Tampa Bay will have a winning record by the end of the 2026 regular season! It was a unique finish, Sunday afternoon, that’s for sure. The Padres had the win in the bag, or rather, in the glove yesterday. Unfortunately, the outfield wall jarred it loose and it dropped over for a most important, game tying home run! Tampa Bay then fell behind in extra innings, but came back to tie and then won the game with a walk off hit from the newest member of the Rays, Jorge Mateo! Tampa Bay has swept or been swept by every team from the National League West this season!

Robert Stock (0-3) of the Mets will face either Casey Legumina as an opener or Ian Seymour as the starter in tonight’s opener against the National League East team from New York.

Tampa Bay (82-54, .603, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 2nd MLB) is facing the last place Mets (61-76, .445, last NL West) in the first of three more games at the Trop this homestand.

The Rays are 31-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 137 is at 6:40 PM EDT in St. Petersburg, FL on August 31st, 2026.

Tampa Bay got win number 81 Saturday with a 7-6 victory over San Diego. Bryan Baker earned his 39th save, 28th consecutive. Junior Caminero slugged his 36th home run, but Chandler Simpson’s two out RBI single in the seventh was the game winner. The Rays magic number to make the playoffs is down to 13 and with 81 wins, the team cannot finish below .500 for the season.

Robbie Ray (11-7) faced the Rays at the Trop earlier this season for the San Francisco Giants before the trade that brought him to the Padres. Drew Rasmussen (14-5) is the scheduled starter for Tampa Bay and is looking to extend his team leading win total to 15.

Tampa Bay (81-54, .600, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 2nd MLB) knocked San Diego (72-64, .529, 3rd NL West, ½ game back for the last wild card spot) out of second place in the N.L. West and out of the last wild card spot with Saturday’s result.

The Rays are 30-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 136 is at 1:40 PM EDT in St. Petersburg, FL on August 30th, 2026.

Tampa Bay got win number 80 of the season last night, 9-4 over San Diego. Shane McClanahan got his 10th win and Yandy Diaz moved into 5th place on the franchise home run list with his 20th of the season and 119th of his Rays career, and is now alone in fourth place on the franchise RBI list. Manny Rodriguez made his second relief appearance since returning to the big leagues after last summer's arm surgery, and Kevin Kelly and Steven Matz also pitched effectively in relief. The win gets the Rays closer to assuring a winning season and wrapping up a postseason berth with 28 games to go.

Walker Buehler (8-6), today’s starter for San Diego, was released by the Red Sox exactly one year ago, today. Nick Martinez (13-4) gave up a run in one inning of relief for the Reds exactly one year ago. What a difference a year makes.

Tampa Bay (80-54, .597, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is hosting a team fighting for its wild card life in San Diego (72-63, .533, 2nd NL West, ½ game lead for the last wild card spot).

The Rays are 29-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 135 is at 4:10 PM EDT in St. Petersburg, FL on August 29th, 2026.

Fresh from a day off, the Rays are scheduled to send Shane McClanahan (9-6) to the mound tonight against Padres RHP Casey Mize (5-7), a former #1 overall draft pick by the Tigers, traded to his new team on trade deadline day this season.

Tampa Bay (78-54, .591, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is hosting a team fighting for its wild card life in San Diego (72-62, .537, 2nd NL West, last wild card spot).

The Rays are 28-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 134 is at 7:10 PM EDT in St. Petersburg, FL on August 28th, 2026.

Tampa Bay beat Detroit 3-0 Wednesday and had two player firsts since joining the team on trade deadline day earlier in the month: Freddy Peralta’s first win (6-11) and Tyler Wells first save (5) with the Rays.

Today is the 21st time this season the Rays (79-54, .594, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) will be off since the season opener and the fourteenth time the off-day has come on a Thursday. Tampa Bay also had one Friday off-day (the first, on March 27th), a Tuesday (July 14th), a Wednesday (July 15th), and four Mondays. There are only three days off left before the end of the regular season and they’re all Mondays (#22 on September 7th, #23 on September 14th, and #24 on September 21st).

Last year, between games one and 162, the Rays had 23 days off, which included the ones that come as part of the All-Star Game break. This season, there are 24 scheduled days off, which does not include rain delays or postponements or possible days off between the regular season and post-season or between post-season games.

Tampa Bay is 29-22 since the start of the second half of the season and 23-16 since the All-Star break. The second half did not start with games after the All-Star Game break, but with game 82 of 162 on June 30th of season 29.

The Rays are currently the third best team in the MLB by win percentage, behind the Dodgers (.602) and Brewers (.617).

Tampa Bay (78-54, .591, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is in Detroit (62-70, .470, 4th AL Central) for one more game in the last regular season series of the season with the Tigers, who swept the Rays at the Trop to kick off June.

Last night, Detroit evened the three game series with a 4-1 win, returning the favor for the Rays 4-1 win on Monday.

Troy Melton (7-2) is the scheduled starter for the Tigers and Freddy Peralta (5-11) is still looking for his first win since joining the Rays.

The Rays are 28-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 133 is this afternoon, 1:10 PM EDT in Detroit, MI at Comerica Park on August 26th, 2026.

Tampa Bay (78-53, .595, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is in Detroit (61-70, .466, 4th AL Central) tonight to continue the last regular season series of the season with the Tigers, who swept the Rays at the Trop to kick off June.

The visitors won last night, 4-1, so perhaps playing at home isn’t good luck for these teams in their season series.

Detroit’s Jackson Jobe (1-1) made his MLB debut two seasons ago against the Rays, but recently made his return from Tommy John surgery and this is only his fourth start of the season.

Ian Seymour (9-4) is making his 12th, but pitched in relief during the June series at the Trop, and did not pitch well.

The Rays are 28-21 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 132 is this evening, 6:40 PM EDT in Detroit, MI at Comerica Park on August 25th, 2026.

Tampa Bay (77-53, .592, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is in Detroit (61-69, .469, 4th AL Central) tonight to start the last regular season series of the season with the Tigers, who swept the Rays at the Trop to kick off June.

Neither Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen (13-5) or Detroit’s Framber Valdez (8-8) pitched in the June series.

The Rays are 27-21 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 131 is this evening, 6:40 PM EDT in Detroit, MI at Comerica Park on August 24th, 2026.

Tampa Bay (76-53, .589, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) lost 3-2 in extra innings last night and squandered an opportunity to gain ground on the Yankees (73-56, .566, 2nd AL East, 2nd AL, 5th MLB) in the American League East.

Baltimore (63-67, last AL East) is now looking for a sweep to end the season series and a chance to go 10-4 against the team leading their division and league.

Nick Martinez (12-4) takes the mound for the Rays against the Orioles for the first time since 2024 (when he was pitching for the Reds). Baltimore’s Shane Baz (4-13) makes his third start against his former Tampa Bay teammates and the first since late May (26th).

Tampa Bay is 26-21 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 130 is this afternoon at 1:35 PM EDT in Baltimore, MD at Camden Yards on August 23rd, 2026.

The Rays (76-52, .594, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) began the last regular season series with the Orioles (62-67, last AL East) last night with Baltimore having a 4-7 lead in the first 11 of 14 total games between the two in 2026.

Friday, the Rays fell behind in the 5th inning and couldn’t get back on top, losing 5-3.

Tonight, the mound match-up is the same as it was Monday in St. Pete, only this time Brandon Young (9-3) and Shane McClanahan (9-6) will meet in Maryland.

Tampa Bay is 26-20 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.

First pitch in game 129 is this afternoon at 7:05 PM EDT in Baltimore, MD at Camden Yards on August 22nd, 2026.