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September 4, 2026 · AL West

Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

September 4, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
84-57
7
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
70-72
6

Game Highlights

Published September 4, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Ezequiel Duran Ezequiel Duran homers (17) on a fly ball to center field. TB 0, TEX 1
T3 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda homers (18) on a fly ball to right center field. TB 1, TEX 1
T4 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios homers (7) on a line drive to right field. TB 2, TEX 1
T5 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda hits a ground-rule double (22) on a line drive down the left-field line. Yandy Díaz scores. TB 3, TEX 1
T5 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jonathan Aranda scores. TB 4, TEX 1
T5 Victor Mesa Jr. Victor Mesa Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Evan Carter. Junior Caminero scores. Victor Mesa Jr. to 2nd. Victor Mesa Jr. advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by center fielder Evan Carter. TB 5, TEX 1
T5 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins grounds into a double play, first baseman Jake Burger to third baseman Cody Freeman to shortstop Corey Seager to second baseman Ezequiel Duran to first baseman Jake Burger. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson out at 3rd. TB 6, TEX 1
B7 Elias Díaz Elias Díaz hits a grand slam (7) to left center field. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter scores. Cody Freeman scores. TB 6, TEX 5
T9 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero singles on a line drive to center fielder Evan Carter. Jorge Mateo scores. Jonathan Aranda to 2nd. TB 7, TEX 5
B9 Elias Díaz Elias Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter to 3rd. TB 7, TEX 6

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 001140001 7
TEX 010000401 6

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 7

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving with a 6–5 lead. Out of the bullpen, Garrett Cleavinger took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 6.1 90 3 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 72% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 28 31% 1 9 4 6 8
    Cutter 22 24% 5 3 5 6 3
    Changeup 20 22% 7 2 1 8 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 20% 0 3 1 8 6
    Slider 2 2% 1 0 0 1 0
  • Garrett Cleavinger Reliever 0.0 13 2 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Cam Booser Setup 0.2 3 0 0 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.0 12 0 0 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 0.0 15 1 0
  • Tyler Wells Middle 1.0 7 0 0 SV inherited 2, 1 scored
Rangers HOME 6

Trevor Williams started for Rangers, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Kumar Rocker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Trevor Williams Starter 1.0 19 0 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Trevor Williams threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 33% 6.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 7 37% 3 1 3 0 0
    Sweeper 5 26% 1 0 2 1 1
    Slider 4 21% 1 0 0 3 0
    Changeup 2 11% 0 0 0 2 0
    Sinker 1 5% 0 0 1 0 0
  • Robby Ahlstrom Middle 1.0 16 0 0
  • Kumar Rocker Reliever 5.0 73 6 3 L
  • Tyler Alexander Middle 1.1 16 0 1
  • Chase Silseth Setup 0.0 9 1 0
  • Adam Macko Middle 0.2 11 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 4th · off Rocker
  • Palacios HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 2 2 2 0 2 .277 .361 .424 .785 HR (18), 2B
Junior Caminero 3B 5 1 2 2 0 2 .280 .364 .528 .892 2B
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 5 1 1 1 0 1 .220 .288 .434 .722
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .311 .338 .363 .701
Cedric Mullins CF 3 0 0 1 1 0 .205 .289 .350 .639
Richie Palacios 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 .225 .320 .348 .668 HR (7)
Taylor Walls SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .304 .294 .598
Yandy Díaz DH 5 1 3 0 0 0 .306 .374 .471 .845 2B
Liam Hicks C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 .369 .441 .810
Ryan Vilade PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .322 .478 .800
HOME · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Justin Foscue DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 .263 .325 .500 .825
Corey Seager SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .227 .325 .413 .738
Wyatt Langford LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .331 .443 .774
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 .332 .423 .755
Ezequiel Duran 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .276 .337 .459 .796 HR (17)
Jake Burger 1B 1 2 1 0 3 0 .237 .302 .422 .724
Evan Carter CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .195 .293 .321 .614
Nicky Lopez PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .300 .298 .598
Elias Díaz C 3 1 1 5 0 0 .233 .267 .407 .674 HR (7)
Joc Pederson DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .328 .478 .806
Cody Freeman 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 .274 .346 .356 .702

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 6.1 5 3 3 2 4 1 90 3.04 W
Garrett Cleavinger 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 13 4.79
Cam Booser 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.38 HLD
Kevin Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.92 HLD
Bryan Baker 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15 1.64
Tyler Wells 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.51 SV
HOME · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Trevor Williams 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 3.72
Robby Ahlstrom 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 6.29
Kumar Rocker 5.0 9 6 5 0 3 2 73 4.61 L
Tyler Alexander 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.26
Chase Silseth 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 3.04
Adam Macko 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 5.19

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 4.4 R IBBs 5.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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HOME · TEX
6-4 L1 +6 run diff
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Season series: 2-2 with TB listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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