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Tampa Bay Rays @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2026-04-17 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 24198 · 77°F, Clear · Wind 2 mph, Out To CF · 2:43

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Tampa Bay Rays 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 2nd — Spencer Horwitz doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Jake Fraley. Marcell Ozuna scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Oneil Cruz homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Konnor Griffin scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	5	11

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chandler Simpson LF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Junior Caminero 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jonathan Aranda 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Yandy Diaz DH	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Fraley RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Williamson SS	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cedric Mullins CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Fortes C	3	0	1	0	0	1
Richie Palacios 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Vilade 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oneil Cruz CF	4	1	1	2	1	2
Brandon Lowe 2B	5	0	3	2	0	0
Bryan Reynolds RF	4	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan O'Hearn 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marcell Ozuna DH	4	1	3	0	0	0
Nick Gonzales 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Horwitz 1B	3	0	3	1	1	0
Billy Cook LF	0	1	0	0	0	0
Konnor Griffin SS	3	2	1	0	1	0
Henry Davis C	2	0	0	0	1	0