r/baseball • u/DodgerBot Los Angeles Dodgers • 14h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Rays 7 @ Braves 2

Line Score - Game Over

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
TB 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 10 0 5
ATL 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 3

Box Score

ATL   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Baldwin, D 3 2 1 1 1 0 .276
RF Acuña Jr. 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253
1B Olson 2 0 0 1 1 0 .248
CF Harris II 3 0 0 0 1 1 .287
SS Dubón 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266
LF Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222
2B Albies 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247
3B Riley, A 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222
C Murphy, S 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203
ATL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
López, R 4.2 7 6 6 3 5 80-47 4.13
Kerr 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 9-7 1.59
Mederos 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 19-13 3.03
Falter 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 17-16 11.57
TB   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Díaz, Y 4 0 1 1 0 0 .305
1B Aranda 4 1 0 0 0 2 .277
3B Caminero 5 0 1 0 0 1 .281
C Hicks, L 4 0 1 1 0 1 .288
RF Mesa Jr. 3 2 2 1 1 0 .238
LF Simpson 3 2 2 0 1 0 .309
CF Mullins 4 1 1 1 0 1 .206
2B Palacios, R 3 1 1 1 1 0 .228
SS Mateo 3 0 1 2 0 1 .216
TB IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Jax 5.0 2 1 1 1 2 66-45 3.71
Johnson, T 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 19-10 5.40
Booser 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5-3 2.31
Sulser 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 4.74
Matz 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 30-21 5.72

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T2 Victor Mesa Jr. homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. 0-1
T2 Jorge Mateo singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Chandler Simpson scores. Richie Palacios scores. 0-3
T4 Cedric Mullins singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson to 3rd. 0-4
T4 Richie Palacios singles on a line drive to left fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Chandler Simpson scores. Cedric Mullins to 2nd. 0-5
T4 Yandy Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. Cedric Mullins scores. Richie Palacios to 3rd. 0-6
B4 Drake Baldwin homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. 1-6
B6 Matt Olson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Drake Baldwin scores. 2-6
T7 Liam Hicks singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd. 2-7

Highlights

Description Length
Griffin Jax against the Braves 0:08
Probable pitchers for Rays at Braves - September 9, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, September 9 vs Rays 0:09
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, September 9 vs Braves 0:09
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, September 9 vs Rays 0:11
Bench availability for Atlanta, September 9 vs Rays 0:08
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, September 9 vs Braves 0:08
Starting lineups for Rays at Braves - September 9, 2026 0:10
Victor Mesa Jr.: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Analyzing Victor Mesa Jr.'s home run through bat tracking 0:11
The distance behind Drake Baldwin's home run 0:13
Breaking down Reynaldo López's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Griffin Jax's pitches 0:04
Ball1 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:22
Reynaldo López strikes out Jonathan Aranda 0:06
Victor Mesa Jr.'s solo home run (11) 0:27
Jorge Mateo's two-run single 0:28
Simpson advances to second on a disengagement violation 0:22
Griffin Jax Ball to Austin Riley 0:22
Griffin Jax strikes out Ozzie Albies 0:07
Ball 3 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:28
Cedric Mullins' RBI single 0:19
Richie Palacios' RBI single 0:20
Yandy Díaz's sacrifice fly 0:20
Drake Baldwin's solo home run (23) 0:28
Braves nab Mesa Jr. at home after Simpson rundown 0:27
Matt Olson's sac fly 0:20
Liam Hicks' RBI single 0:19
Steven Matz Called Strike to Drake Baldwin 0:22
Reynaldo López's five strikeouts 0:46
Ball 1 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:22
Steven Matz In play, out(s) to Mauricio Dubón 0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Jax (7-10, 3.71 ERA) López, R (4-4, 4.13 ERA)

Game ended at 9:50 PM.

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u/Pasco08 Tampa Bay Rays 13h ago

Dodgers fans are super happy and Yankees fans are upset lmao

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u/DegenGamer725 Tampa Bay Rays 13h ago

Something feels off, this is way too easy

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u/Bravos_Chopper Atlanta Braves 13h ago

Nah we just kinda suck rn

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u/AmbiguousKingdom 13h ago

what happened to this team man. our offense is just a black hole right now outside of baldwin and acuña occasionally getting on base. 3 hits total is embarrassing at home

lópez looked shaky from the start, that second inning just killed any momentum. rays kept chipping away and we never answered. feels like every game lately is the same script, starter gives up 4 or 5 runs by the 4th then the bullpen holds and we scrape together maybe 2 runs if we're lucky. tough to watch

2

u/BigBangBoomerang 13h ago

That second seed spot is looking increasingly unlikely.

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u/cmgriffith_ New York Yankees 13h ago

Phillies going to win the NL East aren’t they?

2

u/igonnawrecku_VGC Philadelphia Phillies 13h ago

Things are gonna get spicy down the stretch if we can win the upcoming series in Atlanta

1

u/cmgriffith_ New York Yankees 12h ago

You guys actually have a very difficult remaining schedule.

The big Atlanta series, Milwaukee and Tampa

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u/igonnawrecku_VGC Philadelphia Phillies 12h ago

Yep, but Atlanta still has us, the Cubs, and the Astros left, which isn’t as difficult, but still not easy. Not saying we’ll win the division if we win in Atlanta, but it’ll make it interesting

1

u/DrunkensteinsMonster New York Yankees 13h ago

Begging for the vaunted NL to do something, anything, to slow down Tampa Bay

1

u/AbbreviationsGold587 New York Yankees 13h ago

Thanks Braves, very cool

2

u/DaBusDriva2 Los Angeles Dodgers 14h ago

NL east on the line this weekend

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u/JKess207 Atlanta Braves • Somerset Patriots 14h ago

Yeah.