New York Mets at Tampa Bay Rays

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New York Mets

62-77, 30-38 Away

Final
2 - 6

Tampa Bay Rays

83-55, 47-24 Home

Freddy Peralta stymies former team and Yandy Díaz powers AL-best Rays to 6-2 win over Mets

Rays go up 5-1 on Yandy Diaz's solo shot

Junior Caminero extended his hitting streak to 15 games with two singles for Tampa Bay. Victor Mesa Jr. had three hits and Ryan Vilade drove in two runs for the Rays, who have the best record in the American League at 83-55 and began the night with a 4 1/2-game lead in the AL East over the New York Yankees.

Peralta, acquired from the Mets for three minor leaguers in an Aug. 2 trade, struggled at the start. He gave up Francisco Lindor’s leadoff homer and consecutive singles to Bo Bichette and Carson Benge. But the right-hander settled down and retired 17 of his final 18 batters.

Peralta (7-11) allowed three hits and one run, with no walks and seven strikeouts. He has permitted just one run over his last 14 innings.

The two-time All-Star combined with three Rays relievers to hold New York to 0 for 26 over the final eight innings, although the Mets managed to score in the seventh when Tampa Bay walked four batters.

Caminero quickly extended the longest active hitting streak in the majors with a first-inning single that scored Díaz and tied the game at 1.

Vilade’s third-inning single off Sean Manaea (4-7) scored Mesa and gave the Rays a 2-1 lead.

Tampa Bay chased Manaea by hitting for the cycle in a three-run sixth, including Nick Fortes' run-scoring double, Díaz's homer and Vilade's triple. Fortes scored on a sacrifice fly by Taylor Walls.

Lindor drove Peralta’s 3-2 curveball into the right-field seats for his 34th career leadoff homer and second in three games. He drove in both Mets runs, including a bases-loaded walk.

Up next Mets RHP Justin Hagenman will make his 2026 debut in Wednesday’s series finale. The Rays are expected to start right-hander Griffin Jax (6-9, 3.63 ERA) after activating him from the injured list.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ewing struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alvarez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Semien grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Kelly relieved Wells
	8th Inning	Caminero popped out to shortstop.
	8th Inning	Vilade reached on infield single to pitcher, Mesa Jr. scored, Walls to third.

Statistics

NYM		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	17
10	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
3	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	22
35	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.2	Runs Created	8.0
.100	Batting Average	.400
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.629
.233	Secondary Average	.257
.229	On Base Percentage	.405
.429	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.034
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
14.0	Batter Rating	49.5
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.80	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.13
.100	Isolated Power	.229
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
64.0	MLB Rating	101.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0