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June 8, 2026 · AL East

Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

June 8, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
27-37
1
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
38-25
3

Game Highlights

Published June 8, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Yandy Díaz Yandy Díaz homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. BOS 0, TB 1
T3 Marcelo Mayer Marcelo Mayer homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. BOS 1, TB 1
B5 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jarren Duran. Austin Slater scores. BOS 1, TB 2
B8 Yandy Díaz Yandy Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Taylor Walls scores. BOS 1, TB 3

Box score

  123456789 R
BOS 001000000 1
TB 100010010 3

Pitching & bullpen

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

Red Sox AWAY 1

Connelly Early started for Red Sox, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Danny Coulombe took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Connelly Early Starter 4.2 96 2 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Connelly Early threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 43 45% 5 6 13 14 5
    Sinker 23 24% 3 2 4 11 3
    Changeup 14 15% 2 0 1 8 3
    Slider 9 9% 0 2 1 5 1
    Sweeper 5 5% 2 1 0 2 0
    Curveball 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Tyron Guerrero Middle 1.1 16 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Greg Weissert Middle 0.1 17 0 1
  • Danny Coulombe Setup 1.0 22 1 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Alec Gamboa Middle 0.2 6 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
Rays HOME 3

Ian Seymour started for Rays, leaving with the game tied 1–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Ian Seymour Starter 4.0 55 1 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Ian Seymour threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 18 33% 3 5 3 3 4
    Changeup 17 31% 2 3 2 6 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 27% 3 2 3 7 0
    Sinker 5 9% 0 2 1 2 0
  • Casey Legumina Middle 1.1 12 0 1 W
  • Cam Booser Middle 1.0 10 0 1 HLD
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 0.2 16 0 1 HLD
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 1.0 13 0 1 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 12 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Early
  • Aranda 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · BOS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jarren Duran LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .208 .270 .388 .658
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .346 .429 .775
Wilyer Abreu RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278 .339 .420 .759
Willson Contreras 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 .389 .532 .921
Mickey Gasper DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 .342 .371 .713
Caleb Durbin 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .190 .254 .288 .542
Isiah Kiner-Falefa SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .317 .323 .640
Andruw Monasterio 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253 .295 .414 .709
Carlos Narváez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 .283 .304 .587
Marcelo Mayer SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 .222 .281 .311 .592 HR (3)
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 3 1 1 2 1 0 .325 .399 .537 .936 HR (12)
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .237 .348 .321 .669
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176 .282 .265 .547
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .270 .378 .456 .834
Ben Williamson 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 .340 .316 .656
Taylor Walls SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 .203 .309 .273 .582 SB
Nick Fortes C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .242 .283 .309 .592
Cedric Mullins CF 2 0 1 0 2 1 .185 .276 .296 .572
Austin Slater LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 .217 .288 .239 .527 SB
Junior Caminero 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .277 .378 .496 .874
Ryan Vilade RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 .290 .358 .452 .810 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · BOS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Connelly Early 4.2 5 2 2 4 6 1 96 3.30 L
Tyron Guerrero 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4.91
Greg Weissert 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 3.91
Danny Coulombe 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 22 6.39
Alec Gamboa 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Ian Seymour 4.0 1 1 1 1 5 1 55 4.89
Casey Legumina 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.10 W
Cam Booser 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 HLD
Kevin Kelly 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.51 HLD
Garrett Cleavinger 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.40 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.05 SV

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

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

Season series: 0-3 with BOS 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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