Game Recap Final

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates

Tampa Bay Rays

11-8 · L1

Final

PIT

Pittsburgh Pirates

12-8 · W1

Tampa Bay Rays beat Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 at PNC Park. Griffin Jax earned the win; Yohan Ramírez took the loss. Yoendrys Gómez recorded the save.

Tampa Bay Rays 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 MLB game recap for April 18, 2026

Pre-game preview

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
TB	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	15	0
PIT	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	7	2

Scoring Summary

▼ 1st

Ryan O'Hearn homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Bryan Reynolds scores.

0-2

▼ 4th

Marcell Ozuna homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Ryan O'Hearn scores.

0-4

▲ 5th

Junior Caminero doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Hunter Feduccia scores.

1-4

▲ 5th

Jonathan Aranda singles on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Junior Caminero scores.

2-4

▲ 5th

Jonny DeLuca doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Jonathan Aranda scores. Yandy Díaz scores.

4-4

▲ 5th

Cedric Mullins singles on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Jonny DeLuca scores.

5-4

▼ 8th

Nick Yorke singles on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Brandon Lowe scores. Billy Cook to 3rd.

5-5

▲ 11th

Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to second baseman Brandon Lowe.

6-5

▼ 11th

Konnor Griffin reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Ben Williamson. Nick Yorke scores.

6-6

▲ 13th

Cedric Mullins homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Jonny DeLuca scores.

8-6

▼ 13th

Konnor Griffin singles on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Jake Mangum scores. Spencer Horwitz to 3rd.

8-7

Key Performers

Cedric Mullins

2-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R

Ryan O'Hearn

PIT

2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Marcell Ozuna

PIT

2-6, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R

Jonny DeLuca

2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R

Batting

TB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Taylor Walls SS	6	1	0	0	0	4	-
Richie Palacios 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	-
Ryan Vilade 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Jake Fraley RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	-
Chandler Simpson LF	7	0	2	0	0	1	-
Jonny DeLuca RF	4	2	2	2	0	0	-
Hunter Feduccia C	1	1	0	0	1	0	-
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	1	2	1	1	1	-
Nick Fortes C	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Yandy Díaz DH	5	1	1	0	1	3	-
Ben Williamson 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	-
Junior Caminero 3B	7	1	2	1	0	0	-
Cedric Mullins CF	5	1	2	3	0	1	-
Totals	50	8	15	7	4	12

PIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Nick Yorke 3B	6	1	1	1	0	2	-
Spencer Horwitz 1B	4	0	0	0	2	2	-
Brandon Lowe 2B	5	1	0	0	1	1	-
Joey Bart C	1	0	0	0	0	1	-
Bryan Reynolds RF	3	1	0	0	3	1	-
Oneil Cruz CF	6	0	1	0	0	1	-
Jake Mangum LF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Billy Cook LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Henry Davis C	4	0	0	0	0	0	-
Konnor Griffin SS	6	0	1	2	0	2	-
Ryan O'Hearn RF	3	2	2	2	1	1	-
Nick Gonzales PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Marcell Ozuna DH	6	1	2	2	0	2	-
Totals	46	7	7	7	8	14

Pitching

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Rasmussen	3.2	2	4	4	2	3	64-38	2.75
Englert	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	15-8	7.84
Seymour, I (H, 4)	1.2	2	0	0	0	3	23-17	8.68
Bigge (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	1.42
Baker (BS, 2)	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	31-20	4.32
Sulser	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	22-12	4.38
Kelly	1.2	0	1	0	1	2	20-15	5.79
Jax (W, 1-2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	13-8	7.04
Gómez, Y (S, 1)	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	13-8	6.75
Totals	13.0	7	7	5	8	14

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Skenes	4.0	3	0	0	0	5	64-43	3.27
Sanders	0.2	3	4	4	1	2	20-12	54.00
Sisk (BS, 1)	1.2	4	1	1	0	2	38-24	4.50
Lawrence, J	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	23-11	7.20
Soto, G	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	17-9	0.77
Mattson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	1.42
Ramírez, Y (L, 2-1)	3.0	4	3	1	2	1	44-27	2.30
Totals	13.0	15	8	6	4	12

Research Not included in official record

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