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September 15, 2026 · AL East

Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays

September 15, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
61-90
1
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
91-59
2

Game Highlights

Published September 15, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Jorge Mateo Jorge Mateo strikes out swinging. ATH 0, TB 1
T6 Shea Langeliers Shea Langeliers called out on strikes. ATH 1, TB 1
B9 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (41) on a fly ball to right field. ATH 1, TB 2

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 000001000 1
TB 010000001 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Athletics AWAY 1

Jack Perkins started for Athletics, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Elvis Alvarado took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Perkins Starter 6.2 83 1 8
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Perkins threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 46% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 20 24% 4 7 2 6 1
    Cutter 19 23% 1 4 3 7 4
    Changeup 19 23% 1 1 4 7 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 13 16% 1 2 4 4 2
    Sinker 9 11% 0 0 3 4 2
    Slider 3 4% 0 1 0 2 0
  • Luis Medina Middle 0.1 3 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Hogan Harris Middle 1.0 19 0 1
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 0.0 3 1 0 L
Rays HOME 2

Griffin Jax started for Rays, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Ty Johnson took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Griffin Jax Starter 5.0 67 0 7
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Griffin Jax threw
    CSW 37% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 20 30% 1 6 4 7 2
    Sinker 19 28% 1 7 2 5 4
    Changeup 15 22% 7 2 2 4 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 10 15% 1 0 2 3 4
    Curveball 3 4% 0 0 1 2 0
  • Ty Johnson Middle 0.2 16 1 1 BS
  • Cam Booser Setup 1.1 15 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.0 12 0 3
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 7 0 0 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 9th · off Alvarado
  • Caminero HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte CF 4 1 1 0 0 3 .275 .358 .396 .754
Jeff McNeil 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 .315 .369 .684
Shea Langeliers DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 .333 .495 .828
Lawrence Butler RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .228 .318 .384 .702
Zack Gelof 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .316 .457 .773
Tommy White 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .263 .315 .578
Carlos Cortes LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .323 .391 .714
Jonah Heim C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .264 .375 .639
Alika Williams SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .260 .298 .423 .721 2B
Donovan Walton 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .372 .453 .825
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 .364 .460 .824
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278 .361 .436 .797
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .279 .363 .535 .898 HR (41)
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .326 .510 .836
Chandler Simpson LF 3 1 3 0 0 0 .308 .337 .359 .696 2B
Richie Palacios 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .327 .376 .703
Jorge Mateo SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 .209 .255 .326 .581 SB
Nick Fortes C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .309 .371 .680
Liam Hicks C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .284 .367 .440 .807
Cedric Mullins CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .201 .283 .341 .624

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jack Perkins 6.2 4 1 0 1 8 0 83 6.14
Luis Medina 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.29
Hogan Harris 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 3.38
Elvis Alvarado 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 4.14 L
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Griffin Jax 5.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 67 3.80
Ty Johnson 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 16 6.00 BS
Cam Booser 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 2.19
Kevin Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 2.48
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.52 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.3 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 6.3 R IBBs 4.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
3-7 L6 -34 run diff
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HOME · TB
8-2 W2 +25 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with ATH 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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