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May 26, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

May 26, 2026Oriole Park at Camden YardsPartly Cloudy 74°F · 2 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
34-18
1
vs
HOME
Baltimore Orioles
25-30
6

Game Highlights

Published May 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Colton Cowser. Chandler Simpson scores. TB 1, BAL 0
B2 Blaze Alexander Blaze Alexander singles on a ground ball to second baseman Richie Palacios. Samuel Basallo scores. Leody Taveras to 3rd. Jeremiah Jackson to 2nd. TB 1, BAL 1
B2 Jackson Holliday Jackson Holliday singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Leody Taveras scores. Jeremiah Jackson to 3rd. Blaze Alexander to 2nd. TB 1, BAL 2
B2 Taylor Ward Taylor Ward out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Jeremiah Jackson scores. Blaze Alexander to 3rd. TB 1, BAL 3
B5 Samuel Basallo Samuel Basallo homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Jackson Holliday scores. Gunnar Henderson scores. TB 1, BAL 6

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 100000000 1
BAL 030030000 6

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

Griffin Jax started for Rays, leaving trailing 1–3. Out of the bullpen, Trevor Martin took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Griffin Jax Starter 2.0 38 3 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Griffin Jax threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 73% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 12 32% 3 1 2 2 4
    Sweeper 9 24% 1 3 3 1 1
    Four-Seam Fastball 7 18% 1 1 1 4 0
    Sinker 6 16% 0 2 0 2 2
    Cutter 3 8% 0 0 0 2 1
    Curveball 1 3% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 2.0 27 0 3
  • Trevor Martin Reliever 3.0 52 3 1
  • Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.0 15 0 2
Orioles HOME 6

Shane Baz started for Orioles, leaving with a 6–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Shane Baz Starter 7.0 99 1 9 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Shane Baz threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 37 37% 6 11 6 5 9
    Four-Seam Fastball 36 36% 3 8 7 15 3
    Cutter 11 11% 0 0 2 4 5
    Changeup 9 9% 1 1 2 5 0
    Sinker 6 6% 0 1 3 1 1
  • Grant Wolfram Setup 1.0 8 0 0
  • Andrew Kittredge Middle 1.0 10 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 2nd · off Jax
  • Holliday 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .296 .326 .355 .681 2B
Junior Caminero 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .266 .358 .487 .845
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 3 1 0 1 .278 .376 .471 .847
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 .312 .388 .497 .885
Ryan Vilade 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .318 .390 .485 .875
Cedric Mullins CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .189 .257 .277 .534
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958
Hunter Feduccia C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .333 .333 .666
Oliver Dunn SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
Richie Palacios 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260 .368 .323 .691
HOME · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Taylor Ward LF 3 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .397 .357 .754
Gunnar Henderson SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .270 .413 .683
Pete Alonso 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .232 .318 .435 .753
Samuel Basallo C 4 2 1 3 0 1 .267 .323 .487 .810 HR (8)
Leody Taveras CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .271 .373 .395 .768
Jeremiah Jackson DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 .269 .410 .679
Colton Cowser RF 3 0 1 0 1 2 .204 .295 .316 .611
Blaze Alexander 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .246 .301 .298 .599
Jackson Holliday 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 .222 .318 .389 .707

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Griffin Jax 2.0 4 3 1 0 3 0 38 3.60 L
Garrett Cleavinger 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27 4.35
Trevor Martin 3.0 3 3 0 2 1 1 52 3.68
Craig Kimbrel 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 5.63
HOME · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Shane Baz 7.0 7 1 1 2 9 0 99 4.48 W
Grant Wolfram 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.30
Andrew Kittredge 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 8.38

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 2.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · BAL
5-5 W3 +8 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with TB 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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