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Tampa Bay Rays 7 – 1 Toronto Blue Jays

MLB · July 20, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Tampa Bay Rays handled the Toronto Blue Jays tonight, and it wasn't close — final score, seven to one.

Tampa wasted no time. Victor Mesa Jr. put the Rays on the board in the second with a four-hundred-twelve-foot shot to center, and from that moment on, Toronto was chasing. Jonathan Aranda extended the lead to two in the third, singling home Walls, and when the Blue Jays finally answered in the fourth — Alejandro Kirk singling home Springer to make it two to one — you thought maybe Toronto had found something. They hadn't.

The fifth inning broke it open. A fielding error by shortstop Giménez let Fortes score, then Caminero singled home Díaz to push it to four to one, and the Blue Jays never recovered. Cristopher Mullins made it five with a four-hundred-eleven-foot blast to center in the sixth, Caminero doubled home Díaz again in the seventh, and Nick Fortes put the bow on it with a home run to left center in the ninth.

Caminero was the engine tonight — three hits, two runs batted in. Yandy Díaz crossed the plate twice and reached base twice himself. Vladimir Guerrero Junior went oh for four, and that tells you everything about where Toronto's offense stood.

Tampa was clinical, Toronto was sloppy, and the scoreboard reflected every bit of it. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Mesa Jr. homered to center (412 feet). P2 · 1–0
  2. Aranda singled to right, Walls scored. P3 · 2–0
  3. Kirk singled to right, Springer scored. P4 · 2–1
  4. Fortes scored on error, Díaz safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Giménez. P5 · 3–1
  5. Caminero singled to left, Díaz scored, Caminero out stretching at second. P5 · 4–1
  6. Mullins homered to center (411 feet). P6 · 5–1
  7. Caminero doubled to center, Díaz scored. P7 · 6–1
  8. Fortes homered to left center (408 feet). P9 · 7–1

Complete Play-by-Play

Show all 547 plays
Top of the 1st inning P1
Dylan Cease pitches to Yandy Diaz P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Díaz popped out to second. P1
P1
Dylan Cease pitches to Jonathan Aranda P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Aranda struck out looking. P1
P1
Dylan Cease pitches to Junior Caminero P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Caminero doubled to center. P1
P1
Dylan Cease pitches to Cedric Mullins P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Mullins struck out swinging. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Nick Martinez pitches to Ernie Clement P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Clement singled to left. P1
P1
Nick Martinez pitches to Nathan Lukes P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1
Lukes flied out to left. P1
P1
Nick Martinez pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Guerrero Jr. flied out to right. P1
P1
Nick Martinez pitches to George Springer P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P1
Springer walked, Clement to second. P1
P1
Nick Martinez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Okamoto flied out to left. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Dylan Cease pitches to Chandler Simpson P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Simpson grounded out to third. P2
P2
Dylan Cease pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Mesa Jr. homered to center (412 feet). P2
P2
Dylan Cease pitches to Richie Palacios P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Palacios grounded out to pitcher. P2
P2
Dylan Cease pitches to Nick Fortes P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Fortes lined out to center. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Nick Martinez pitches to Daulton Varsho P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Varsho popped out to second. P2
P2
Nick Martinez pitches to Alejandro Kirk P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Kirk grounded out to shortstop. P2
P2
Nick Martinez pitches to Andres Gimenez P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Giménez flied out to center. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Dylan Cease pitches to Taylor Walls P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Walls doubled to right. P3
P3
Dylan Cease pitches to Yandy Diaz P3
Walls to third on pickoff error by pitcher Cease. P3
Walls to third on pickoff error by pitcher Cease. P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Díaz grounded out to second. P3
P3
Dylan Cease pitches to Jonathan Aranda P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3
Aranda singled to right, Walls scored. P3
P3
Dylan Cease pitches to Junior Caminero P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Caminero grounded into fielder's choice to second, Aranda out at second. P3
P3
Dylan Cease pitches to Cedric Mullins P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3
Mullins popped out to third. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Nick Martinez pitches to Myles Straw P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Straw grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Nick Martinez pitches to Ernie Clement P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Clement lined out to shortstop. P3
P3
Nick Martinez pitches to Nathan Lukes P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Lukes singled to center. P3
P3
Nick Martinez pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Guerrero Jr. flied out to left. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Dylan Cease pitches to Chandler Simpson P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Simpson struck out swinging. P4
P4
Dylan Cease pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Mesa Jr. struck out swinging. P4
P4
Dylan Cease pitches to Richie Palacios P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Palacios struck out swinging. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Nick Martinez pitches to George Springer P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Springer singled to left. P4
P4
Nick Martinez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Okamoto flied out to left. P4
P4
Nick Martinez pitches to Daulton Varsho P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Springer stole second. P4
Springer stole second. P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Varsho grounded out to second, Springer to third. P4
P4
Nick Martinez pitches to Alejandro Kirk P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Kirk singled to right, Springer scored. P4
P4
Nick Martinez pitches to Andres Gimenez P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 8 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P4
Giménez flied out to right. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Dylan Cease pitches to Nick Fortes P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Fortes reached on infield single to third, Fortes safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Okamoto. P5
P5
Dylan Cease pitches to Taylor Walls P5
P5
Walls hit sacrifice bunt to third, Fortes to third. P5
P5
Dylan Cease pitches to Yandy Diaz P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Fortes scored on error, Díaz safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Giménez. P5
P5
Dylan Cease pitches to Jonathan Aranda P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
Aranda fouled out to second. P5
P5
Dylan Cease pitches to Junior Caminero P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Díaz stole second. P5
Díaz stole second. P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Caminero singled to left, Díaz scored, Caminero out stretching at second. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Nick Martinez pitches to Myles Straw P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Straw fouled out to catcher. P5
P5
Nick Martinez pitches to Ernie Clement P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Clement grounded out to shortstop. P5
P5
Nick Martinez pitches to Nathan Lukes P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Lukes reached on infield single to second. P5
P5
Nick Martinez pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Guerrero Jr. flied out to right. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Dylan Cease pitches to Cedric Mullins P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Mullins homered to center (411 feet). P6
P6
Dylan Cease pitches to Chandler Simpson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P6
Simpson walked. P6
P6
Dylan Cease pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Simpson stole second. P6
Simpson stole second. P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Mesa Jr. struck out swinging. P6
P6
Dylan Cease pitches to Richie Palacios P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Simpson to third on a balk. P6
Simpson to third on a balk. P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Palacios struck out swinging. P6
P6
Dylan Cease pitches to Nick Fortes P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Fortes grounded out to third. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Nick Martinez pitches to George Springer P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P6
Springer singled to right. P6
P6
Nick Martinez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Okamoto grounded into double play, second to first, Springer out at second. P6
P6
Nick Martinez pitches to Daulton Varsho P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Varsho grounded out to first. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Fisher relieved Cease P7
Braydon Fisher pitches to Taylor Walls P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Walls struck out swinging. P7
P7
Braydon Fisher pitches to Yandy Diaz P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Díaz reached on infield single to pitcher. P7
P7
Braydon Fisher pitches to Jonathan Aranda P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Aranda flied out to center. P7
P7
Braydon Fisher pitches to Junior Caminero P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Caminero doubled to center, Díaz scored. P7
P7
Braydon Fisher pitches to Cedric Mullins P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Mullins flied out to right. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Booser relieved Martinez P7
Cam Booser pitches to Alejandro Kirk P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Kirk flied out to right. P7
P7
Cam Booser pitches to Andres Gimenez P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Giménez struck out swinging. P7
P7
Cam Booser pitches to Myles Straw P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Straw grounded out to third. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Little relieved Fisher P8
Brendon Little pitches to Chandler Simpson P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Simpson reached on infield single to shortstop. P8
P8
Brendon Little pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Mesa Jr. grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Simpson out at second. P8
P8
Brendon Little pitches to Richie Palacios P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P8
Palacios struck out looking. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Legumina relieved Booser P8
Casey Legumina pitches to Ernie Clement P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Clement singled to center. P8
P8
Casey Legumina pitches to Nathan Lukes P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Lukes flied out to left. P8
P8
Casey Legumina pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Guerrero Jr. struck out swinging. P8
P8
Casey Legumina pitches to George Springer P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Springer grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Clement out at second. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Brendon Little pitches to Nick Fortes P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Fortes homered to left center (408 feet). P9
P9
Brendon Little pitches to Taylor Walls P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Walls singled to center. P9
P9
Brendon Little pitches to Yandy Diaz P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Díaz singled to left, Walls to second. P9
P9
Brendon Little pitches to Jonathan Aranda P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Aranda grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Díaz out at second, Walls to third. P9
P9
Brendon Little pitches to Junior Caminero P9
Pitch 1 : Automatic Ball - IBB 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Automatic Ball - IBB 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Automatic Ball - IBB 3 P9
Pitch 4 : Automatic Ball - IBB 4 P9
Caminero intentionally walked. P9
P9
Brendon Little pitches to Cedric Mullins P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Mullins popped out to shortstop. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Baker relieved Legumina P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P9
Okamoto walked. P9
P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Daulton Varsho P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Varsho singled to center, Okamoto to second. P9
P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Alejandro Kirk P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Kirk grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Varsho out at second, Okamoto to third. P9
P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Andres Gimenez P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Giménez lined out to right. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9