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Tampa Bay Rays 4 – 2 Toronto Blue Jays

MLB · July 22, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Tampa Bay Rays took down the Toronto Blue Jays tonight, four to two, in a game that turned decisively in the sixth inning and never looked back.

Toronto actually drew first blood, with Nathan Lukes crossing the plate in the opening frame on a George Springer groundout, and for a moment it looked like the Blue Jays had the right start. But Tampa answered immediately — Junior Mesa Jr. singled to center to knot it at one, and that was really the last time Toronto had any sense of control.

The sixth inning is where this game was decided. The Rays put up three runs in a burst that felt relentless — a Yandy Díaz sacrifice fly from Simpson, then Mesa Jr. coming right back with another single to left to score Caminero, and then a bases-loaded walk to Williamson that brought home Mullins and pushed the lead to four to one. Three runs, three separate moments of execution, and Toronto's pitching staff simply had no answer.

Alejandro Caminero went two for four and scored a run, providing consistent production at the top of the Tampa order. Mesa Jr. was the real engine tonight — two singles, two RBIs, showing up in every critical moment the Rays needed him.

Alejandro Kirk gave the Toronto faithful something to cheer with a four-hundred-six-foot shot to left center in the seventh, but it was too little, too late against a Rays team that had already done its damage.

Tampa Bay controlled this one from the sixth inning on, and it wasn't close after that. 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. Springer grounded out to first, Lukes scored, Guerrero Jr. to third. P1 · 0–1
  2. Mesa Jr. singled to center, Simpson scored. P2 · 1–1
  3. Simpson hit sacrifice fly to center, Díaz scored. P6 · 2–1
  4. Mesa Jr. singled to left, Caminero scored, Mullins to second. P6 · 3–1
  5. Williamson walked, Mullins scored, Walls to second, Mesa Jr. to third. P6 · 4–1
  6. Kirk homered to left center (406 feet). P7 · 4–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Braydon Fisher pitches to Yandy Diaz P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Díaz struck out swinging. P1
P1
Braydon Fisher pitches to Jonathan Aranda P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Aranda grounded out to first. P1
P1
Braydon Fisher pitches to Junior Caminero P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P1
Caminero grounded out to shortstop. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Griffin Jax pitches to Ernie Clement P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Clement struck out swinging. P1
P1
Griffin Jax pitches to Nathan Lukes P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P1
Lukes walked. P1
P1
Griffin Jax pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Guerrero Jr. doubled to right, Lukes to third. P1
P1
Griffin Jax pitches to George Springer P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Springer grounded out to first, Lukes scored, Guerrero Jr. to third. P1
P1
Griffin Jax pitches to Yohendrick Pinango 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 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Pinango struck out swinging. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Braydon Fisher pitches to Cedric Mullins P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P2
Mullins walked. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was upheld. P2
P2
Braydon Fisher pitches to Chandler Simpson P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Mullins caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. P2
Mullins caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P2
Simpson walked. P2
P2
Miles relieved Fisher P2
Spencer Miles pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Simpson stole second. P2
Simpson stole second. P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Mesa Jr. singled to center, Simpson scored. P2
P2
Spencer Miles pitches to Taylor Walls P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Walls struck out swinging, Mesa Jr. stole second. P2
P2
Spencer Miles pitches to Richie Palacios P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Palacios lined out to shortstop. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Griffin Jax pitches to Alejandro Kirk P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Kirk flied out to left. P2
P2
Griffin Jax pitches to Daulton Varsho P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Varsho struck out swinging. P2
P2
Griffin Jax pitches to Sean Keys P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Keys flied out to center. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Spencer Miles pitches to Hunter Feduccia P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P3
Feduccia grounded out to second. P3
P3
Spencer Miles pitches to Yandy Diaz P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Díaz popped out to second. P3
P3
Spencer Miles pitches to Jonathan Aranda P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Aranda struck out swinging. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Griffin Jax pitches to Andres Gimenez P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Giménez grounded out to first. P3
P3
Griffin Jax pitches to Ernie Clement P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Clement struck out swinging. P3
P3
Griffin Jax pitches to Nathan Lukes P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3
Lukes flied out to left. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Spencer Miles pitches to Junior Caminero P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Caminero flied out to left. P4
P4
Spencer Miles pitches to Cedric Mullins P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Mullins struck out swinging. P4
P4
Spencer Miles pitches to Chandler Simpson P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Simpson singled to left. P4
P4
Spencer Miles pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Simpson stole second. P4
Simpson stole second. P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Mesa Jr. struck out swinging. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Griffin Jax pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Guerrero Jr. grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Griffin Jax pitches to George Springer P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Springer grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Griffin Jax pitches to Yohendrick Pinango P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Pinango singled to right. P4
P4
Griffin Jax pitches to Alejandro Kirk P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Kirk singled to right, Pinango to second, Pinango safe at third on throwing error by right fielder Mesa Jr.. P4
P4
Griffin Jax pitches to Daulton Varsho P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Varsho struck out swinging. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Spencer Miles pitches to Taylor Walls P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Walls doubled to right, Walls out stretching at third. P5
P5
Spencer Miles pitches to Richie Palacios P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Palacios flied out to right. P5
P5
Spencer Miles pitches to Hunter Feduccia P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Feduccia grounded out to second. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Griffin Jax pitches to Sean Keys P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Keys lined out to shortstop. P5
P5
Griffin Jax pitches to Andres Gimenez P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Giménez grounded out to first. P5
P5
Griffin Jax pitches to Ernie Clement P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Clement flied out to right. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Hoffman relieved Miles P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Yandy Diaz P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Díaz safe at first on fielding error by center fielder Varsho, Díaz safe at second on error. P6
P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Jonathan Aranda P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Aranda struck out swinging. P6
P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Junior Caminero P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
Caminero singled to center, Díaz to third. P6
P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Cedric Mullins P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Mullins hit by pitch, Caminero to second. P6
P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Chandler Simpson 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 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P6
Simpson hit sacrifice fly to center, Díaz scored. P6
P6
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Mesa Jr. singled to left, Caminero scored, Mullins to second. P6
P6
Fluharty relieved Hoffman P6
Mason Fluharty pitches to Taylor Walls P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Walls reached on bunt single to third, Mesa Jr. to second, Mullins to third. P6
P6
Williamson hit for Palacios P6
Mason Fluharty pitches to Ben Williamson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P6
Williamson walked, Mullins scored, Walls to second, Mesa Jr. to third. P6
P6
Fortes hit for Feduccia P6
Mason Fluharty pitches to Nick Fortes P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Fortes grounded out to second. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Williamson at second base. P6
Fortes catching. P6
Griffin Jax pitches to Nathan Lukes P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
Lukes flied out to center. P6
P6
Griffin Jax pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Guerrero Jr. grounded out to second. P6
P6
Griffin Jax pitches to George Springer P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Springer grounded out to second. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Rogers relieved Fluharty P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Yandy Diaz P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Díaz struck out swinging. P7
P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Jonathan Aranda P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Aranda struck out looking. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was overturned. P7
P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Junior Caminero P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Caminero singled to right. P7
P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Cedric Mullins P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P7
Mullins flied out to right. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Straw hit for Pinango P7
Booser relieved Jax P7
Cam Booser pitches to Myles Straw P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Straw struck out looking. Tampa Bay Rays challenged: call on the field was overturned. P7
P7
Cam Booser pitches to Alejandro Kirk P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Kirk homered to left center (406 feet). P7
P7
Cam Booser pitches to Daulton Varsho P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Varsho flied out to center. P7
P7
Okamoto hit for Keys P7
Kelly relieved Booser P7
Kevin Kelly pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Okamoto struck out swinging. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Straw in left field. P8
Okamoto at third base. P8
Little relieved Rogers P8
Brendon Little pitches to Chandler Simpson P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Simpson grounded out to second. P8
P8
Brendon Little pitches to Victor Mesa Jr. P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P8
Mesa Jr. walked. P8
P8
Brendon Little pitches to Taylor Walls P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Walls struck out swinging, Mesa Jr. caught stealing second, catcher to second. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Kevin Kelly pitches to Andres Gimenez P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Giménez grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Kevin Kelly pitches to Ernie Clement P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Clement grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Kevin Kelly pitches to Nathan Lukes P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Lukes grounded out to pitcher. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Varland relieved Little P9
Louis Varland pitches to Ben Williamson P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Williamson grounded out to shortstop. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to Nick Fortes P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Fortes reached on infield single to second. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to Yandy Diaz P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Díaz grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Fortes out at second. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Baker relieved Kelly P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third. P9
P9
Bryan Baker pitches to George Springer P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Springer struck out looking. P9
P9
Urías hit for Straw P9
Bryan Baker pitches to Luis Urias P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Urías flied out to left. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9