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Tampa Bay Rays @ Atlanta Braves

2026-09-09 · Night game · Suntrust Park · Att: 30969 · 87°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, L To R · 2:32

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Atlanta Braves 7–2. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Victor Mesa Jr. homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Jorge Mateo singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. Chandler Simpson scores. Richie Palacios scores — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	10
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	3

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	1	0	0	0	2
Junior Caminero 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1
Liam Hicks C	4	0	1	1	0	1
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	3	2	2	1	1	0
Chandler Simpson LF	3	2	2	0	1	0
Cedric Mullins CF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Richie Palacios 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jorge Mateo SS	3	0	1	2	0	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin DH	3	2	1	1	1	0
Ronald Acuna RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Olson 1B	2	0	0	1	1	0
Michael Harris CF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mauricio Dubon SS	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Yastrzemski LF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Albies 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Riley 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sean Murphy C	3	0	0	0	0	1