Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers

TB 6 — 3 TEX
Final (10) — 2026-09-05
MVP: Drew Rasmussen 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Texas Rangers 6-3. Drew Rasmussen led the way with 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K. Tyler Wells earned the win and (gpid=sa:656641) took the loss.

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TB 1000100103 6
TEX 0000010200 3

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Junior Caminero homers (38) on a line drive to center field. (1-0)
Top 5: Richie Palacios homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. (2-0)
Bot 6: Joc Pederson homers (25) on a fly ball to right field. (2-1)
Top 8: Liam Hicks singles on a line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd. (3-1)
Bot 8: Evan Carter homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. (3-2)
Bot 8: Justin Foscue doubles (11) on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Cam Cauley scores. (3-3)
Top 10: Jonathan Aranda homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field. Jorge Mateo scores. Yandy Díaz scores. (6-3)

TB — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Walls SS2000000110 .218.304.292.596
Palacios 2B2110011000 .227.321.359.680
Mateo 2B1100000010 .220.267.354.621
Vilade PH1000000010 .260.320.476.796
Simpson LF5000000010 .308.335.359.694
(gpid=sa:700652) C0000000100 .222.364.556.920
Hicks C4020001000 .289.370.441.811
Aranda 1B5220013020 .278.361.429.790
Diaz DH4100000100 .304.372.468.840
Mesa RF4020000011 .226.292.435.727
Caminero 3B5120011020 .281.365.532.897
Mullins CF4010000001 .205.289.349.638

TEX — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Carter CF4110011020 .196.293.329.622
Langford LF4000000010 .246.327.438.765
Burger 1B4010000010 .237.302.420.722
Pederson DH3110011020 .235.328.485.813
Seager SS4010000020 .227.324.411.735
Foscue DH2011001000 .266.327.505.832
Duran 2B4000000000 .274.334.455.789
Nimmo RF4000000000 .264.330.420.750
Jansen C3010000000 .171.263.329.592
Freeman 3B4000000010 .260.329.338.667
Diaz C1000000010 .232.266.405.671
(gpid=sa:695508) PR0100000000 .207.281.345.626

TB — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Wells 2.0000030 27-20 2.440.90W
Booser 0.2100000 9-7 2.340.87BS
Kelly 0.1222001 10-5 2.180.83H
Rasmussen 7.0311071 97-67 2.880.90

TEX — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
(gpid=sa:671936) 0.1000000 3-2 5.131.85
Alexander 1.0200010 14-11 3.211.30
(gpid=sa:656641) 1.2132211 22-13 1.881.11L
deGrom 6.0422172 90-66 3.961.12
Junis 1.0311000 17-11 2.791.16

Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas

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