Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees

TB 2 — 9 NYY
Final — 2026-09-23
MVP: Ben Rice 3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB

New York Yankees defeated Tampa Bay Rays 9-2. Ben Rice led the way with 3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB. Gerrit Cole earned the win and Mason Englert took the loss.

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TB 000110000 2
NYY 11510001 9

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Ben Rice homers (40) on a fly ball to right field. (0-1)
Bot 2: Ryan McMahon singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Spencer Jones scores. (0-2)
Bot 3: George Lombard Jr. homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. (0-3)
Bot 3: Ryan McMahon hits a grand slam (11) to right field. Luis García Jr. scores. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores. José Caballero scores. (0-7)
Top 4: Jonny DeLuca doubles (24) on a fly ball to right fielder Heliot Ramos. Liam Hicks scores. (1-7)
Bot 4: Ben Rice homers (41) on a fly ball to right center field. (1-8)
Top 5: Cedric Mullins homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. (2-8)
Bot 8: Heliot Ramos out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Ali Sánchez scores. Ben Rice to 3rd. (2-9)

TB — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Palacios 2B4010000010 .232.326.372.698
Mateo SS4010000030 .206.250.317.567
Vilade 3B4000000010 .248.325.440.765
DeLuca RF4031001012 .263.292.415.707
Hicks 1B2100000200 .284.370.435.805
Aranda DH4000000020 .275.357.436.793
Fortes C2000000010 .262.309.372.681
Mesa LF3000000100 .249.321.493.814
Caminero 3B2000000000 .274.360.523.883
Mullins CF4110011000 .203.284.345.629

NYY — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Sanchez C4110000000 .241.264.301.565
Ramos RF4020001010 .242.302.407.709
Caballero LF3100000100 .235.292.370.662
Jones CF5111000020 .245.314.435.749
McMahon 3B4120015010 .210.276.352.628
Rice DH4230022100 .263.362.537.899
Chisholm 2B3110000111 .233.314.403.717
Lombard SS5110011040 .236.287.396.683
Garcia 1B4110000120 .277.308.522.830

TB — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Matz 1.0100110 23-12 5.421.24
Englert 3.2988164 86-58 5.951.53L
Legumina 1.1000010 23-16 3.821.27
Sulser 1.0211110 25-14 4.471.25
(gpid=sa:811315) 1.0000120 16-9 4.501.00

NYY — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Blackburn 1.0100000 15-10 1.611.06
Hill 0.2000000 7-6 4.661.12
Headrick 0.1100000 2-2 2.091.19
Bednar 1.0000010 16-11 2.501.01
Cole 5.2322381 105-63 3.611.10W
Schreiber 0.1100000 7-4 3.341.26

Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

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