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Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees

Yankee Stadium, Bronx Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9–2 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Tampa Bay Rays 2 98-64
at New York Yankees 9 93-68

Line score

Team
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
New York Yankees 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 9 12 1
  • W: Gerrit Cole (10-9)
  • L: Mason Englert (0-4)

Home runs

  • Tampa Bay Rays: Cedric Mullins (15)
  • New York Yankees: Ben Rice 2 (41), George Lombard Jr. (6), Ryan McMahon (11)

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

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st New York Yankees Ben Rice homers (40) on a fly ball to right field. 0–1
Bottom 2nd New York Yankees Ryan McMahon singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Spencer Jones scores. 0–2
Bottom 3rd New York Yankees George Lombard Jr. homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. 0–3
Bottom 3rd New York Yankees Ryan McMahon hits a grand slam (11) to right field. Luis García Jr. scores. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores. José Caballero scores. 0–7
Top 4th Tampa Bay Rays Jonny DeLuca doubles (24) on a fly ball to right fielder Heliot Ramos. Liam Hicks scores. 1–7
Bottom 4th New York Yankees Ben Rice homers (41) on a fly ball to right center field. 1–8
Top 5th Tampa Bay Rays Cedric Mullins homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. 2–8
Bottom 8th New York Yankees Heliot Ramos out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Ali Sánchez scores. Ben Rice to 3rd. 2–9

Box score

Tampa Bay Rays

Batter
Victor Mesa Jr. LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .249
Jonathan Aranda DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275
Junior Caminero 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Nick Fortes C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Liam Hicks 1B 2 1 0 0 2 0 .284
Jonny DeLuca RF 4 0 3 1 0 1 .263
Richie Palacios 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .232
Ryan Vilade 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Cedric Mullins CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .203
Jorge Mateo SS 4 0 1 0 0 3 .206
Totals 33 2 6 2 3 9
Pitcher
Mason Englert (L, 0-4) 3.2 9 8 8 1 6 4 86 5.95
Casey Legumina 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 3.82
Brody Hopkins 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 4.50
Steven Matz 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 5.42
Cole Sulser 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 25 4.47

New York Yankees

Batter
Ben Rice DH 4 2 3 2 1 0 .263
George Lombard Jr. SS 5 1 1 1 0 4 .236
Luis García Jr. 1B 4 1 1 0 1 2 .277
Heliot Ramos RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 .242
Spencer Jones CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .245
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .233
José Caballero LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235
Ryan McMahon 3B 4 1 2 5 0 1 .210
Ali Sánchez C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .241
Totals 36 9 12 9 4 11
Pitcher
Gerrit Cole (W, 10-9) 5.2 3 2 2 3 8 1 105 3.61
Brent Headrick 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.09
John Schreiber 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.34
Tim Hill 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.66
Paul Blackburn 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.61
David Bednar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.50

Game info

Weather
64 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
13 mph, In From LF
First pitch
7:07 PM
Time of game
2:52
Attendance
42,238
Umpires
Home Plate: James Hoye, First Base: D.J. Reyburn, Second Base: Sean Barber, Third Base: John Libka

2026 season series

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