Tampa Bay at Texas — MLB September 4, 2026

7 – 6

Final

Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	7	12	0
TEX	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	6	7	1

Decisions

Win N. Martinez TB

6.1 IP · 5 H · 3 ER · 4 K · 3.04 ERA

Loss K. Rocker TEX

5.0 IP · 9 H · 5 ER · 3 K · 4.61 ERA

Save T. Wells TB

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 0 K · 2.51 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	TB	TEX
Bottom 2nd Ezequiel Duran homers (17) on a fly ball to center field.	0	1
Top 3rd Jonathan Aranda homers (18) on a fly ball to right center field.	1	1
Top 4th Richie Palacios homers (7) on a line drive to right field.	2	1
Top 5th Jonathan Aranda hits a ground-rule double (22) on a line drive down the left-field line. Yandy Díaz scores.	3	1
Top 5th Junior Caminero doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jonathan Aranda scores.	4	1
Top 5th Victor Mesa Jr. singles on a line drive to center fielder Evan Carter. Junior Caminero scores. Victor Mesa Jr. to 2nd. Victor Mesa Jr. advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by center fielder Evan Carter.	5	1
Top 5th Cedric Mullins grounds into a double play, first baseman Jake Burger to third baseman Cody Freeman to shortstop Corey Seager to second baseman Ezequiel Duran to first baseman Jake Burger. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Chandler Simpson out at 3rd.	6	1
Bottom 7th Elias Díaz hits a grand slam (7) to left center field. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter scores. Cody Freeman scores.	6	5
Top 9th Junior Caminero singles on a line drive to center fielder Evan Carter. Jorge Mateo scores. Jonathan Aranda to 2nd.	7	5
Bottom 9th Elias Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter to 3rd.	7	6

Closing line

Box score

Tampa Bay

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Y. Díaz DH	5	1	3	0	0	0	.306
J. Mateo PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	.221
J. Aranda 1B	4	2	2	2	0	2	.277
J. Caminero 3B	5	1	2	2	0	2	.280
L. Hicks C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.287
R. Vilade PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261
K. Piper C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
V. Mesa Jr. RF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.220
C. Simpson LF	4	0	2	0	0	1	.311
C. Mullins CF	3	0	0	1	1	0	.205
R. Palacios 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.225
T. Walls SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.219
Totals		7	12		1	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
N. Martinez W	6.1	5	3	3	2	4	90
G. Cleavinger	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	13
C. Booser	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3
K. Kelly	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	12
B. Baker	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	15
T. Wells S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7

Texas

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Pederson DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.235
J. Foscue PH-DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	.263
C. Seager SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	.227
W. Langford LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.249
B. Nimmo RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.266
E. Duran 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.276
J. Burger 1B	1	2	1	0	3	0	.237
E. Carter CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.195
C. Freeman 3B	2	1	0	0	1	0	.274
N. Lopez PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
E. Díaz C	3	1	1	5	0	0	.233
Totals		6	7		5	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
T. Williams	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	19
R. Ahlstrom	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	16
K. Rocker L	5.0	9	6	5	0	3	73
T. Alexander	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	16
C. Silseth	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	9
A. Macko	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	11