TB 7, ATL 2 | Sep 9, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, September 9, 2026•Truist Park•87°F, Partly Cloudy

Rays

ATL

Braves

Final

WIN

Griffin Jax

LOSS

Reynaldo López

The Rays cruised past the Braves 7-2 in a dominant performance.

Key Moment

Top 7: Liam Hicks singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd.

Weather: 87°F, Partly CloudyWind: 4 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 2:32Att: 30,969Venue: Truist Park

Ump Audit

Willie Traynor

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93.4%B

8 missed calls

+3.7% ATL

+0.10 runs ATL

Win Probability

ATL WinTB Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	10	0
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Game 824871 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yandy DíazDH	4	0	1	1	0	0	.305/.371/.472	104.3	.375	.312
Jonathan Aranda1B	4	1	0	0	0	2	.277/.360/.427	90.6	.104	.103
Junior Caminero3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.281/.367/.533	110.8	.295	.315
Liam HicksC	4	0	1	1	0	1	.288/.371/.444	101.5	.449	.431
Victor Mesa Jr.RF	3	2	2	1	1	0	.243/.308/.466	105.4	.498	.781
Chandler SimpsonLF	3	2	2	0	1	0	.309/.338/.360	98.9	.404	.366
Cedric MullinsCF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.206/.289/.348	95.5	.405	.403
Richie Palacios2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	.228/.324/.367	94.7	.177	.162
Jorge MateoSS	3	0	1	2	0	1	.216/.261/.341	90.3	.493	.451
Bench
Griffin JaxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ty JohnsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	33	7	10	7	3	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (2nd off López, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:13

RBI:Palacios; Mateo 2; Hicks; Díaz; Jr.; Mullins

SB:Palacios; Mateo; Simpson

CS:Jr.

SF:Díaz

GIDP:Caminero

Team LOB:5

Atlanta Braves

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Drake BaldwinDH	3	2	1	1	1	0	.276/.353/.452	106.4	.457

Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Griffin JaxW	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	66-45	91.5	3.99
Ty Johnson	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	19-10	90.6	5.40
Cam Booser	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	84.3	2.31
Cole Sulser	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	87.4	4.74
Steven Matz	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	30-21	88.7	5.72
Totals	9.0	3	2	2	3	5	1	128-84	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Booser 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Jax 66-45; Johnson 19-10; Booser 5-3; Sulser 8-5; Matz 30-21

Groundouts-flyouts:Jax 3-9; Johnson 0-1; Booser 0-0; Sulser 0-3; Matz 2-3

Atlanta Braves

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Reynaldo LópezL	4.2	7	6	6	3	5	1	80-47	88.7	4.13

Top 2 • TB

3-0

Jorge Mateo singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Chandler Simpson scores. Richie Palacios scores.

EV: 70.5 mph218 ftLA: 21°

1-0

Victor Mesa Jr. homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 105.4 mph💣 415 ftLA: 28°

Top 4 • TB

6-0

Yandy Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. Cedric Mullins scores. Richie Palacios to 3rd.

EV: 93.7 mph356 ftLA: 29°

5-0

Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Chandler Simpson scores. Cedric Mullins to 2nd.

EV: 79.3 mph155 ftLA: 10°

4-0

Cedric Mullins singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson to 3rd.

EV: 74.5 mph240 ftLA: 22°

Bot 4 • ATL

6-1

Drake Baldwin homers (23) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 103.1 mph💣 419 ftLA: 26°

Bot 6 • ATL

6-2

Matt Olson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Drake Baldwin scores.

EV: 98.9 mph349 ftLA: 19°

Top 7 • TB

7-2

Liam Hicks singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd.

EV: 101.5 mph241 ftLA: 11°

Bench
Reynaldo LópezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ray KerrP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Victor MederosP	1.000/1.000/1.000	-	-	-
Bailey FalterP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-