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New York Mets @ Tampa Bay Rays

2026-09-01 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 16850 · 72°F, Dome · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:23

Tampa Bay Rays defeated New York Mets 6–2. New York Mets opened the scoring in the 1st — Francisco Lindor homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 3rd — Ryan Vilade singles on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Yandy Díaz to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Nick Fortes doubles (15) on a ground ball to left fielder Nick Morabito. Chandler Simpson scores — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	1
TBA	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	6	13

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor SS	3	1	1	2	1	1
Juan Soto DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Bichette 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carson Benge RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jared Young LF	3	1	0	0	1	2
Brett Baty 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Marcus Semien 2B	1	0	0	0	1	0
Francisco Alvarez C	4	0	0	0	0	2
A.J. Ewing CF	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mark Vientos 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Morabito LF	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	4	2	2	1	1	1
Ryan Vilade 1B	5	0	2	2	0	0
Junior Caminero 3B	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jonny Deluca CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Mateo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chandler Simpson LF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Fortes C	4	1	2	1	0	1
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	4	2	3	0	0	0
Taylor Walls SS	2	0	1	1	0	0