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May 7, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

May 7, 2026Fenway ParkClear 62°F · 16 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
25-12
8
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
16-22
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TB
Griffin Jax
Griffin Jax
IP 4
HOME · BOS
Jake Bennett
Jake Bennett
IP 5.1

Lineups

AWAY · TB
  1. 1 Yandy Díaz DH
  2. 2 Ryan Vilade LF
  3. 3 Junior Caminero 3B
  4. 4 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  5. 5 Jonny DeLuca RF
  6. 6 Ben Williamson 2B
  7. 7 Nick Fortes C
  8. 8 Cedric Mullins CF
  9. 9 Taylor Walls SS
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Jarren Duran LF
  2. 2 Willson Contreras 1B
  3. 3 Wilyer Abreu RF
  4. 4 Trevor Story SS
  5. 5 Masataka Yoshida DH
  6. 6 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  7. 7 Marcelo Mayer 2B
  8. 8 Connor Wong C
  9. 9 Caleb Durbin 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 030002012 8
BOS 030000010 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · TB
8-2 L1 +17 run diff
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HOME · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with TB listed first across 2 prior meetings.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.97 vs actual lineup 4.01
  • Player execution +3.99 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.01 projection by 3.99 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.03 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Aranda 0-for-5 batting 4th

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.29 vs actual lineup 4.28
  • Player execution −0.28 R/G Players fell 0.28 short of the lineup's 4.28 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.29 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.0 – 4.3 — actual was 8 – 4.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.