Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Tampa Bay Rays

12-8, 8-6 Away

Final
8 - 7

Pittsburgh Pirates

12-9, 7-5 Home

Cedric Mullins homers in 13th to lift Rays past Pirates 8-7 in rain-soaked game

Cedric Mullins home run extends Tampa Bay Rays lead

Mullins’ blast to right field off Yohan Ramirez scored automatic runner Jonny DeLuca. Mullins entered the day hitting just .129 after signing with Tampa Bay in the offseason as a free agent.

Griffin Jax (1-2) pitched a scoreless 12th. Yoendrys Gomez allowed a run-scoring single to rookie Konnor Griffin in the bottom of the 13th, then struck out Joey Bart with runners on second and third to end it.

Both teams scored a run in the 11th. The Rays’ Taylor Walls came around from first on a wild pickoff throw by Ramirez (2-1). The Pirates countered with Griffin’s run-scoring fielder’s choice.

Pittsburgh tied it at 5 in the eighth on rookie Nick Yorke’s RBI single.

The first pitch was moved up 30 minutes in hopes that the teams could beat the rain. However, play was stopped for 2 hours, 27 minutes, with the Pirates leading 4-0.

The Rays then scored five runs in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. Junior Caminero doubled in the first run and scored on Jonathan Aranda’s single. Two batters later, pinch-hitter DeLuca lined a two-run single to center field, and Mullins followed with a go-ahead single.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes pitched four scoreless innings on his bobblehead day, including escaping a bases-loaded jam with none out in the second. The 2025 NL Cy Young Award did not return after the delay.

Rays starter Drew Rasmussen gave up two-run home runs to Ryan O’Hearn in the first inning and Marcell Ozuna in the fourth, but the Pirates couldn’t hold the 4-0 lead.

Up next Rays LHP Shane McClanahan (1-1, 3.95 ERA) was set to face RHP Mitch Keller (1-1, 2.86) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	13th Inning	Bart struck out swinging.
	13th Inning	Griffin stole second.
	13th Inning	Griffin singled to right, Mangum scored, Horwitz to third.
	13th Inning	Horwitz walked.
	13th Inning	Yorke flied out to center, Mangum to third.
	13th Inning	Ozuna grounded out to third.

Statistics

TB		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	14
12	Strikeouts	14
7	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	8
1	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
50	At Bats	46
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
34	Runners Left On Base	27
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	3
2	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
219	Pitches	213
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	14
56	Plate Appearances	54
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
6.7	Runs Created	4.1
.300	Batting Average	.152
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.304
.180	Secondary Average	.348
.364	On Base Percentage	.278
.764	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.582
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.8
53.0	Batter Rating	44.0
50.0	At Bats Per Home Run	23.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.100	Isolated Power	.152
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.071	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.148
-.120	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.196
15.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
98.5	MLB Rating	83.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0