TB 7, STL 9 | Mar 26, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, March 26, 2026•Busch Stadium•91°F, Partly Cloudy

Rays

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Riley O'Brien

LOSS

Garrett Cleavinger

SAVE

Ryne Stanek

The Cardinals defeated the Rays 9-7.

★Nick Fortes3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Yandy Díaz3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Ben Williamson3-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 5: Jonathan Aranda homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 91°F, Partly CloudyWind: 16 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 8:15 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 45,037Venue: Busch Stadium

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96.1%A

6 missed calls

+1.0% TB

+0.22 runs TB

Win Probability

STL WinTB Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	7	17	2
STL	0	0	1	0	0	8	0

Game 823081 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yandy DíazDH	5	1	3	0	1	0	.600/.667/.600	105.8	.276	.253
Chandler SimpsonLF	3	1	1	1	0	0	.333/.333/.333	96.8	.282	.275
Jonathan Aranda1B	4	1	2	2	1	1	.500/.500/1.250	106.7	.379	.478
Junior Caminero3B	2	1	1	0	4	1	.500/.833/.500	102.3	.903	.892
Richie Palacios2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	88.9	.060	.056
Jake FraleyRF	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.000	57.5	.082	.074
Hunter FeducciaC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	105.8	-	-
Cedric MullinsCF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	97.5	.148	.144
Carson WilliamsSS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.200/.200/.200	110.1	.290	.265
Bench
Ryan ViladeLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	92.6	.135	.152
Ben Williamson2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	.750/.750/.750
Totals	43	7	17	7	6	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Aranda (5th off Liberatore, 0 on, 2 out)

TB:20

RBI:Simpson; DeLuca 2; Aranda 2; Fortes; Williamson

SF:Aranda

Team LOB:16

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
JJ Wetherholt2B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.250/.200/1.000	101.7	.410

Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Drew Rasmussen	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	73-49	92.9	1.80
Ian Seymour	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	21-14	87.1	-.--
Garrett CleavingerLH	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	9-7	89.2	54.00
Griffin JaxBS	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	14-11	93.4	13.50
Yoendrys Gómez	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	28-19	90.6	0.00
Totals	8.0	14	9	9	1	3	2	145-100	-	-

IBB:Gómez

Inherited runners-scored:Cleavinger 1-1; Jax 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Rasmussen 73-49; Seymour 21-14; Cleavinger 9-7; Jax 14-11; Gómez 28-19

Groundouts-flyouts:Rasmussen 10-4; Seymour 0-0; Cleavinger 0-1; Jax 0-2; Gómez 1-4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew Liberatore	5.0	7	1	1	2	2	1	78-49	88.9	1.80

Bot 3 • STL

0-1

JJ Wetherholt homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 101.7 mph💣 425 ftLA: 28°

Top 5 • TB

1-1

Jonathan Aranda homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 101.2 mph💣 405 ftLA: 33°

Top 6 • TB

7-1

Nick Fortes singles on a ground ball to shortstop Masyn Winn. Ben Williamson scores. Jonny DeLuca to 2nd.

EV: 65.4 mph2 ftLA: -55°

6-1

Jonny DeLuca singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II. Chandler Simpson scores. Junior Caminero scores. Ben Williamson to 3rd.

EV: 108.1 mph20 ftLA: -6°

4-1

Ben Williamson singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Chris Roycroft. Yandy Díaz scores. Chandler Simpson to 3rd. Junior Caminero to 2nd.

EV: 51.3 mph2 ftLA: -62°

3-1

Jonathan Aranda out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Carson Williams scores.

EV: 99.0 mph319 ftLA: 21°

2-1

Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to left fielder Nathan Church. Nick Fortes scores. Carson Williams to 3rd. Yandy Díaz to 2nd.

EV: 96.8 mph126 ftLA: 5°

Bot 6 • STL

7-3

Nolan Gorman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alec Burleson scores. Masyn Winn scores.

EV: 93.0 mph18 ftLA: -6°

7-5

Nathan Church singles on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Nolan Gorman scores. Jordan Walker scores.

EV: 77.2 mph191 ftLA: 15°

7-6

JJ Wetherholt out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Nathan Church scores. Pedro Pagés to 3rd.

EV: 101.3 mph362 ftLA: 26°

7-7

Iván Herrera out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Pedro Pagés scores. Victor Scott II to 3rd.

EV: 94.4 mph341 ftLA: 33°

7-9

Alec Burleson homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Victor Scott II scores.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 432 ftLA: 32°

HR:Wetherholt (3rd off Rasmussen, 0 on, 0 out); Burleson (6th off Jax, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Walker; Winn

TB:22

RBI:Gorman 2; Church 2; Wetherholt 2; Burleson 2; Herrera

SB:II 2

SF:Wetherholt; Herrera

GIDP:Pagés

Team LOB:7

WP:Liberatore

Inherited runners-scored:Bruihl 3-2; Roycroft 3-3; O'Brien 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Liberatore 78-49; Svanson 16-11; Bruihl 9-4; Roycroft 13-8; Romero 9-7; O'Brien 17-11; Stanek 26-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Liberatore 4-9; Svanson 0-1; Bruihl 0-1; Roycroft 0-1; Romero 2-0; O'Brien 1-1; Stanek 0-2

Bench
Nolan Gorman3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.250/.250/.250	103	.205	.229
Matthew LiberatoreP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt SvansonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin BruihlP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris RoycroftP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
JoJo RomeroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Riley O'BrienP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryne StanekP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Tampa Bay Rays

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Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

St. Louis Cardinals

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