Tampa Bay Rays

1stin AL East · 95-60

YES!

Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox

84-72 1 – 5

95-60

Final · Sun, Sep 20

Game Details

Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) · 24,654 fans · NESN, ESPN Unlimited, MLB.TV, Rays.TV

Recap

Griffin Jax tosses 5 shutout innings as Rays near AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Red Sox

Griffin Jax tossed five shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays crept closer to the AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

Recap via ESPN

Tropicana Field · St. Petersburg

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
TB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	4	0

Win Probability · Tampa Bay Rays

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Boston Red Sox

Trevor Story · 1-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Patrick Sandoval · 7.0 IP, 5 ER, 5 K (L, 1-7)Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Victor Mesa Jr. · 1-2, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Griffin Jax · 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K (W, 8-10)Pitching

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Top 9th

HR Story homered to left (405 feet).1–5

Bot 4th

HR Mesa Jr. homered to right center (403 feet).0–5

Bot 1st

1B Simpson singled to right, Caminero scored and DeLuca scored.0–4

Bot 1st

2B DeLuca doubled to left, Díaz scored and Vilade scored, Caminero to third.0–2

Team Stats

Boston Red SoxTampa Bay Rays

Batting

6 Hits 4

1 Home Runs 1

2 Walks 2

9 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 1

11 Left on Base 4

Pitching & Fielding

106 Pitches Thrown 132

0 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. AnthonyLF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.241	9	.336	.385
M. GasperDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.255	11	.361	.462
J. JonesDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.209	4	.304	.385
A. RutschmanC	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.234	16	.309	.413
T. StorySS	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.247	16	.278	.368
N. Sogard1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	16	.340	.389
C. Durbin3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.255	18	.338	.389
J. DuranCF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.204	17	.261	.362
I. Kiner-Falefa2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	9	.319	.320
N. EatonRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	16	.291	.244
Team	32	1	6	1	1	2	9		132

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Sandoval(L, 1-7)	7.0	4	5	5	2	5	1	94-69	5.15
T. Guerrero	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	3.18
Team	8.0	4	5	5	2	7	1	106-78

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
Y. DiazDH	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.292	14	.358	.449
R. Vilade1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.256	18	.331	.454
J. Caminero3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.277	11	.363	.529
J. DeLucaCF	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	.259	18	.290	.410
C. SimpsonLF	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.309	5	.337	.360
B. Williamson2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	10	.305	.328
N. FortesC	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.264	8	.311	.377
V. Mesa Jr.RF	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	.251	16	.322	.502
T. WallsSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.216	6	.304	.289
Team	28	5	4	5	1	2	7		106

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G. Jax(W, 8-10)	5.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	74-47	3.62
C. Sulser	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	4.39
B. Hopkins	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	6.00
S. Matz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	5.49
T. Johnson	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	13-9	5.79
K. Kelly	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	2.49
Team	9.0	6	1	1	2	9	1	132-85