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Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland Spring Training Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers tied 4–4 on Monday, March 9, 2026.

Team Runs 2026 record
Tampa Bay Rays 4 98-64
at Detroit Tigers 4 76-86

Line score

Team
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 0
Detroit Tigers 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 1

Home runs

  • Tampa Bay Rays: Will Simpson (1)
  • Detroit Tigers: Kevin McGonigle (1), John Peck (2)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st Detroit Tigers Riley Greene singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Justyn-Henry Malloy. Wenceel Pérez scores. 0–1
Bottom 2nd Detroit Tigers John Peck homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Austin Slater scores. 0–3
Top 4th Tampa Bay Rays Victor Mesa Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Riley Greene. Will Simpson scores. Victor Mesa Jr. to 2nd. 1–3
Top 4th Tampa Bay Rays Blake Sabol lines out to right fielder Austin Slater. 2–3
Top 6th Tampa Bay Rays Will Simpson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Marshall Toole scores. 4–3
Bottom 7th Detroit Tigers Kevin McGonigle homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. 4–4

Box score

Tampa Bay Rays

Batter
Carson Williams SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 .368
Gregory Barrios SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Jacob Melton CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174
Austin Overn CF 0 0 0 0 2 0 .125
Justyn-Henry Malloy LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .217
Marshall Toole LF 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Will Simpson DH 4 2 3 2 0 0 .455
Logan Davidson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .182
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .400
Mac Horvath RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blake Sabol C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Caden Bodine C 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Raynel Delgado 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Émilien Pitre 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Brayden Taylor 3B 2 0 1 0 1 1 .308
Jose Perez 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 34 4 8 3 4 9
Pitcher
Shane McClanahan 2.1 3 3 3 1 3 1 41 6.23
Kodi Whitley 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 17 10.13
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 3.00
Jake Woodford 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 1 27 1.69
Andrew Wantz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.40
Cam Booser 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
Derrick Edington 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.70

Detroit Tigers

Batter
Wenceel Pérez CF 2 1 0 0 1 1 .059
Seth Stephenson CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Javier Báez SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Jack Penney 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Dillon Dingler C 2 0 1 0 0 0 .182
Tomás Nido C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .211
Riley Greene LF 3 0 2 1 0 1 .200
Justice Bigbie LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .211
Chris Meyers 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kerry Carpenter DH 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Michael Oliveto DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Austin Slater RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .316
Patrick Lee RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Kevin McGonigle 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 .350
Carson Rucker 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667
John Peck SS 3 1 1 2 0 2 .389
Peyton Graham SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Totals 34 4 9 4 2 8
Pitcher
Framber Valdez 4.0 4 2 1 0 6 0 53 1.29
Brant Hurter (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6.75
Kyle Finnegan (BS, 1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 1 20 6.75
Carlos Peña 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 3.38
Will Vest 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 12.27
Tanner Rainey 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1.93

Game info

Weather
81 degrees, Sunny
Wind
2 mph, In From RF
First pitch
1:06 PM
Time of game
2:36
Attendance
6,026
Umpires
Home Plate: Mark Wegner, First Base: Sean Barber, Second Base: Adam Beck, Third Base: Matt Blackborow

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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