Major League Baseball

FINAL Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays 4
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New York Yankees 3
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Match Report

Rays beat Yankees 4-3 for 3-game Division Series sweep behind Mesa homer, fan interference call

— Victor Mesa Jr. hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Max Fried in the sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Wednesday night with the help of a

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Top Performers

TB

  • Yandy Diaz · ·
  • Jonathan Aranda · ·
  • Junior Caminero · ·
  • Victor Mesa Jr. · ·

NYY

  • Trent Grisham · ·
  • Ben Rice · ·
  • Luis Garcia Jr. · ·
  • Paul Goldschmidt · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Grisham struck out swinging.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Chisholm Jr. stole second.
  6. · 9th Inning Chisholm Jr. stole second.
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Ball 1
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging

Head to Head

NYY win series 2-1

Injuries

New York Yankees

  • Fernando Cruz 60-Day-IL
  • Clarke Schmidt 15-Day-IL
  • Kervin Castro 60-Day-IL

Tampa Bay Rays

  • Gavin Lux 60-Day-IL
  • Shane McClanahan Out
  • Jacob Melton 60-Day-IL
  • Edwin Uceta 60-Day-IL
  • Jonathan Heasley 60-Day-IL

Lineups

NYY

  1. 12Trent GrishamCF
  2. 22Ben RiceDH
  3. 26Luis Garcia Jr.1B
  4. 35Cody BellingerLF
  5. 96George Lombard Jr.SS
  6. 28Austin WellsC
  7. 11Anthony Volpe3B
  8. 78Spencer JonesRF
  9. 72Jose Caballero3B

TB

  1. 2Yandy DiazDH
  2. 8Jonathan Aranda1B
  3. 13Junior Caminero3B
  4. 25Victor Mesa Jr.LF
  5. 26Ryan ViladeRF
  6. 34Liam HicksC
  7. 21Jonny DeLucaRF
  8. 1Richie Palacios2B
  9. 6Taylor WallsSS

MLB News

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