| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 |
| Game 2 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Game 3 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-3 |
| Game 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 |
| Game 2 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Game 3 | 5-3 | 3-1 | 2-2 |
| Game 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Team | R | H | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
|
6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Pitcher
T. Bradley
(L)
Tampa Bay Pitcher
D. Rasmussen
(W)
| Team | ML | O/U (Margin) | ATS (Margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
+118 | 7.5o (0.5) | +1.5 |
|
|
-138 | 7.5u | -1.5 (2.5) |
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Buxton | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .218 |
| T. Larnach | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 |
| A. Martin | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .346 |
| V. Caratini | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .235 |
| K. Clemens | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .170 |
| R. Lewis | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .208 |
| M. Wallner | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
| B. Lee | SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| T. Gray | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 22 | ||
Battling
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Simpson | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| J. Caminero | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| J. Aranda | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Y. Diaz | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .337 |
| J. DeLuca | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| C. Mullins | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .150 |
| B. Williamson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .231 |
| N. Fortes | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .292 |
| T. Walls | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
Battling
Baserunning
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Bradley (L 3-1) | 6 .1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.91 |
| A. Banda | 0 .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.28 |
| E. Orze | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Rasmussen (W 2-0) | 6 .0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.45 |
| C. Sulser (H 2) | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 |
| T. Martin | 1 .0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 |
| B. Baker (S 5) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
Location Tropicana Field
Temperature 75° Temperature
Attendance 14,476 attendance
Home Bill Miller
1st Brian Walsh
2nd Chad Fairchild
3rd Chad Whitson
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | MIN Starter (IP) | TB Starter (IP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 05, '26 | MIN |
|
TB -104 | u8.0 | S. Woods Richardson (6.2) | N. Martinez (6.0) |
| Apr 04, '26 | MIN |
|
TB -106 | o7.5 | M. Abel (4.0) | S. Matz (6.0) |
| Apr 03, '26 | MIN |
|
MIN -112 | o7.5 | B. Ober (4.0) | J. Boyle (5.1) |
| Jul 06, '25 | MIN |
|
TB +112 | o8.5 | J. Ryan (6.0) | D. Rasmussen (2.0) |
| Jul 05, '25 | MIN |
|
MIN -118 | o10.0 | C. Sands (1.0) | T. Bradley (5.2) |
| Jul 04, '25 | MIN |
|
MIN -120 | u10.0 | C. Paddack (5.0) | Z. Littell (6.0) |
| May 28, '25 | TB |
|
TB -125 | u8.0 | P. Lopez (5.0) | D. Rasmussen (6.0) |
| May 27, '25 | TB |
|
MIN -117 | u8.5 | J. Ryan (6.0) | T. Bradley (7.0) |
| May 26, '25 | TB |
|
TB -110 | P9.0 | C. Paddack (5.1) | Z. Littell (6.1) |
| Sep 05, '24 | TB |
|
MIN -151 | P7.0 | P. Lopez (6.2) | T. Bradley (7.0) |
Last Meeting ( Apr 5, 2026 ) Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 1
Minnesota right-hander Taj Bradley, once regarded as the Tampa Bay Rays' No. 1 prospect, will face his old team for the first time since getting sent to the Twins at last year's trade deadline when the two teams open a three-game series on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bradley (3-0, 1.63 ERA), who went 19-25 with a 4.70 ERA over 69 games (67 starts) with the Rays, was shipped to the Twins last July 31 for reliever Griffin Jax.
"It will be weird being on the field in a different dugout," Bradley told mlbbro.com. "I'm excited to be pitching in Tropicana Field for the first time in a year. I get to face teammates of mine and friends. I'll just have fun with it."
Bradley, a fifth-round pick of Tampa Bay in the 2018 MLB Draft, had an up-and-down three seasons with the Rays. He was the American League Pitcher of the Month in July of 2024 after going 3-1 with a 1.45 ERA in five starts, but from July 31 through Sept. 10, he went 0-6 with an 8.27 ERA.
He was 6-6 with a 4.61 ERA in 21 starts for the Rays in 2025 before the trade to Minnesota, where he went 0-2 in six starts, with a 6.61 ERA.
Bradley, 25, has bounced back to be one of baseball's best starters in 2026, ranking third in the American League in ERA (1.63) and striking out 34 batters in 27 2/3 innings. He outdueled two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal of Detroit in a 4-2 victory on April 7 at Target Field, allowing one run on six hits over 6 1/3 innings while striking out 10.
"Taj is a really talented pitcher," Rays manager Kevin Cash told the Tampa Bay Times. "Happy for the success, want to see him perform well, want to see him have a great career.
"Hopefully, we don't get the best version of Taj, because we've seen it when he's been in our dugout, that when he's on he is very tough and very talented, can create a lot of strikeouts."
Bradley has never faced the Rays, and Minnesota stumbles into the series having lost six of its last seven games, including a 10-8 defeat on Thursday night to the Mets in New York.
Ryan Jeffers hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth to tie it at 7-7, but Bo Bichette answered with a three-run double in the bottom half to win it for the Mets.
Veteran right-hander Drew Rasmussen (1-0, 2.75 ERA) will start the series opener for Tampa Bay, which had a day off Tafter snapping a three-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. Rasmussen is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in six appearances (three starts) against the Twins.
Nick Martinez, who had pitched for the Reds the previous two seasons, picked up his first win with the Rays, allowing one run on five hits over eight innings while striking out six. Junior Caminero hit his sixth homer and Yandy Diaz raised his average to .340, which ranks second in the majors, by going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run.
"I love it, man. It's a lot of fun," Martinez said. "Obviously, they know what I do well, and they know that I love to compete. ... It's always fun competing against your buddies."
The Rays have dropped three of their last four games.
--Field Level Media
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Ober | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 30, '26) | May 30, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed RHP Bailey Ober on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. | ||||
| K. Rojas | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 28, '26) | May 28, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed LHP Kendry Rojas on the 15-day injured list due to left elbow inflammation. | ||||
| R. Jeffers | C | Ten Day IL - Hand( May 18, '26) | May 18, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed C Ryan Jeffers on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left hamate bone. | ||||
| G. Acton | RP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( May 18, '26) | May 18, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins transferred RHP Garrett Acton from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to a right shoulder strain. | ||||
| C. Sands | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Forearm( May 01, '26) | May 01, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed RHP Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. | ||||
| M. Abel | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( Apr 19, '26) | Apr 19, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed RHP Mick Abel on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. | ||||
| D. Festa | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 02, '26) | Apr 02, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins transferred RHP David Festa from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to right shoulder impingement, retroactive to March 22. | ||||
| P. Lopez | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 25, '26) | Feb 25, '26 | |
| The Minnesota Twins placed RHP Pablo Lopez on the 60-day injured list following his successful UCL repair surgery with an internal brace. | ||||
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Walls | SS | Day To Day - Hamstring( Jun 02, '26) | Jun 02, '26 | |
| Walls is not in the lineup for Wednesday's (Jun. 3) game against the Tigers due to a left hamstring injury. | ||||
| J. Heasley | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( Jun 01, '26) | Jun 01, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Jonathan Heasley on the 15-day injured list. | ||||
| C. Kimbrel | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Wrist( May 30, '26) | May 30, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. | ||||
| G. Lux | LF | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( May 26, '26) | May 26, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays transferred OF Gavin Lux from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. | ||||
| J. Scholtens | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Wrist( May 25, '26) | May 25, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist sprain. | ||||
| J. DeLuca | RF | Ten Day IL - Hamstring( May 23, '26) | May 23, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed OF Jonny DeLuca on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. | ||||
| J. Fraley | RF | Ten Day IL - Groin( May 16, '26) | May 16, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed OF Jake Fraley on the 10-day injured list due to a hernia. | ||||
| R. Pepiot | SP | Sixty Day IL - Hip( Apr 30, '26) | Apr 30, '26 | |
| Pepiot will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing hip surgery according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. | ||||
| E. Uceta | RP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 23, '26) | Apr 23, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays transferred RHP Edwin Uceta to the 60-day injured list with right shoulder impingement. | ||||
| M. Grove | RP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 19, '26) | Apr 19, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays transferred RHP Michael Grove to the 60-day injured list due to right shoulder surgery. | ||||
| S. Wilson | RP | Sixty Day IL - Back( Mar 24, '26) | Mar 24, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Steven Wilson on the 60-day injured list with lumbar disc inflammation. | ||||
| M. Rodriguez | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Manuel Rodríguez on the 60-day injured list due to an elbow injury. | ||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 18, '26
MIN 4 - CIN 5
|
L -130 | o8.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 16.5 | 1.3 |
|
Apr 12, '26
TOR 2 - MIN 8
|
W +116 | o8.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 106 | 21.2 | 4.0 |
|
Apr 07, '26
MIN 4 - DET 2
|
W +144 | u6.5 | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 16.4 | 0.4 |
|
Apr 02, '26
KC 1 - MIN 5
|
W +130 | u9.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 16.7 | 0.7 |
|
Mar 28, '26
BAL 1 - MIN 4
|
W +136 | u7.5 | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 100.2 | 18.4 | 1.3 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley has not played against TB Rays. | ||||||||||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 18, '26
PIT 7 - TB 8
|
W +130 | o7.5 | 3.2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 17.5 | 5.0 |
|
Apr 12, '26
TB 5 - NYY 4
|
W +118 | o7.5 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 12.7 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 01, '26
MIL 8 - TB 2
|
L +120 | o7.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 17.8 | 0.7 |
|
Mar 26, '26
STL 9 - TB 7
|
L -134 | o8.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 14.6 | 3.3 |
|
Sep 25, '25
BAL 6 - TB 5
|
L -111 | o8.5 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 24.4 | 2.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 71.8 | 17.4 | 2.4 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jul 06, '25
MIN 5 - TB 7
|
W +112 | o8.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
|
May 28, '25
TB 5 - MIN 0
|
W -125 | u8.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 12.3 | 1.0 |
|
Jun 10, '22
MIN 9 - TB 4
|
L +101 | o8.0 | 4.1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 18.7 | 4.5 |
| Last 3 Avg. | 4.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 62.3 | 15.7 | 1.8 |