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May 16, 2026 · AL East

Miami Marlins vs Tampa Bay Rays

May 16, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Miami Marlins
21-25
10
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
29-15
5

Game Highlights

Published May 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Chandler Simpson Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Kyle Stowers. Taylor Walls scores. MIA 0, TB 1
T7 Heriberto Hernández Heriberto Hernández homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. MIA 1, TB 1
T9 Javier Sanoja Javier Sanoja doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Jakob Marsee scores. MIA 2, TB 1
B9 Nick Fortes Nick Fortes singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Heriberto Hernández, deflected by third baseman Javier Sanoja. Cedric Mullins scores. MIA 2, TB 2
T10 Liam Hicks Liam Hicks singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Esteury Ruiz scores. Joe Mack scores. Xavier Edwards to 3rd. MIA 4, TB 2
T10 Otto Lopez Otto Lopez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Xavier Edwards scores. Liam Hicks to 2nd. MIA 5, TB 2
T10 Connor Norby Connor Norby singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Liam Hicks scores. Kyle Stowers to 2nd. MIA 6, TB 2
T10 Javier Sanoja Javier Sanoja doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Kyle Stowers scores. Connor Norby scores. Jakob Marsee scores. MIA 9, TB 2
T10 Esteury Ruiz Marlins challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Esteury Ruiz singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Javier Sanoja scores. Esteury Ruiz out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Chandler Simpson to third baseman Junior Caminero to second baseman Richie Palacios. MIA 10, TB 2
B10 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Jakob Marsee. Taylor Walls scores. Chandler Simpson scores. MIA 10, TB 4
B10 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda doubles (6) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Jakob Marsee. Junior Caminero scores. MIA 10, TB 5

Box score

  12345678910 R
MIA 0000001018 10
TB 0010000013 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Marlins AWAY 10

Sandy Alcantara started for Marlins, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Lake Bachar took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sandy Alcantara Starter 6.0 101 1 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sandy Alcantara threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 52% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 26 26% 0 9 4 8 5
    Changeup 22 22% 3 1 6 5 7
    Cutter 19 19% 1 2 8 5 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 15% 0 2 5 6 2
    Sweeper 8 8% 1 2 1 4 0
    Slider 7 7% 1 1 2 1 2
    Curveball 4 4% 0 1 0 3 0
  • Andrew Nardi Reliever 1.0 11 0 0
  • Anthony Bender Middle 1.0 9 0 1
  • Pete Fairbanks Closer 1.0 24 1 2 W
  • Lake Bachar Long 1.0 27 3 0
Rays HOME 5

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Hunter Bigge took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 6.0 77 0 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 24 31% 6 4 2 8 4
    Sinker 21 27% 0 5 6 6 4
    Cutter 13 17% 0 1 3 3 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 14% 0 0 5 4 2
    Curveball 8 10% 0 2 1 3 2
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 1.0 16 1 2 BS
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.0 12 0 1
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 18 1 3
  • Hunter Bigge Reliever 1.0 29 8 0 L

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 10th · off Bigge
  • Hicks 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Xavier Edwards 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .315 .404 .470 .874
Liam Hicks DH 5 1 2 2 0 1 .291 .350 .504 .854
Otto Lopez SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 .341 .368 .497 .865 2B
Kyle Stowers LF 5 1 1 0 0 3 .205 .300 .284 .584
Connor Norby 1B 5 1 1 1 0 1 .233 .331 .383 .714
Jakob Marsee CF 4 2 3 0 1 1 .204 .320 .317 .637 3B
Javier Sanoja 3B 5 1 2 4 0 0 .261 .320 .326 .646 2 2B
Esteury Ruiz RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .222 .222 .519 .741
Joe Mack C 5 1 1 0 0 3 .200 .222 .286 .508
Owen Caissie RF 1 0 0 0 1 0 .204 .268 .343 .611
Heriberto Hernández LF 2 1 1 1 0 1 .171 .284 .237 .521 HR (1)
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .304 .335 .357 .692
Junior Caminero 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 .253 .333 .471 .804 2B
Jonathan Aranda 1B 5 0 1 1 0 2 .277 .384 .471 .855 2B
Yandy Díaz DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 .294 .373 .442 .815
Richie Palacios 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .257 .369 .329 .698 SB
Cedric Mullins CF 3 1 1 0 2 2 .179 .240 .276 .516 SB
Jonny DeLuca RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .263 .298 .414 .712
Nick Fortes C 2 0 1 1 0 0 .283 .315 .358 .673
Taylor Walls SS 4 2 1 0 0 0 .212 .310 .273 .583
Hunter Feduccia C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .351 .292 .643

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sandy Alcantara 6.0 7 1 0 0 6 0 101 3.53
Andrew Nardi 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.09
Anthony Bender 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.57
Pete Fairbanks 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 0 24 9.00 W
Lake Bachar 1.0 2 3 2 2 0 0 27 2.74
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 6.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 77 1.51
Garrett Cleavinger 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16 4.50 BS
Kevin Kelly 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.61
Bryan Baker 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 18 2.95
Hunter Bigge 1.0 6 8 7 2 0 0 29 5.94 L

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
Clayton McCullough
Lineup 2.4 R Bunts 1.2 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIA
6-4 L1 +5 run diff
LWWWWLLWLW
HOME · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
LWLWLLLWLL

Season series: 2-1 with MIA listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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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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