MLB

Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball
Atlanta Braves
4-11, 1-9 Away
Final
3 - 8
Tampa Bay Rays
7-8, 7-5 Home

Junior Caminero homers as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3

Yandy Díaz puts Rays on the board with solo shot

Yandy Díaz also went deep for Tampa Bay, which won two of three in the weekend series. Joe Boyle (1-0) struck out seven while pitching no-hit ball into the sixth inning.

Caminero committed a costly error in Atlanta's three-run sixth. But he responded with a drive to right in the bottom half for his third homer of the season. He also connected on Saturday.

Atlanta finished with four hits while dropping to 1-9 on the road this season.

Braves ace Chris Sale permitted four runs — three earned — and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner struck out seven and walked three.

Christopher Morel's RBI single lifted the Rays to a 4-0 lead in the fifth.

Boyle made a spot start for the Rays, who wanted to push Shane Baz back to Monday's series opener against the Boston Red Sox. He was charged with two unearned runs.

Key moment After retiring 15 of his first 18 batters, Boyle hit a batter and walked another in the sixth, prompting manager Kevin Cash to pull him. The Braves capitalized, scoring three runs on an error and two hits.​

Key stat It was the highest scoring game for Tampa Bay so far this season.

Up next Baz (1–0, 1.38 ERA) starts on Monday against the Red Sox. Grant Holmes (0–1, 4.00 ERA) takes the mound for the Braves at Toronto on Monday night.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning De La Cruz struck out swinging.
9th Inning Murphy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Albies out at second.
9th Inning Albies reached on infield single to shortstop.
8th Inning Díaz grounded out to third.
8th Inning Walls popped out to shortstop.
8th Inning Mangum grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 1
8 Ground Balls 10
13 Strikeouts 12
3 Runs Batted In 8
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
4 Hits 9
3 Stolen Bases 3
2 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 8
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 32
0 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 15
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 0
10 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
128 Pitches 169
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
4 Total Bases 15
34 Plate Appearances 37
0.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
0 Extra Base Hits 2
0.4 Runs Created 6.1
.129 Batting Average .281
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.129 Slugging Percentage .469
.161 Secondary Average .406
.206 On Base Percentage .378
.335 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .847
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
0.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.9
19.0 Batter Rating 50.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 16.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.76 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.57
.000 Isolated Power .188
0.15 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.33
.059 Walks Per Plate Appearance .108
.032 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .125
6.0 Runs Produced 16.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.4
64.5 MLB Rating 92.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

George M. Steinbrenner Field

Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 10,046 | Capacity:

2026 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 68 L1 0.5802469 94
Philadelphia 6 74 W1 0.54320985 88
Miami 14 82 W1 0.49382716 80
Washington 17 85 W1 0.47530866 77
New York 20 88 L1 0.45679012 74

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay - 64 L1 0.60493827 98
New York 4.5 68 W1 0.57763976 93
Boston 11 75 L1 0.537037 87
Baltimore 18.5 82 L1 0.49068323 79
Toronto 19 83 W1 0.48765433 79
Full Standings