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September 22, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees

September 22, 2026Yankee StadiumCloudy 65°F · 13 mph, L To RGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
96-61
6
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
90-67
1

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Ryan Vilade Ryan Vilade grounds out, second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. to first baseman Luis García Jr. Taylor Walls scores. Cedric Mullins to 3rd. TB 1, NYY 0
T7 Taylor Walls Taylor Walls singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Max Fried. Chandler Simpson scores. Ben Williamson to 2nd. TB 2, NYY 0
T7 Yandy Díaz Yankees challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Yandy Díaz singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Spencer Jones. Ben Williamson scores. Taylor Walls scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. TB 4, NYY 0
B7 George Lombard Jr. George Lombard Jr. singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Heliot Ramos scores. Jazz Chisholm Jr. to 2nd. TB 4, NYY 1
T9 Yandy Díaz Yandy Díaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Cody Bellinger. Taylor Walls scores. Cedric Mullins scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. TB 6, NYY 1

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 001000302 6
NYY 000000100 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 6

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

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 6.2 114 1 11 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 71% 4.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 30 26% 2 7 8 10 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 25% 7 6 6 9 1
    Cutter 29 25% 5 3 8 9 4
    Changeup 22 19% 4 2 2 12 2
    Curveball 4 4% 0 1 1 2 0
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 0.1 3 0 0 HLD inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Cam Booser Setup 1.0 7 0 1 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 20 0 1
Yankees HOME 1

Max Fried started for Yankees, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Yarbrough took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Max Fried Starter 6.2 97 4 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Max Fried threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 26 27% 3 6 5 8 4
    Sweeper 20 21% 3 6 2 5 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 15% 0 4 4 6 1
    Curveball 15 15% 0 3 1 5 6
    Sinker 12 12% 1 1 2 5 3
    Changeup 9 9% 1 1 0 4 3
  • John Schreiber Setup 0.2 15 0 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Ryan Yarbrough Middle 1.0 23 2 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Michael Fulmer Middle 0.2 17 0 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Fried
  • Vilade Groundout (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 5 0 2 4 0 0 .291 .357 .445 .802
Jonathan Aranda 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .277 .359 .439 .798
Junior Caminero 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .275 .361 .525 .886 2B
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .257 .287 .408 .695 2B
Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .309 .336 .359 .695
Ben Williamson 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244 .304 .327 .631
Nick Fortes C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 .311 .375 .686
Taylor Walls SS 4 3 3 1 0 0 .222 .308 .294 .602
Cedric Mullins CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .202 .284 .339 .623 SB
Ryan Vilade 1B 3 0 0 1 1 0 .252 .330 .448 .778
HOME · NYY
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ben Rice DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .260 .359 .525 .884
Cody Bellinger LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .268 .343 .436 .779
Heliot Ramos RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .239 .301 .406 .707 2B
Luis García Jr. 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 .307 .525 .832
Spencer Jones CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .246 .316 .435 .751
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .233 .313 .403 .716
George Lombard Jr. SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 .237 .289 .381 .670
Austin Wells C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .185 .287 .324 .611
Ryan McMahon 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .206 .274 .341 .615
Paul Goldschmidt PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .315 .454 .769

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 6.2 1 1 1 3 11 0 114 2.67 W
Kevin Kelly 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.48 HLD
Cam Booser 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.06 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 1.47
HOME · NYY
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Max Fried 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 97 2.80 L
John Schreiber 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.36
Ryan Yarbrough 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 23 3.84
Michael Fulmer 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 2.92

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.