Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox

TB 8 — 3 CWS
Final — 2026-04-15
MVP: Jesse Scholtens 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Chicago White Sox 8-3. Jesse Scholtens led the way with 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER. Jesse Scholtens earned the win and Sean Burke took the loss.

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TB 001021400 890
CWS 000000003 370
WP Jesse Scholtens (1-0)
LP Sean Burke (0-2)

Scoring Plays

Top 3: Caminero homered to left (393 feet). (1-0)
Top 5: Caminero grounded out to second, Feduccia scored, Walls to third. (2-0)
Top 5: Aranda doubled to right, Walls scored. (3-0)
Top 6: Fraley homered to right (398 feet). (4-0)
Top 7: Díaz doubled to right, Caminero scored, Aranda to third. (5-0)
Top 7: DeLuca homered to left center (393 feet), Aranda scored and Díaz scored. (8-0)
Bot 9: Antonacci scored on Seymour wild pitch, Hill to second on wild pitch by Seymour, Murray to third on wild pitch by Seymour. (8-1)
Bot 9: McGuire singled to center, Murray scored, Hill to third. (8-2)
Bot 9: Acuña grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Hill scored, McGuire out at second. (8-3)

TB — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Simpson LF4000000010 .381.409.444.853
Caminero 3B4210012110 .234.351.406.757
Aranda 1B3111001100 .227.316.424.740
Diaz DH2111001200 .369.468.5691.037
Fraley RF3110011001 .229.308.400.708
Mullins CF4010000001 .145.186.255.441
Palacios 2B3010000111 .227.414.364.778
Feduccia C4110000020 .211.318.211.529
Walls SS4110000000 .320.370.360.730
DeLuca RF1110013000 .286.306.514.820
Vilade 1B1000000000 .250.286.300.586
Williamson DH1000000000 .265.333.347.680

CWS — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Benintendi LF5010100010 .178.245.289.534
Murakami DH2010000210 .179.365.446.811
Vargas 1B4000000000 .155.296.293.589
Montgomery SS4000000040 .175.268.365.633
Antonacci 2B3110000100 .333.500.333.833
Murray 3B2110000100 .235.316.412.728
Peters RF3000000000 .225.279.250.529
McGuire P4020001000 .200.238.200.438
Acuna CF3000000100 .170.211.170.381
Quero C0000000000 .146.239.146.385
Hill PH1110000000 .263.391.263.654

TB — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Sulser 2.0300110 36-22 4.911.32
Scholtens 5.0100230 77-46 0.001.25W, 1-0
Englert 1.0100010 12-9 8.381.40
Seymour 1.0233210 25-14 10.571.13

CWS — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Burke 5.1744322 92-55 4.431.10L, 0-2
Gilbert 1.2244221 39-24 20.253.00
Hudson 1.0000010 14-8 2.351.26
McGuire 1.0000000 9-8 0.000.00

Venue: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois (10,193)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Adam Hamari, First Base Umpire: Austin Jones, Second Base Umpire: Todd Tichenor, Third Base Umpire: Alex Tosi

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