September 6, 2026 · AL West
Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers
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Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T2 | Victor Mesa Jr. | Victor Mesa Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Chandler Simpson scores. Jorge Mateo to 3rd. | TB 1, TEX 0 |
| T2 | Nick Fortes | Nick Fortes hits a sacrifice bunt. Jorge Mateo scores. Victor Mesa Jr. to 2nd. Nick Fortes to 1st. | TB 2, TEX 0 |
| T2 | Yandy Díaz | Yandy Díaz singles on a line drive to center fielder Ezequiel Duran. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Nick Fortes to 3rd. | TB 3, TEX 0 |
| T2 | Jonathan Aranda | Jonathan Aranda out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ezequiel Duran. Nick Fortes scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. | TB 4, TEX 0 |
| B2 | Jake Burger | Jake Burger homers (24) on a fly ball to left center field. | TB 4, TEX 1 |
| T4 | Junior Caminero | Junior Caminero out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Yandy Díaz scores. | TB 5, TEX 1 |
| B4 | Jake Burger | Jake Burger homers (25) on a fly ball to center field. Wyatt Langford scores. | TB 5, TEX 3 |
| B4 | Justin Foscue | Justin Foscue doubles (12) on a line drive to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Logan O'Hoppe scores. Ezequiel Duran scores. Corey Seager to 3rd. | TB 5, TEX 5 |
| B5 | Elias Díaz | Elias Díaz singles on a line drive to center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Jake Burger scores. Logan O'Hoppe to 2nd. | TB 5, TEX 6 |
| B5 | Ezequiel Duran | Ezequiel Duran singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Logan O'Hoppe scores. Elias Díaz to 2nd. | TB 5, TEX 7 |
| T7 | Jonny DeLuca | Jonny DeLuca singles on a line drive to center fielder Evan Carter. Chandler Simpson scores. Jonny DeLuca to 2nd. | TB 6, TEX 7 |
| B8 | Corey Seager | Corey Seager homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. | TB 6, TEX 8 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TEX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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
6
Ian Seymour started for Rays, leaving with a 4–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Steven Matz took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
-
Ian Seymour
Starter
3.0
75
4
2
Pitch-by-pitch: what Ian Seymour threw
CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 69% 4.7 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 21 28% 3 3 7 4 4 Four-Seam Fastball 17 23% 1 3 5 2 6 Changeup 17 23% 1 2 2 9 3 Slider 14 19% 2 1 4 7 0 Sweeper 6 8% 2 0 0 4 0 - Kevin Kelly Setup 0.2 12 1 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Steven Matz Long 1.0 33 2 1 L inherited 2, all 2 scored
- Casey Legumina Middle 1.1 18 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
- Ty Johnson Middle 1.0 14 0 2
- Cole Sulser Setup 1.0 21 1 1
Rangers
HOME
8
MacKenzie Gore started for Rangers, leaving trailing 1–4. Out of the bullpen, Tyler Alexander took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
-
MacKenzie Gore
Starter
3.0
68
5
1
Pitch-by-pitch: what MacKenzie Gore threw
CSW 16% 1st-pitch strike 53% 3.6 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 45 66% 3 4 11 18 9 Changeup 12 18% 1 1 3 3 4 Slider 5 7% 0 1 0 4 0 Sinker 4 6% 0 0 0 2 2 Curveball 2 3% 0 1 0 0 1 - Trevor Williams Long 2.0 30 0 0 W inherited 2, 1 scored
- Chase Silseth Setup 1.0 7 0 1 HLD
- Tyler Alexander Middle 1.0 17 1 1 HLD
- Jacob Latz Closer 1.0 18 0 1 HLD
- Jakob Junis Setup 1.0 11 0 0 SV
Where the game turned
1 run
- Díaz 1B (1)
Batting lines
AWAY · TB
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Díaz DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .305 | .372 | .467 | .839 | |
| Junior Caminero 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .280 | .365 | .530 | .895 | |
| Liam Hicks PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .369 | .440 | .809 | |
| Chandler Simpson LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .336 | .360 | .696 | SB |
| Jonny DeLuca CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .295 | .422 | .717 | |
| Jorge Mateo SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .261 | .345 | .606 | |
| Victor Mesa Jr. RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .291 | .431 | .722 | |
| Nick Fortes C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .304 | .362 | .666 | |
| Jonathan Aranda 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .361 | .432 | .793 | 2B |
| Ryan Vilade 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .257 | .323 | .471 | .794 |
HOME · TEX
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezequiel Duran 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .337 | .457 | .794 | |
| Corey Seager SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .322 | .417 | .739 | HR (15) |
| Nicky Lopez 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .303 | .306 | .609 | 2B |
| Brandon Nimmo RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .329 | .417 | .746 | |
| Wyatt Langford LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .245 | .331 | .436 | .767 | SB |
| Jake Burger 1B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .239 | .305 | .433 | .738 | 2 HR (24, 25) |
| Danny Jansen DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .262 | .327 | .589 | |
| Elias Díaz C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .267 | .404 | .671 | |
| Evan Carter CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .194 | .291 | .326 | .617 | |
| Justin Foscue 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .326 | .505 | .831 | 2B |
| Logan O'Hoppe DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .274 | .302 | .576 | |
| Joc Pederson PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .329 | .485 | .814 | |
| Cody Freeman 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .326 | .333 | .659 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · TB
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Seymour | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 4.33 | |
| Kevin Kelly | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.16 | |
| Steven Matz | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5.88 | L |
| Casey Legumina | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.76 | |
| Ty Johnson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.00 | |
| Cole Sulser | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4.94 |
HOME · TEX
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 4.51 | |
| Trevor Williams | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.38 | W |
| Chase Silseth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.98 | HLD |
| Tyler Alexander | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.30 | HLD |
| Jacob Latz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1.85 | HLD |
| Jakob Junis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.74 | SV |
Manager comparison
AWAY · TB
Lineup 3.0 R
Bunts 6.3 R
IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · TEX
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
LWWLWWWWLL
Season series: 2-2 with TB listed first across 4 prior meetings.
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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.