Friday, April 21st, 2023 5:40PM CST
The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox by a final score of 8-7 on Friday night, securing the win with late-game heroics. Christian Bethancourt began the ninth inning with a leadoff home run, and Brandon Lowe followed up by hitting a walkoff two-run shot off pitcher Reynaldo López to give the victory to the Rays.
Date: Friday, April 21st, 2023
Time: 5:40PM CST
Stadium: Tropicana Field
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 17,973
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
CHW |
0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: J. Lowe (7, Kopech)
Home Runs: Bethancourt (4, 9th inning off López 0 on, 0 Out); Ramírez (4, 1st inning off Kopech 1 on, 2 Out); B. Lowe (6, 9th inning off López 1 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Bethancourt (7), Ramírez 2 (9), Díaz (14), B. Lowe 2 (15), J. Lowe 2 (15)
2-out Runs Batted In: Ramírez 2, Díaz, J. Lowe 2
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-6 (Ramírez 1-1, Díaz 1-1, Paredes 0-1, B. Lowe 0-1, J. Lowe 1-1, Franco 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Paredes 1; B. Lowe 1

Wild Pitches: Criswell
Intentional Walks: Benintendi (by Kelly).
Hit By Pitch: Andrus (by Kelly); Burger (by Cleavinger)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Cleavinger 3/3; Beeks 0/7; Poché 1/4; Faucher 7/11; Criswell 7/13; Kelly 5/9
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Cleavinger-1-4-2-0; Beeks-4-5-5-0; Poché-1-0-1-4; Faucher-4-7-12-8; Criswell-12-6-8-8; Kelly-3-3-6-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Poché 1-2; Faucher 3-0; Criswell 3-2; Kelly 5-0
Game Scores: C Faucher 37

Stolen Bases: J. Lowe (4, 2nd base off Kopech/Grandal)

Doubles: Grandal (7, Kelly); Burger (3, Faucher); Vaughn (8, Criswell)
Home Runs: Jiménez (1, 4th inning off Criswell 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Andrus 2 (6), Jiménez (5), Benintendi (5), Sosa (2), Colás (6)
2-out Runs Batted In: Andrus, Benintendi, Sosa
Team Left On Base: 13
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-11 (Andrus 1-1, Grandal 0-1, Benintendi 1-1, Robert Jr. 0-3, Burger 0-2, Sosa 0-1, Colás 1-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Robert Jr. 4; Burger 1; Colás 2

Pitcher Notes: López pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Graveman 2/4; Kopech 13/25; López 1/3; Bummer 3/3; Lambert 3/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Graveman-2-1-1-3; Kopech-18-16-14-11; López-1-0-2-3; Bummer-1-1-6-2; Lambert-2-5-2-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Graveman 1-1; Kopech 1-5; Bummer 1-1
Game Scores: M Kopech 40
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