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August 23, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

August 23, 2026Oriole Park at Camden YardsPartly Cloudy 80°F · 12 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
77-53
3
vs
HOME
Baltimore Orioles
63-68
1

Game Highlights

Published August 23, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T6 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero singles on a ground ball to center fielder Colton Cowser. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 2nd. TB 2, BAL 0
T6 Chandler Simpson Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Colton Cowser. Junior Caminero scores. Liam Hicks to 2nd. TB 3, BAL 0
B9 Colton Cowser Colton Cowser homers (12) on a fly ball to right field. TB 3, BAL 1

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000003000 3
BAL 000000000 0

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 3

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Bryan Baker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 6.0 86 0 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 58% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 31 36% 4 9 8 9 1
    Cutter 21 24% 0 4 5 9 3
    Changeup 17 20% 0 3 5 4 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 16% 0 0 7 2 5
    Slider 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
  • Cam Booser Setup 1.0 14 0 0 HLD
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.0 14 0 1 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 12 1 0 SV
Orioles HOME 1

Shane Baz started for Orioles, leaving trailing 0–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Shane Baz Starter 5.2 96 3 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Shane Baz threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 37 39% 4 4 10 13 6
    Knuckle Curve 33 34% 1 8 3 18 3
    Cutter 10 10% 3 1 0 3 3
    Sinker 9 9% 1 2 0 3 3
    Changeup 7 7% 1 0 0 5 1
  • Grant Wolfram Setup 1.1 18 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Anthony Nunez Middle 1.0 31 0 0
  • Cam Sanders Middle 1.0 9 0 0

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 6th · off Baz
  • Caminero 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306 .373 .468 .841
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .280 .363 .415 .778
Junior Caminero 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .276 .363 .532 .895
Chandler Simpson LF 3 0 2 1 1 0 .310 .337 .365 .702
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .298 .433 .731
Cedric Mullins CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .206 .287 .353 .640
Richie Palacios 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 .330 .345 .675
Taylor Walls SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 .218 .305 .293 .598
Liam Hicks C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .284 .372 .445 .817
HOME · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jackson Holliday 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 .321 .356 .677
Pete Alonso 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .360 .500 .860
Gunnar Henderson SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .303 .395 .698
Samuel Basallo C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .301 .446 .747
Coby Mayo DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212 .276 .437 .713
Dylan Beavers LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 .317 .382 .699
Christian Encarnacion-Strand 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .272 .458 .730
Colton Cowser CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 .219 .314 .372 .686 HR (12), 2B
Leody Taveras RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .298 .356 .654

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 6.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 86 2.93 W
Cam Booser 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.03 HLD
Kevin Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.11 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12 1.59 SV
HOME · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Shane Baz 5.2 5 3 3 3 3 0 96 4.04 L
Grant Wolfram 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 5.18
Anthony Nunez 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 31 4.50
Cam Sanders 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6.05

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 3.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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HOME · BAL
5-5 L3 +0 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with TB listed first across 2 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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