Tampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

1-2, 1-2 Away

Final
11 - 7

St. Louis Cardinals

2-1, 2-1 Home

Yandy Díaz has career-high 5 hits, drives in 4 runs as Rays beat Cardinals 11-7 behind Steven Matz

Jonathan Aranda boosts Rays' lead with RBI double

Jonathan Aranda added three hits and two RBI, and Cedric Mullins also drove in two as the top three in the Rays' lineup combined for nine hits and eight RBI.

Díaz, Aranda and Mullins strung together consecutive two-out RBI doubles against Dustin May (0-1) in the fourth inning to push Tampa Bay's lead to 6-1. The Rays tacked on three runs in the eighth off Matthew Pushard in his big league debut, and Díaz had an infield RBI single in the ninth to match his career best with five hits.

Jordan Walker, Nolan Gorman and Pedro Pagés homered for St. Louis.

Matz (1-0) was making his first start since September 2024, when he lost his spot in the Cardinals’ rotation and got moved to the bullpen. He was traded to Boston in July and then signed with the Rays in the offseason.

Matz pitched five innings and gave up four runs on six hits, including a three-run homer by Walker. In the eighth, Gorman hit a solo shot and Pagés a two-run drive to cut the deficit to 9-7.

May lasted only four innings in his Cardinals debut, giving up six runs on 10 hits. He struck out three and gave up walk.

It was a breakthrough for the Rays, who had managed only one extra-base hit in their first two games despite racking up 23 singles. That was the most singles for any major league team in their first two games since at least 1900.

Up next Rays RHP Nick Martinez and Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison will each making their first start for their new teams Monday at Milwaukee.

Cardinals RHP Kyle Leahy, who moved from the bullpen after starting the final game of 2025, starts Monday against Mets RHP Clay Holmes.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Winn grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Burleson grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Herrera lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Englert
	9th Inning	Mullins grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Aranda flied out to shortstop.

Statistics

TB		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	5
10	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
17	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	22
48	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
9.7	Runs Created	7.2
.405	Batting Average	.297
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.524	Slugging Percentage	.595
.214	Secondary Average	.378
.447	On Base Percentage	.350
.971	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.945
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
9.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.2
69.0	Batter Rating	50.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.119	Isolated Power	.297
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
-.190	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.081
21.0	Runs Produced	13.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
112.8	MLB Rating	98.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0