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August 18, 2026 · AL East

Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

August 18, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
62-65
10
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
75-50
5

Game Highlights

Published August 18, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 George Springer George Springer singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alejandro Kirk scores. TOR 1, TB 0
T1 Jesús Sánchez Jesús Sánchez doubles (16) on a fly ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. George Springer scores. TOR 2, TB 0
T3 Alejandro Kirk Alejandro Kirk homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field. Nathan Lukes scores. TOR 4, TB 0
T4 Alejandro Kirk Alejandro Kirk singles on a ground ball to second baseman Richie Palacios. Ernie Clement scores. Brett Bateman to 3rd. TOR 5, TB 0
T4 George Springer George Springer walks. TOR 6, TB 0
B4 Taylor Walls Taylor Walls singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brett Bateman. Cedric Mullins scores. Richie Palacios scores. TOR 6, TB 3
T5 Kazuma Okamoto Kazuma Okamoto homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. TOR 7, TB 3
T5 Brett Bateman Brett Bateman singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Ernie Clement scores. TOR 8, TB 3
T7 Josh Smith Josh Smith homers (3) on a line drive to right field. Ernie Clement scores. TOR 10, TB 3
B8 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Myles Straw. Yandy Díaz scores. Liam Hicks to 3rd. TOR 10, TB 4
B8 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Myles Straw. Liam Hicks scores. TOR 10, TB 5

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 202220200 10
TB 000300020 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Blue Jays AWAY 10

José Soriano started for Blue Jays, leaving with a 8–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Matt Waldron took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • José Soriano Starter 5.2 91 3 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what José Soriano threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 36% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 33 36% 0 10 1 12 10
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 23% 2 4 4 6 5
    Knuckle Curve 18 20% 1 4 2 7 4
    Splitter 17 19% 2 1 1 10 3
    Slider 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Mason Fluharty Middle 0.1 2 0 0
  • Matt Waldron Long 2.0 26 2 1
  • Spencer Miles Long 1.0 10 0 0
Rays HOME 5

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving trailing 0–6. Out of the bullpen, Steven Matz took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 3.2 82 6 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 73% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 26 32% 1 11 2 6 6
    Changeup 20 24% 3 1 6 6 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 20% 1 3 4 6 2
    Cutter 14 17% 0 2 3 7 2
    Slider 4 5% 1 1 1 0 1
    Curveball 2 2% 0 1 0 1 0
  • Steven Matz Reliever 1.1 17 2 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Jesse Scholtens Long 4.0 58 2 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Martinez
  • Springer 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TOR
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brett Bateman CF 6 1 2 1 0 1 .283 .327 .326 .653 SB
Nathan Lukes RF 5 1 1 0 1 2 .263 .317 .360 .677
Alejandro Kirk C 6 2 3 3 0 0 .279 .355 .419 .774 HR (6), 2B
George Springer DH 4 1 3 1 1 1 .234 .315 .389 .704 2B, SB
Myles Straw LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .273 .330 .603
Kazuma Okamoto 1B 5 1 1 1 0 1 .227 .299 .432 .731 HR (25)
Andrés Giménez SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 .241 .286 .359 .645
Ernie Clement 2B 5 3 3 0 0 0 .285 .309 .405 .714
Josh Smith 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 .217 .298 .304 .602 HR (3)
Jesús Sánchez LF 3 0 1 1 1 1 .262 .321 .426 .747 2B
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 .310 .337 .367 .704
Junior Caminero 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .275 .364 .537 .901
Jonathan Aranda 1B 5 0 1 0 0 2 .285 .369 .425 .794
Yandy Díaz DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 .306 .375 .468 .843
Liam Hicks C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 .369 .440 .809
Ryan Vilade RF 3 1 2 0 0 0 .263 .327 .495 .822
Cedric Mullins CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .210 .284 .359 .643
Richie Palacios 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 .243 .343 .357 .700
Taylor Walls SS 4 0 1 2 0 1 .222 .307 .301 .608
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .288 .447 .735

Pitching lines

AWAY · TOR
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
José Soriano 5.2 9 3 3 0 2 0 91 3.23 W
Mason Fluharty 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.78
Matt Waldron 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 26 7.54
Spencer Miles 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.08
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 3.2 9 6 6 2 5 1 82 3.05 L
Steven Matz 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 17 6.17
Jesse Scholtens 4.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 58 4.03

Manager comparison

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
John Schneider
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 5.3 R IBBs 6.9 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
4-6 W1 -5 run diff
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HOME · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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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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