ARCHIVE May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

May 8, 2026Fenway ParkClear 58°F · 5 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
25-13
0
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
17-22
2

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. TB 0, BOS 1
B4 Ceddanne Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. TB 0, BOS 2

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000000000 0
BOS 001100000 2

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 0

Jesse Scholtens started for Rays, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jesse Scholtens Starter 4.2 91 2 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jesse Scholtens threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 62% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 23 25% 2 4 7 8 2
    Slider 22 24% 1 4 7 6 4
    Sweeper 18 20% 3 1 5 7 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 18% 0 1 3 10 2
    Splitter 12 13% 0 1 2 7 2
  • Mason Englert Middle 3.1 46 0 3 inherited 2, stranded 2
Red Sox HOME 2

Connelly Early started for Red Sox, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Connelly Early Starter 7.0 96 0 8 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Connelly Early threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 77% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 27 28% 0 9 5 9 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 27% 3 3 9 8 3
    Changeup 19 20% 4 3 3 2 7
    Curveball 15 16% 0 3 7 4 1
    Sweeper 6 6% 1 3 0 2 0
    Slider 3 3% 0 1 0 1 1
  • Garrett Whitlock Reliever 1.0 10 0 2 HLD
  • Aroldis Chapman Closer 1.0 18 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Scholtens
  • Abreu HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 3 0 0 0 0 3 .316 .397 .471 .868
Ryan Vilade RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .309 .353 .662
Junior Caminero 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .341 .483 .824
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 0 1 0 1 2 .265 .368 .456 .824
Jonny DeLuca CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 .303 .424 .727
Ben Williamson 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .330 .327 .657
Chandler Simpson LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .306 .333 .354 .687
Nick Fortes C 3 0 2 0 0 1 .284 .320 .368 .688
Taylor Walls SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 .203 .308 .241 .549
HOME · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jarren Duran LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .194 .255 .328 .583 SB
Willson Contreras 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .259 .376 .467 .843
Wilyer Abreu RF 2 1 1 1 2 0 .303 .387 .486 .873 HR (6)
Masataka Yoshida DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .390 .338 .728
Trevor Story SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .199 .236 .278 .514
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 .286 .353 .421 .774 HR (3)
Marcelo Mayer 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .304 .327 .631
Carlos Narváez C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .274 .325 .599
Caleb Durbin 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .177 .255 .258 .513

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jesse Scholtens 4.2 2 2 2 4 4 2 91 3.29 L
Mason Englert 3.1 3 0 0 0 3 0 46 5.63
HOME · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Connelly Early 7.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 96 3.16 W
Garrett Whitlock 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 3.52 HLD
Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 0.71 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
Chad Tracy
Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
LWLWLLLWLL
HOME · BOS
4-6 L2 +6 run diff
LLWWLLLLWW

Season series: 3-0 with TB listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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.

← All matchups