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August 19, 2026 · AL East

Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

August 19, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
62-66
6
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
76-50
7

Game Highlights

Published August 19, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Yandy Díaz Yandy Díaz homers (19) on a fly ball to left center field. Junior Caminero scores. TOR 0, TB 2
T4 Alejandro Kirk Alejandro Kirk homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. TOR 1, TB 2
B4 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios doubles (12) on a fly ball to left fielder Jesús Sánchez. Yandy Díaz scores. Liam Hicks scores. Cedric Mullins to 3rd. TOR 1, TB 4
B4 Taylor Walls Taylor Walls hits a sacrifice bunt. Cedric Mullins scores. Richie Palacios to 3rd. Taylor Walls to 1st. TOR 1, TB 5
B4 Chandler Simpson Rays challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Chandler Simpson singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Max Scherzer. Richie Palacios scores. Taylor Walls to 2nd. TOR 1, TB 6
B4 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero grounds out, shortstop Andrés Giménez to first baseman Kazuma Okamoto. Taylor Walls scores. TOR 1, TB 7
T5 Charles McAdoo Charles McAdoo singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Ryan Vilade. Josh Smith scores. Brandon Valenzuela to 2nd. TOR 2, TB 7
T5 Nathan Lukes Nathan Lukes out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Brandon Valenzuela scores. TOR 3, TB 7
T5 Alejandro Kirk Alejandro Kirk singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Charles McAdoo scores. Myles Straw to 3rd. TOR 4, TB 7
T5 Kazuma Okamoto Kazuma Okamoto singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Myles Straw scores. Alejandro Kirk to 2nd. TOR 5, TB 7
T6 Charles McAdoo Charles McAdoo doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Josh Smith scores. TOR 6, TB 7

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 000141000 6
TB 200500000 7

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 6

Max Scherzer started for Blue Jays, leaving trailing 1–7.

workload · innings pitched
  • Max Scherzer Starter 4.0 73 7 1 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Max Scherzer threw
    CSW 14% 1st-pitch strike 48% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 38 52% 1 3 10 18 6
    Curveball 11 15% 1 3 1 4 2
    Changeup 10 14% 0 0 3 5 2
    Slider 8 11% 0 1 1 1 5
    Cutter 6 8% 1 0 0 3 2
  • Braydon Fisher Middle 1.0 13 0 1
  • Brendon Little Middle 0.2 13 0 1
  • Paul Sewald Middle 0.1 6 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Mason Fluharty Middle 1.0 7 0 1
  • Tyler Rogers Setup 1.0 7 0 0
Rays HOME 7

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with a 7–5 lead. Out of the bullpen, Cam Booser took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 5.0 86 5 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 27 31% 3 5 11 4 4
    Sinker 23 27% 1 8 3 8 3
    Cutter 21 24% 1 3 3 8 6
    Changeup 9 10% 2 0 2 4 1
    Sweeper 5 6% 0 1 1 1 2
    Curveball 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Cam Booser Setup 0.2 5 1 0 HLD
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.1 21 0 1 HLD inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Tyler Wells Middle 1.0 20 0 0 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 18 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 1st · off Scherzer
  • Díaz HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TOR
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
George Springer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .314 .388 .702
Nathan Lukes RF 4 0 0 1 0 3 .259 .312 .355 .667
Alejandro Kirk DH 5 1 2 2 0 0 .282 .356 .435 .791 HR (7)
Kazuma Okamoto 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 .228 .301 .431 .732
Andrés Giménez SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .283 .355 .638
Daz Cameron LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Josh Smith 2B 3 2 1 0 1 0 .220 .303 .305 .608
Brandon Valenzuela C 4 1 1 0 0 1 .225 .303 .377 .680
Charles McAdoo 3B 4 1 3 2 0 0 .292 .327 .458 .785 2B, SB
Brett Bateman CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .314 .313 .627
Myles Straw CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .219 .275 .329 .604
Jesús Sánchez LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .260 .319 .423 .742
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .309 .336 .366 .702
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274 .363 .536 .899 2B
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 .367 .422 .789
Yandy Díaz DH 3 2 1 2 1 0 .306 .375 .474 .849 HR (19)
Liam Hicks C 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 .370 .441 .811
Cedric Mullins CF 2 1 0 0 2 0 .209 .286 .357 .643
Jonny DeLuca RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .300 .439 .739
Richie Palacios 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .243 .342 .360 .702 2B
Taylor Walls SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 .224 .309 .302 .611 SB
Ryan Vilade RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .259 .322 .487 .809

Pitching lines

AWAY · TOR
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Max Scherzer 4.0 5 7 7 3 1 1 73 7.40 L
Braydon Fisher 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.52
Brendon Little 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 9.00
Paul Sewald 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5.93
Mason Fluharty 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.71
Tyler Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.54
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 5.0 7 5 5 2 5 1 86 3.01 W
Cam Booser 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.10 HLD
Kevin Kelly 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.86 HLD
Tyler Wells 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 2.79 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1.44 SV

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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