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August 24, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers

August 24, 2026Comerica ParkCloudy 74°F · 8 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
78-53
4
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
61-70
1

Game Highlights

Published August 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero grounds out, shortstop Javier Báez to first baseman Spencer Torkelson. Yandy Díaz scores. TB 1, DET 0
T1 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda grounds into a force out, first baseman Spencer Torkelson to shortstop Javier Báez. Ryan Vilade scores. Jonny DeLuca out at 2nd. Jonathan Aranda to 1st. TB 2, DET 0
T4 Chandler Simpson Chandler Simpson singles on a soft bunt ground ball to third baseman Kevin McGonigle. Jorge Mateo scores. TB 3, DET 0
B4 Brett Callahan Brett Callahan out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Kevin McGonigle scores. TB 3, DET 1
T6 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda homers (16) on a fly ball to right center field. TB 4, DET 1

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 200101000 4
DET 000100000 1

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 4

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with a 4–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 6.0 103 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 52% 4.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 30 29% 3 2 8 14 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 22% 0 8 7 6 2
    Sinker 22 21% 0 8 4 4 6
    Changeup 21 20% 4 1 5 6 5
    Sweeper 4 4% 2 0 1 1 0
    Curveball 3 3% 1 1 0 1 0
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 1.0 14 0 2 HLD
  • Manuel Rodríguez Middle 1.0 23 0 3 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 16 0 2 SV
Tigers HOME 1

Framber Valdez started for Tigers, leaving trailing 1–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Framber Valdez Starter 6.0 84 4 0 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Framber Valdez threw
    CSW 15% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 38 45% 0 9 8 9 12
    Curveball 21 25% 0 2 6 11 2
    Changeup 19 23% 0 2 3 6 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
    Cutter 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
    Slider 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Tanner Rainey Middle 2.0 31 0 2
  • Tyler Holton Setup 1.0 15 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Valdez
  • Caminero Groundout (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 1 1 0 1 0 .305 .373 .466 .839
Cedric Mullins CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .286 .352 .638
Junior Caminero 3B 3 0 1 1 1 1 .277 .364 .531 .895
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 .301 .438 .739 2B
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .280 .363 .420 .783 HR (16)
Jorge Mateo 2B 2 1 1 0 2 0 .236 .286 .389 .675 2B
Nick Fortes C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .307 .363 .670
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .312 .339 .366 .705
Taylor Walls SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215 .301 .290 .591
Ryan Vilade RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .264 .324 .482 .806
HOME · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Colt Keith DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 .266 .325 .415 .740
Hao-Yu Lee 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 .315 .431 .746
Kevin McGonigle 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .283 .384 .430 .814 2B
Dillon Dingler C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .253 .319 .483 .802
Ben Malgeri LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .242 .363 .409 .772
Zach McKinstry RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 .304 .325 .629
Spencer Torkelson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .221 .314 .406 .720 2B
Max Clark CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 .303 .366 .669
Javier Báez SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 .260 .288 .363 .651
Brett Callahan LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 .263 .318 .579 .897

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 6.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 103 2.95 W
Garrett Cleavinger 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 3.63 HLD
Manuel Rodríguez 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 23 0.00 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 1.56 SV
HOME · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Framber Valdez 6.0 8 4 3 2 0 1 84 4.35 L
Tanner Rainey 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 31 0.00
Tyler Holton 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.12

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · DET
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 4.9 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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HOME · DET
6-4 L2 +13 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 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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