Sunday, March 29, 2026 · Busch Stadium · Final

Tampa Bay Rays logo Tampa Bay Rays

64-44 · L10 0-2

11–7
St. Louis Cardinals logo St. Louis Cardinals

54-55 · L10 2-0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
TB 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 11 17 1
STL 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 11 0
WP Steven Matz (4-4) LP Dustin May (5-7)

Stars of the game

Yandy Díaz Jordan Walker Pedro Pagés

Season matchup

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St. Louis Cardinals logo STL
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TB leads 16 of 19 categories

TB Metric STL
Offense
4.45 14th Runs scored per game 4.37 17th
.733 7th Team On-Base Plus Slugging .692 26th
109 25th Team Home Runs 113 23rd
.259 2nd Team Batting Average .239 19th
14.8 7th Total position-player WAR 10.3 23rd
Pitching
4.06 9th Runs allowed per game 4.50 16th
3.69 6th Team Earned Run Average 4.16 15th
1.15 2nd Team Walks + Hits per Inning 1.35 21st
874 21st Team Strikeouts 838 26th
9.7 10th Rotation WAR 7.9 17th
3.4 17th Bullpen WAR 1.1 24th
Roster
7.8 16th Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 8.0 13th
1.1% 2nd Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 26.1% 27th
52.7% 24th Share of position-player WAR from the top three 77.7% 6th
28.6 14th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 25.9 29th
Results
.593 3rd Winning percentage .495 19th
43 7th Run differential -14 15th
.543 7th Pythagorean winning percentage .487 15th
.565 7th Winning percentage in one-run games .543 12th
.714 1st Home winning percentage .467 22nd
.462 18th Road winning percentage .531 9th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Yandy Díaz DH 6 2 5 0 4 0 0 .303 .843
2 Jonathan Aranda 1B 6 1 3 0 2 0 1 .284 .813
3 Cedric Mullins CF 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 .202 .635
4 Junior Caminero 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .280 .911
5 Chandler Simpson LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .290 .675
6 Jonny DeLuca RF 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 .262 .738
7 Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .663
Ben Williamson 2B 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .251 .643
8 Carson Williams SS 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 .100 .290
9 Hunter Feduccia C 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .232 .646
Nick Fortes C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 .699
Team 42 11 17 0 10 4 6 .405 .971
2B:
Díaz, Aranda, Mullins, DeLuca, Williams
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Steven Matz W 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 1 81-50 6.07 1.35
Kevin Kelly 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10-8 2.17 0.85
Garrett Cleavinger 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 23-13 3.31 1.22
Mason Englert 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 2 24-16 4.54 1.43
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-8 1.49 0.87
Team 9.0 11 7 7 3 5 3 148-95 7.00 1.56

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 JJ Wetherholt 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .253 .745
2 Iván Herrera DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .747
3 Alec Burleson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 .801
4 Masyn Winn SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .242 .639
5 Thomas Saggese LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .184 .520
6 Ramón Urías 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .595
Nolan Gorman 3B 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .194 .598
7 Jordan Walker RF 4 3 3 1 3 0 1 .281 .838
8 Pedro Pagés C 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 .204 .572
9 Victor Scott CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .194 .534
Team 37 7 11 3 6 3 5 .297 .945
2B:
Winn, Walker
HR:
Gorman, Walker, Pagés
GIDP:
Herrera
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Dustin May L 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 0 61-40 4.38 1.28
Justin Bruihl 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 29-17 3.61 1.36
George Soriano 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-8 3.38 1.15
Matt Pushard 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 31-15 5.14 1.43
Chris Roycroft 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 29-15 8.35 2.07
Team 9.0 17 11 11 4 6 0 162-95 11.00 2.33
Win% = STL win prob.
Bot 9th · STL batting
11–7

Groundout. Masyn Winn grounds out, third baseman Junior Caminero to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

0%
11–7

Groundout. Alec Burleson grounds out, shortstop Carson Williams to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

0%
11–7

Lineout. Iván Herrera lines out sharply to left fielder Chandler Simpson.

1%
Top 9th · TB batting
11–7

Groundout. Cedric Mullins grounds out, second baseman JJ Wetherholt to first baseman Alec Burleson.

2%
11–7

Flyout. Jonathan Aranda flies out to shortstop Masyn Winn.

1%
11–7

Single. Yandy Díaz singles on a ground ball to pitcher Chris Roycroft. Ben Williamson scores. Carson Williams to 3rd. Nick Fortes to 2nd.

1%
10–7

Walk. Nick Fortes walks. Ben Williamson to 3rd. Carson Williams to 2nd.

2%
10–7

Sac Bunt. Carson Williams hits a sacrifice bunt. Jonny DeLuca scores. Ben Williamson to 2nd. Carson Williams to 1st.

3%
9–7

Single. Ben Williamson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Jonny DeLuca to 3rd.

5%
9–7

Forceout. Jonny DeLuca grounds into a force out, third baseman Nolan Gorman to second baseman JJ Wetherholt. Chandler Simpson out at 2nd. Jonny DeLuca to 1st.

8%
9–7

Single. Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to shortstop Masyn Winn.

7%
Bot 8th · STL batting
9–7

Flyout. JJ Wetherholt flies out to center fielder Cedric Mullins.

8%
9–7

Strikeout. Victor Scott II strikes out swinging.

9%
9–7

Home Run. Pedro Pagés homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jordan Walker scores.

12% ▲8
9–5

Single. Jordan Walker singles on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca.

5%
9–5

Home Run. Nolan Gorman homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

3%
9–4

Pop Out. Thomas Saggese pops out to third baseman Junior Caminero in foul territory.

1%
Top 8th · TB batting
9–4

Strikeout. Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.

2%
9–4

Sac Fly. Cedric Mullins out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Yandy Díaz scores.

2%
8–4

Single. Jonathan Aranda singles on a line drive to center fielder Victor Scott II. Carson Williams scores. Yandy Díaz to 3rd.

3%
7–4

Single. Yandy Díaz singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Ben Williamson scores. Carson Williams to 3rd.

5%
6–4

Flyout. Nick Fortes flies out to shortstop Masyn Winn.

9%
6–4

Walk. Carson Williams walks. Ben Williamson to 2nd.

9%
6–4

Single. Ben Williamson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker.

12%
Bot 7th · STL batting
6–4

Flyout. Masyn Winn flies out to second baseman Ben Williamson.

14% ▼14
6–4

Walk. Alec Burleson walks. Pedro Pagés to 3rd. JJ Wetherholt to 2nd.

28%
6–4

Flyout. Iván Herrera flies out to right fielder Jonny DeLuca.

22% ▼9
6–4

Walk. JJ Wetherholt walks. Pedro Pagés to 2nd.

30%
6–4

Strikeout. Nick Fortes challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Victor Scott II called out on strikes.

23%
6–4

Single. Pedro Pagés singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson, deflected by second baseman Ben Williamson.

29%
Top 7th · TB batting
6–4

Pop Out. Jonny DeLuca pops out to first baseman Alec Burleson in foul territory.

22%
6–4

Groundout. Cardinals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Chandler Simpson grounds out, second baseman JJ Wetherholt to first baseman Alec Burleson.

21%
6–4

Pop Out. Junior Caminero pops out to catcher Pedro Pagés in foul territory.

20%
Bot 6th · STL batting
6–4

Strikeout. Jordan Walker called out on strikes.

19%
6–4

Groundout. Nolan Gorman grounds out, second baseman Ben Williamson to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

24% ▼8
6–4

Lineout. Thomas Saggese lines out sharply to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Masyn Winn to 3rd.

32%
6–4

Double. Masyn Winn doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson.

35% ▲9
Top 6th · TB batting
6–4

Strikeout. Cedric Mullins strikes out swinging.

26%
6–4

Single. Jonathan Aranda singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II.

24%
6–4

Groundout. Yandy Díaz grounds out to first baseman Alec Burleson.

25%
6–4

Groundout. Nick Fortes grounds out softly, catcher Pedro Pagés to first baseman Alec Burleson.

24%
Bot 5th · STL batting
6–4

Pop Out. Alec Burleson pops out to shortstop Carson Williams.

22%
6–4

Grounded Into DP. Iván Herrera grounds into a double play, third baseman Junior Caminero to first baseman Jonathan Aranda. Victor Scott II out at 3rd. JJ Wetherholt to 2nd. Iván Herrera out at 1st.

27% ▼16
6–4

Single. JJ Wetherholt singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Victor Scott II to 2nd.

42% ▲8
6–4

Single. Victor Scott II singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins.

34%
Top 5th · TB batting
6–4

Strikeout. Carson Williams strikes out swinging.

29%
6–4

Pop Out. Ben Williamson pops out to first baseman Alec Burleson in foul territory.

26%
6–4

Groundout. Jonny DeLuca grounds out, third baseman Ramón Urías to first baseman Alec Burleson. Chandler Simpson to 2nd.

23%
6–4

Walk. Pedro Pagés challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Chandler Simpson walks.

22%
Bot 4th · STL batting
6–4

Flyout. Pedro Pagés flies out to center fielder Cedric Mullins.

25%
6–4

Home Run. Jordan Walker homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Masyn Winn scores. Thomas Saggese scores.

26% ▲16
6–1

Flyout. Ramón Urías flies out to right fielder Jonny DeLuca.

9%
6–1

Walk. Thomas Saggese walks. Masyn Winn to 2nd.

12%
6–1

Single. Masyn Winn singles on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca.

10%
6–1

Groundout. Alec Burleson grounds out to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

8%
Top 4th · TB batting
6–1

Strikeout. Junior Caminero strikes out swinging.

9%
6–1

Double. Cedric Mullins doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Jonathan Aranda scores.

8%
5–1

Double. Jonathan Aranda doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Yandy Díaz scores.

13%
4–1

Double. Yandy Díaz doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Thomas Saggese. Hunter Feduccia scores.

20% ▼10
3–1

Walk. Hunter Feduccia walks.

29%
3–1

Flyout. Carson Williams flies out to right fielder Jordan Walker.

30%
3–1

Pop Out. Richie Palacios pops out to third baseman Ramón Urías.

29%
Bot 3rd · STL batting
3–1

Lineout. Iván Herrera lines out to right fielder Jonny DeLuca.

27%
3–1

Flyout. JJ Wetherholt flies out to center fielder Cedric Mullins.

30%
3–1

Single. Victor Scott II singles on a ground ball to second baseman Richie Palacios. Jordan Walker scores. Throwing error by second baseman Richie Palacios.

33% ▲8
3–0

Groundout. Pedro Pagés grounds out, third baseman Junior Caminero to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

25%
3–0

Double. Jordan Walker doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson.

30%
Top 3rd · TB batting
3–0

Pickoff 1B. Pitcher Dustin May picks off Jonny DeLuca at 1st on throw to first baseman Alec Burleson.

24%
3–0

Single. Jonny DeLuca singles on a soft bunt ground ball to catcher Pedro Pagés.

22%
3–0

Groundout. Chandler Simpson grounds out, pitcher Dustin May to first baseman Alec Burleson.

23%
3–0

Groundout. Junior Caminero grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Alec Burleson.

22%
Bot 2nd · STL batting
3–0

Strikeout. Ramón Urías strikes out swinging.

21%
3–0

Strikeout. Thomas Saggese strikes out swinging.

22%
3–0

Flyout. Masyn Winn flies out to left fielder Chandler Simpson.

23%
Top 2nd · TB batting
3–0

Flyout. Cedric Mullins flies out to center fielder Victor Scott II.

25%
3–0

Strikeout. Jonathan Aranda called out on strikes.

23%
3–0

Single. Yandy Díaz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Carson Williams scores. Hunter Feduccia to 2nd.

20%
2–0

Single. Hunter Feduccia singles on a ground ball to first baseman Alec Burleson. Carson Williams to 3rd.

25%
2–0

Double. Carson Williams doubles (1) on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II.

29%
1–0

Lineout. Richie Palacios lines out sharply to center fielder Victor Scott II. Jonny DeLuca to 3rd.

35%
1–0

Double. Jonny DeLuca doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Thomas Saggese. Chandler Simpson scores.

34% ▼12
0–0

Single. Chandler Simpson singles on a line drive to left fielder Thomas Saggese.

46%
Bot 1st · STL batting
0–0

Groundout. Alec Burleson grounds out, second baseman Richie Palacios to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

50%
0–0

Groundout. Iván Herrera grounds out, third baseman Junior Caminero to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.

51%
0–0

Lineout. JJ Wetherholt lines out to center fielder Cedric Mullins.

53%
Top 1st · TB batting
0–0

Flyout. Junior Caminero flies out to left fielder Thomas Saggese.

55%
0–0

Strikeout. Cedric Mullins strikes out swinging.

53%
0–0

Flyout. Jonathan Aranda flies out to center fielder Victor Scott II.

50%
0–0

Single. Yandy Díaz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Thomas Saggese.

46%