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September 26, 2026 · NL East

Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies

September 26, 2026Citizens Bank ParkDrizzle 62°F · 14 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
98-63
12
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
87-74
1

Game Highlights

Published September 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (42) on a fly ball to left center field. Yandy Díaz scores. TB 2, PHI 0
T1 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios doubles (14) on a line drive to right fielder Bryan De La Cruz. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. TB 3, PHI 0
T5 Victor Mesa Jr. Victor Mesa Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Justin Crawford. Yandy Díaz scores. Liam Hicks to 3rd. Junior Caminero to 2nd. TB 4, PHI 0
T5 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios walks. Liam Hicks scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd. Victor Mesa Jr. to 2nd. TB 5, PHI 0
T5 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins singles on a ground ball to center fielder Justin Crawford. Junior Caminero scores. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Richie Palacios to 2nd. TB 7, PHI 0
T6 Victor Mesa Jr. Victor Mesa Jr. doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Bryan De La Cruz. Yandy Díaz scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd. TB 8, PHI 0
T6 Richie Palacios Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to right fielder Bryan De La Cruz. Junior Caminero scores. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. TB 10, PHI 0
B7 Justin Crawford Justin Crawford reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Richie Palacios. Bryson Stott scores. Bryan De La Cruz to 3rd. Garrett Stubbs to 2nd. TB 10, PHI 1
T9 Ryan Vilade Ryan Vilade singles on a ground ball to center fielder Justin Crawford. Jonny DeLuca scores. Taylor Walls scores. TB 12, PHI 1

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 300043002 12
PHI 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 12

Griffin Jax started for Rays, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Manuel Rodríguez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Griffin Jax Starter 3.0 52 0 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Griffin Jax threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 60% 5.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 18 35% 0 4 4 6 4
    Sweeper 11 21% 2 1 2 5 1
    Changeup 10 19% 4 0 1 3 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 9 17% 0 3 1 4 1
    Curveball 4 8% 1 0 1 1 1
  • Steven Matz Long 1.0 10 0 1 W
  • Brody Hopkins Middle 1.0 16 0 1
  • Cam Booser Setup 1.0 21 0 2
  • Manuel Rodríguez Middle 1.0 26 1 1
  • Ty Johnson Middle 1.0 38 0 0
  • Cole Sulser Setup 1.0 25 0 2
Phillies HOME 1

Phillies opened with Aaron Nola, then turned the bulk of the game over to Tanner Banks. Out of the bullpen, José Alvarado took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Aaron Nola Opener 1.0 21 3 0 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Aaron Nola threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 86% 3.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 8 38% 0 2 1 2 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 7 33% 0 2 1 2 2
    Sinker 4 19% 0 1 1 2 0
    Changeup 2 10% 0 0 0 0 2
  • Tanner Banks Bulk 1.1 21 0 1
  • Chase Shugart Middle 1.2 29 1 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • José Alvarado Setup 0.1 17 3 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • José Urquidy Middle 2.2 50 3 3 inherited 3, 2 scored
  • Brooks Raley Setup 1.0 11 0 0
  • Max Lazar Middle 1.0 18 2 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 1st · off Nola
  • Caminero HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ryan Vilade DH 2 0 1 2 0 0 .247 .324 .432 .756
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 0 0 2 2 .273 .357 .433 .790
Liam Hicks C 6 1 2 0 0 0 .282 .366 .429 .795
Jorge Mateo 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .201 .244 .309 .553
Victor Mesa Jr. LF 5 3 4 2 0 0 .260 .328 .502 .830 2 2B
Richie Palacios 2B 4 0 2 4 1 1 .238 .333 .378 .711 2B
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 1 1 0 1 1 .263 .298 .410 .708
Cedric Mullins CF 5 0 1 2 0 1 .205 .284 .345 .629
Taylor Walls SS 5 1 1 0 0 3 .222 .309 .298 .607 2B
Yandy Díaz DH 4 3 3 0 0 0 .293 .359 .446 .805 2B
Junior Caminero 3B 3 3 2 2 1 1 .277 .361 .526 .887 HR (42)
HOME · PHI
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Trea Turner SS 5 0 2 0 0 1 .241 .296 .378 .674 2B
Kyle Schwarber DH 4 0 0 0 1 1 .231 .353 .501 .854
Bryce Harper 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .269 .381 .483 .864
Alec Bohm 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .314 .384 .698
Bryson Stott 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .251 .330 .394 .724 2 2B
Bryan De La Cruz RF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .280 .349 .413 .762
Brandon Marsh LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 .306 .410 .716
Garrett Stubbs C 1 0 0 0 1 1 .153 .215 .153 .368
Justin Crawford CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .264 .310 .354 .664 SB
J.T. Realmuto C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .283 .329 .612

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Griffin Jax 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 52 3.53
Steven Matz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.49 W
Brody Hopkins 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 5.06
Cam Booser 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 1.98
Manuel Rodríguez 1.0 1 1 0 2 1 0 26 3.18
Ty Johnson 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 38 3.52
Cole Sulser 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 4.31
HOME · PHI
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Aaron Nola 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 1 21 4.67 L
Tanner Banks 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 6.19
Chase Shugart 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 29 4.02
José Alvarado 0.1 1 3 3 3 0 0 17 5.86
José Urquidy 2.2 5 3 3 0 3 0 50 4.95
Brooks Raley 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.25
Max Lazar 1.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 18 6.30

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 7.5 R IBBs 4.3 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
Don Mattingly
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 1.9 R Interim

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