Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees
TB
Tampa Bay Rays
96-61 · W3
NYY
New York Yankees
88-69 · L3
New York Yankees beat Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 at Yankee Stadium. Gerrit Cole earned the win; Mason Englert took the loss.
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| NYY | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 9 | 12 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
Ben Rice homers (40) on a fly ball to right field.
Ryan McMahon singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Spencer Jones scores.
George Lombard Jr. homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field.
Ryan McMahon hits a grand slam (11) to right field. Luis García Jr. scores. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores. José Caballero scores.
Jonny DeLuca doubles (24) on a fly ball to right fielder Heliot Ramos. Liam Hicks scores.
Ben Rice homers (41) on a fly ball to right center field.
Cedric Mullins homers (15) on a fly ball to right field.
Heliot Ramos out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Ali Sánchez scores. Ben Rice to 3rd.
Key Performers
Ben Rice
NYY
3-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Ryan McMahon
NYY
2-4, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 R
Cedric Mullins
TB
1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R
George Lombard Jr.
NYY
1-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R
Batting
| TB | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Palacios 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Jorge Mateo SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Ryan Vilade 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Jonny DeLuca RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Liam Hicks 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Jonathan Aranda DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Nick Fortes C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Victor Mesa Jr. LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Junior Caminero 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Cedric Mullins CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| NYY | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Sánchez C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Heliot Ramos RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| José Caballero LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Spencer Jones CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Ryan McMahon 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ben Rice DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| George Lombard Jr. SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | - |
| Luis García Jr. 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
Pitching
| TB | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englert (L, 0-4) | 3.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 86-58 | 5.95 |
| Legumina | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23-16 | 3.82 |
| Hopkins | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16-9 | 4.50 |
| Matz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23-12 | 5.42 |
| Sulser | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25-14 | 4.47 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| NYY | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole (W, 10-9) | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 105-63 | 3.61 |
| Headrick | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 2.09 |
| Schreiber | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-4 | 3.34 |
| Hill, T | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 | 4.66 |
| Blackburn, P | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-10 | 1.61 |
| Bednar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16-11 | 2.50 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |