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September 22, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees

September 22, 2026Yankee StadiumCloudy 69°F · 15 mph, L To R
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
95-61
0
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
90-66
2

Game Highlights

Published September 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Cody Bellinger Cody Bellinger homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Ben Rice scores. TB 0, NYY 2

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000000000 0
NYY 000200000 2

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 0

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 6.0 94 2 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 35 37% 2 11 8 7 7
    Cutter 20 21% 0 2 5 10 3
    Changeup 18 19% 1 2 4 8 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 18% 5 0 4 7 1
    Slider 4 4% 1 0 0 1 2
  • Ty Johnson Middle 2.0 23 0 4
Yankees HOME 2

Carlos Rodón started for Yankees, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Carlos Rodón Starter 8.0 96 0 8 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Carlos Rodón threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 60% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 50 52% 6 11 9 16 8
    Slider 28 29% 7 3 4 8 6
    Changeup 14 15% 2 2 3 6 1
    Sinker 4 4% 0 0 1 1 2
  • David Bednar Closer 1.0 11 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 4th · off Martinez
  • Bellinger HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .290 .356 .446 .802
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .277 .359 .440 .799
Junior Caminero 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .276 .362 .526 .888
Liam Hicks C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .369 .437 .806
Chandler Simpson LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .309 .337 .360 .697
Jonny DeLuca CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 .287 .407 .694
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 .322 .500 .822
Cedric Mullins PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 .282 .339 .621
Richie Palacios 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .232 .327 .373 .700
Jorge Mateo SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 .205 .250 .318 .568
HOME · NYY
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ben Rice DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 .262 .361 .529 .890 2B
Cody Bellinger LF 4 1 1 2 0 0 .270 .344 .439 .783 HR (17)
Heliot Ramos RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .302 .405 .707
Luis García Jr. 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 .309 .529 .838
George Lombard Jr. SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .237 .291 .385 .676
Spencer Jones CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .249 .317 .441 .758 SB
Anthony Volpe 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 .244 .321 .335 .656
Ali Sánchez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 .265 .304 .569
José Caballero 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 .236 .293 .373 .666 2 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 1 94 2.94 L
Ty Johnson 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23 4.05
HOME · NYY
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Carlos Rodón 8.0 3 0 0 0 8 0 96 2.67 W
David Bednar 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.54 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 7.5 R IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
Lineup 3.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 3.3 R

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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.

Read the full methodology.