Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox

May 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TB	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	8	13	1	7
BOS	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0	3

loss:

J. Bennettwin: Tampa Bay Rays logo

H. Bigge

Game Recap

BOSTON – The Rays love Chandler Simpson’s bat-to-ball skills for good reason. Entering Thursday’s action, among the 332 hitters with at least 100 swings, his 10.9 percent whiff rate was fifth-lowest, trailing only Cleveland’s Steven Kwan, San Francisco’s Luis Arraez, Miami’s Liam Hicks and the Cubs' Nico Hoerner....

Scoring Summary

TBBOS

2
Ben Williamson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Jonny DeLuca scores. [1 run]
10
2
Cedric Mullins singles on a soft bunt ground ball to first baseman Willson Contreras. Ben Williamson scores. Nick Fortes to 3rd. [1 run]
20
2
Yandy Diaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Nick Fortes scores. Cedric Mullins to 3rd. Taylor Walls to 2nd. [1 run] [2 outs]
30
2
Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a ground ball to shortstop Taylor Walls, deflected by third baseman Junior Caminero. Trevor Story scores. Masataka Yoshida to 2nd. [1 run]
31
2
Connor Wong reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Taylor Walls. Masataka Yoshida scores. Marcelo Mayer to 3rd. Throwing error by shortstop Taylor Walls. [1 run]
32
2
Caleb Durbin singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Marcelo Mayer scores. Connor Wong to 2nd. [1 run]
33
6
Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Junior Caminero scores. Jonny DeLuca scores. Ben Williamson to 2nd. [2 runs]
53
8
Chandler Simpson triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Ben Williamson scores. [1 run]
63
8
Wilyer Abreu out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Jarren Duran scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
64
9
Junior Caminero homers (10) on a line drive to center field. Richie Palacios scores. [2 runs]
84

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Yandy DiazDH	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.323
Richie PalaciosPR-DH	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192
2Ryan ViladeLF	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.277
Hunter FeducciaC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270
3Junior Caminero3B	2	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	.259
4Jonathan Aranda1B	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	.263
5Jonny DeLucaRF	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	.284
6Ben Williamson2B	2	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	.267
7Nick FortesC	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.272
Chandler SimpsonPH-LF	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.313
8Cedric MullinsCF	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143
9Taylor WallsSS	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	.197
TOTAL	13	36	8	8	3	4	1	13	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Griffin JaxRHP	4.0	4	3	2	3	1	59	5.00
Hunter BiggeRHP	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	26	2.77
Kevin KellyRHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12	3.24
Garrett CleavingerLHP	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	14	5.79
Cole SulserRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	17	2.61
TOTAL	9.0	7	4	3	6	1	128	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Jarren DuranLF	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	.192
2Willson Contreras1B	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.263
3Wilyer AbreuRF	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.300
4Trevor StorySS	1	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	.204
5Masataka YoshidaDH	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.295
6Ceddanne RafaelaCF	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.270
7Marcelo Mayer2B	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.247
8Connor WongC	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.255
9Caleb Durbin3B	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182



TOTAL	7	32	4	4	6	1	0	8	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Jake BennettLHP	5.1	6	4	4	1	2	0	86	4.35
Greg WeissertRHP	0.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	11	5.52
Tyler SamaniegoLHP	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.00
Ryan WatsonRHP	3.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	51	6.46

TOTAL	9.0	13	8	8	3	4	1	154	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningTBBOS

TOP 1
GROUNDOUT — Yandy Diaz grounds out, third baseman Caleb Durbin to first baseman Willson Contreras. [1 out]
00
SINGLE — Ryan Vilade singles on a ground ball to shortstop Trevor Story.
00
GROUNDED INTO DP — Junior Caminero grounds into a double play, shortstop Trevor Story to second baseman Marcelo Mayer to first baseman Willson Contreras. Ryan Vilade out at 2nd. Junior Caminero out at 1st. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
STRIKEOUT — Jarren Duran called out on strikes. [1 out]
00
GROUNDOUT — Willson Contreras grounds out, third baseman Junior Caminero to first baseman Jonathan Aranda. [2 outs]
00
FLYOUT — Wilyer Abreu flies out to left fielder Ryan Vilade. [3 outs]
00

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Team Stats

BOS

8Runs4

13Hits7

1Errors0

.361Batting Avg.219

36At Bats32

3Extra-base Hits1

1Home Runs0

8Runs-Batted-In4

4Walks1

2Stolen Bases2

3Strikeouts6

7Left on Base3

19Total Bases8

Game Details

Thursday, May 7, 2026 · 7:10 PM

Fenway Park · Boston, MA

attendance: 33,961 (90.0%)

weather: 62 degrees, clear

spread: BOS -121

over/under: 8.5