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April 26, 2026 · AL East

Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Rays

April 26, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Minnesota Twins
12-16
2
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
16-11
4

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda singles on a line drive to center fielder James Outman. Hunter Feduccia scores. Chandler Simpson scores. MIN 0, TB 2
B3 Yandy Díaz Yandy Díaz homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Jonathan Aranda scores. MIN 0, TB 4
T7 Brooks Lee Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Brooks Lee homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. James Outman scores. MIN 2, TB 4

Box score

  123456789 R
MIN 000000200 2
TB 004000000 4

Pitching & bullpen

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

Twins AWAY 2

Simeon Woods Richardson started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Simeon Woods Richardson Starter 4.1 78 4 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Simeon Woods Richardson threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 32% 4 3 7 5 6
    Splitter 25 32% 2 3 3 13 4
    Slider 25 32% 1 6 1 11 6
    Curveball 3 4% 0 0 0 2 1
  • Anthony Banda Setup 0.2 9 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kody Funderburk Reliever 1.1 20 0 0
  • Cole Sands Reliever 0.2 7 0 0
  • Justin Topa Reliever 1.0 10 0 1
Rays HOME 4

Griffin Jax started for Rays, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Jesse Scholtens took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Griffin Jax Starter 2.1 31 0 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Griffin Jax threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 10 32% 3 0 3 1 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 8 26% 2 1 1 3 1
    Sweeper 5 16% 0 0 1 3 1
    Sinker 5 16% 1 1 0 3 0
    Cutter 3 10% 1 0 1 1 0
  • Jesse Scholtens Reliever 4.1 72 2 1 W
  • Cole Sulser Middle 1.1 26 0 2 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 16 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 3rd · off Richardson
  • Aranda 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brooks Lee SS 3 1 1 2 1 0 .253 .316 .448 .764 HR (5)
Trevor Larnach LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .241 .406 .352 .758
Josh Bell DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 .330 .383 .713
Ryan Jeffers C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .269 .402 .463 .865
Kody Clemens 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .175 .266 .316 .582
Luke Keaschall 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .208 .254 .264 .518
Matt Wallner RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .180 .277 .303 .580
Royce Lewis 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .196 .308 .393 .701
James Outman CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .115 .179 .192 .371 2B
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 3 0 0 0 .321 .354 .358 .712 SB
Junior Caminero 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .336 .509 .845
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 1 1 2 0 1 .227 .350 .454 .804
Yandy Díaz DH 3 1 1 2 1 0 .337 .425 .500 .925 HR (4)
Ben Williamson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 .333 .356 .689
Cedric Mullins CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .138 .200 .253 .453
Taylor Walls SS 2 0 1 0 1 1 .212 .281 .250 .531 2B
Nick Fortes C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .338 .406 .744
Jake Fraley RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .245 .322 .453 .775 2B
Hunter Feduccia C 1 1 1 0 1 0 .250 .382 .250 .632

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Simeon Woods Richardson 4.1 8 4 4 3 2 1 78 6.30 L
Anthony Banda 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 8.74
Kody Funderburk 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 1.74
Cole Sands 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.27
Justin Topa 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.55
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Griffin Jax 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 31 6.35
Jesse Scholtens 4.1 3 2 2 3 1 1 72 3.20 W
Cole Sulser 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26 3.45 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.48 SV

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

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