| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 9-4 | 7-1 | 2-3 |
| Game 2 | 8-4 | 6-2 | 2-2 |
| Game 3 | 8-4 | 6-2 | 2-2 |
| Game 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 6-7 | 2-4 | 4-3 |
| Game 2 | 4-8 | 1-5 | 3-3 |
| Game 3 | 5-7 | 4-0 | 1-7 |
| Game 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Team | R | H | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
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2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Pitcher
J. Scholtens
(L)
Boston Pitcher
C. Early
(W)
| Team | ML | O/U (Margin) | ATS (Margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
+112 | 8.5o | +1.5 |
|
|
-132 | 8.5u (6.5) | -1.5 (0.5) |
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y. Diaz | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .316 |
| R. Vilade | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .255 |
| J. Caminero | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .252 |
| J. Aranda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .265 |
| J. DeLuca | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .271 |
| B. Williamson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| C. Simpson | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .306 |
| N. Fortes | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 |
| T. Walls | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .203 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | ||
Battling
Fielding
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Duran | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| W. Contreras | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .259 |
| W. Abreu | RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| M. Yoshida | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .277 |
| T. Story | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .199 |
| C. Rafaela | CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| M. Mayer | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| C. Narvaez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 |
| C. Durbin | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .177 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
Battling
Baserunning
Fielding
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Scholtens (L 3-2) | 4 .2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.29 |
| M. Englert | 3 .1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.63 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Early (W 3-2) | 7 .0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3.16 |
| G. Whitlock (H 7) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.52 |
| A. Chapman (S 8) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.71 |
Location Fenway Park
Temperature 56° Temperature
Attendance 35,052 attendance
Home Steven Jaschinski
1st D.J. Reyburn
2nd Tyler Jones
3rd Sean Barber
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | TB Starter (IP) | BOS Starter (IP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 07, '26 | BOS |
|
TB -102 | u12.5 | G. Jax (4.0) | J. Bennett (5.1) |
| Sep 21, '25 | TB |
|
TB +111 | o8.0 | J. Boyle (4.1) | C. Early (4.0) |
| Sep 20, '25 | TB |
|
BOS -100 | o8.0 | A. Houser (6.0) | K. Harrison (6.0) |
| Sep 19, '25 | TB |
|
BOS -135 | o6.5 | D. Rasmussen (3.0) | G. Crochet (6.0) |
| Jul 13, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -120 | u8.5 | R. Pepiot (6.0) | B. Bello (6.1) |
| Jul 12, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -174 | u8.0 | S. Baz (6.1) | G. Crochet (9.0) |
| Jul 11, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -112 | P9.0 | D. Rasmussen (2.0) | H. Dobbins (1.2) |
| Jul 10, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -116 | u9.0 | T. Bradley (6.0) | W. Buehler (6.0) |
| Jun 11, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -124 | u9.5 | Z. Littell (6.0) | W. Buehler (7.0) |
| Jun 10, '25 | BOS |
|
BOS -112 | u9.0 | R. Pepiot (5.2) | L. Giolito (6.0) |
Last Meeting ( May 7, 2026 ) Tampa Bay 8, Boston 4
The Tampa Bay Rays will look to keep on keeping on in Boston this weekend.
After locking up an 8-4 series-opening win on Thursday, the Rays will shoot for their eighth straight victory and 14th in 15 games when a four-game set against the Red Sox continues on Friday.
The numbers surrounding Tampa Bay's recent run of play are impressive.
Though the Rays' pitching staff allowed more than three runs for the first time in 14 games on Thursday, the offense pounded out 13 hits. Tampa Bay took the lead for good on Chandler Simpson's pinch-hit two-run single in the sixth inning before adding three runs over the final two innings.
"I think we know who we are," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "We've gotten to the point where we understand how we can win games. I'm just really pleased. They should be pleased with themselves, the way they have gone about it and found different ways to win games."
Simpson was the latest offensive hero despite not being in the starting lineup. By adding an insurance RBI triple in the eighth, he secured his 14th multi-hit game in the Rays' first 37 contests.
It was also a milestone game for Yandy Diaz, who became the 20th Cuban-born player to reach 1,000 career hits. He doubled and scored on Junior Caminero's homer in the ninth.
"The camaraderie of everybody, just in all facets of the game -- pitching, defense, hitting, power, small ball, on the basepaths -- it's all coming together right now," Simpson said.
Tampa Bay's Jesse Scholtens (3-1, 3.18 ERA) is set to take the mound from the start on Friday after earning back-to-back wins behind then-opener Griffin Jax, who started on Thursday. Scholtens worked 5 2/3 innings and yielded five runs in his lone start on April 20 against the Cincinnati Reds.
The 32-year-old right-hander pitched three innings of one-run ball to beat the San Francisco Giants on Saturday in his most recent appearance.
Scholtens is 1-1 with a 1.29 ERA in two career appearances against the Red Sox, both as a reliever.
Boston saw its three-game winning streak -- tied for its longest this season -- end on Thursday.
A Jarren Duran double in the eighth marked the lone extra-base hit of the game for the Red Sox, who have also gone back-to-back games without a homer.
The day also began in a rough manner as left fielder Roman Anthony was placed on the 10-day injured list due to a sprained right hand. The 21-year-old sustained the injury on Monday against the Detroit Tigers.
"I think just getting the news back, understanding that it's nothing very serious is the best news that we could have gotten," Anthony said.
Connelly Early (2-2, 3.79 ERA) will start for the Red Sox on Friday. The left-hander will look to bounce back from a rough Saturday start against the Houston Astros in which he allowed five runs on six hits through four innings, tied for his shortest outing of the season.
Early's latest start and the Thursday series opener were outlier outings amid a stretch of strong Red Sox starting pitching. The Boston rotation has surrendered three runs or fewer in nine of the past 12 games.
The Rays built a 3-0 lead off rookie Jake Bennett in the second inning with a rally that included three hits (two of them infield hits), a walk and an error.
"The damage in the second is kind of what they do," Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said of the Rays. "They're gonna get people on base, put the ball in play, they're gonna try bunting."
Early faced the Rays for the first time in his third major league start on Sept. 21, 2025, when he allowed three runs (two earned) in four innings and took the loss.
--Field Level Media
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fraley | RF | Sixty Day IL - Groin( Aug 01, '26) | Aug 01, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays transferred OF Jake Fraley from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to a hernia. | ||||
| S. McClanahan | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Back( Jul 30, '26) | Jul 30, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed LHP Shane McClanahan on the 15-day injured list due to left mid-back tightness. | ||||
| C. Wilcox | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Back( Jul 28, '26) | Jul 28, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to lower back spasms. | ||||
| J. Heasley | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Jun 07, '26) | Jun 07, '26 | |
| The Tampa Bay Rays transferred RHP Jonathan Heasley from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to a right elbow stress reaction. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Mead | 3B | Ten Day IL - Hand( Jul 28, '26) | Jul 28, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox placed INF Curtis Mead on the 10-day injured list due to left wrist fracture. | ||||
| Z. Kelly | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Jul 20, '26) | Jul 20, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox placed RHP Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. | ||||
| R. Anthony | LF | Sixty Day IL - Wrist( Jun 27, '26) | Jun 27, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred OF Roman Anthony from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to right wrist sprain. | ||||
| M. Mayer | 2B | Ten Day IL - Forearm( Jun 25, '26) | Jun 25, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox placed INF Marcelo Mayer on the 10-day injured list with a stress reaction on his left forearm. | ||||
| I. Kiner-Falefa | 2B | Ten Day IL - Forearm( Jun 19, '26) | Jun 19, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox placed INF Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the 10-day injured list with left forearm inflammation. | ||||
| G. Crochet | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Jun 04, '26) | Jun 04, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred LHP Garrett Crochet to the 60-day injured list from the 15-day injured list with a left shoulder inflammation. | ||||
| T. Story | SS | Sixty Day IL - Abdomen( Jun 03, '26) | Jun 03, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred INF Trevor Story from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to sports hernia. | ||||
| K. Crawford | SP | Sixty Day IL - Wrist( May 21, '26) | May 21, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred RHP Kutter Crawford from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from right wrist surgery. | ||||
| T. Casas | 1B | Sixty Day IL - Knee( Apr 21, '26) | Apr 21, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred INF Triston Casas from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from left patellar tendon repair. | ||||
| J. Oviedo | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 13, '26) | Apr 13, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox transferred RHP Johan Oviedo to the 60-day injured list due to a right elbow strain. | ||||
| T. Houck | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Boston Red Sox placed RHP Tanner Houck on the 60-day injured list due to a right flexor pronator strain. | ||||
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Date
Score
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Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 20, '26
TB 1 - CIN 6
|
L -120 | u8.0 | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 16.8 | 3.5 |
|
Sep 15, '23
CHW 2 - MIN 10
|
L +156 | o9.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 23.5 | 5.0 |
|
Sep 10, '23
DET 3 - CHW 2
|
L +125 | u9.5 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 19.0 | 0.6 |
|
Sep 04, '23
KC 12 - CHW 1
|
L +146 | o10.0 | 3.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 83 | 22.6 | 1.0 |
|
Aug 29, '23
BAL 9 - CHW 3
|
L +207 | o9.0 | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 17.1 | 1.5 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 4.2 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 91.6 | 19.8 | 2.3 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Scholtens has not played against BOS Red Sox. | ||||||||||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 02, '26
BOS 3 - HOU 6
|
L -142 | p9.0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 19.3 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 26, '26
BAL 3 - BOS 5
|
W +118 | o7.5 | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 13.8 | 0.9 |
|
Apr 21, '26
BOS 0 - NYY 4
|
L -122 | u8.5 | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 17.3 | 0.0 |
|
Apr 15, '26
MIN 5 - BOS 9
|
W -126 | o8.5 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 14.2 | 0.6 |
|
Apr 10, '26
STL 3 - BOS 2
|
L -136 | u7.5 | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 19.8 | 2.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 86.4 | 16.9 | 0.9 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep 21, '25
TB 7 - BOS 3
|
L -120 | o8.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 16.8 | 3.0 |
| Last 1 Avg. | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 16.8 | 3.0 |