Ryan Vilade 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .292 .273 .565
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .441 .385 .826
HOME · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Oneil Cruz CF 4 1 1 2 1 2 .313 .382 .588 .970 HR (6)
Brandon Lowe 2B 5 0 3 2 0 0 .286 .390 .643 1.033 2 2B
Bryan Reynolds RF 4 0 0 0 1 2 .264 .379 .431 .810
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313 .400 .493 .893
Marcell Ozuna DH 4 1 3 0 0 0 .169 .246 .237 .483
Nick Gonzales 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 .292 .295 .587
Konnor Griffin SS 3 2 1 0 1 0 .222 .308 .311 .619 SB
Henry Davis C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .205 .326 .282 .608
Spencer Horwitz 1B 3 0 3 1 1 0 .265 .383 .367 .750 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 5.1 8 2 2 3 3 0 88 2.45 L
Griffin Jax 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 8.10
Yoendrys Gómez 2.0 2 2 2 2 3 0 44 7.30
HOME · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bubba Chandler 6.0 3 1 1 1 3 0 90 3.15 W
Mason Montgomery 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4.82 HLD
Gregory Soto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.84 HLD
Dennis Santana 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 0.82

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · PIT
4-6 W1 -8 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.

Read the full methodology.