{"id":737868,"date":"2026-04-19T02:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/737868\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T02:25:16","slug":"final-13-innings-rays-8-pirates-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/737868\/","title":{"rendered":"Final\/13 innings: Rays 8, Pirates 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022\u00a0Who<\/strong>: Pirates (12-8) vs. Rays (11-8)
\u2022\u00a0What<\/strong>: MLB regular season, Game 21
\u2022 When<\/strong>: 3:30 p.m.
\u2022\u00a0Where<\/strong>: PNC Park
\u2022 Pitchers<\/strong>: RHP Paul Skenes<\/strong> (3-1, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP\u00a0Drew Rasmussen<\/strong> (1-0, 1.13 ERA)
\u2022\u00a0TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Rays.TV<\/strong><\/a>
\u2022 Radio<\/strong>: Pirates Radio Network<\/strong><\/a>
\u2022 Satellite<\/strong>: SiriusXM 175\/861<\/strong><\/a>
\u2022 Boxscore<\/strong>: MLB.com<\/strong><\/a>
<\/a>\u2022 Media<\/strong> notes<\/strong>: Pirates<\/strong><\/a> | Rays<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u25ba FOLLOW ALONG<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Final: Bart strikes out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Griffin steals second base without a throw.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Konnor Griffin lines RBI single to right to score Jake Mangum. Rays, 8-7.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Horwitz walks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ozuna groundout, Yorke fly out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Yoendrys Gomez will pitch the 13th for the Rays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Simpson takes out Griffin at the second base bag for another runner interference call and rules the batter out at first as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bases loaded after a shallow single to right by Simpson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Williamson reaches on an infield single and Fortes walks. Ramirez is up to 31 pitches over his two innings and there’s no outs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 HOME RUN:<\/strong> Cedric Mullins hammers a two-run home run over the Clemente Wall in right field. Rays, 8-6.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Mangum strikes out with two-on. Lucky 13th inning coming up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Villade ground out to Lowe advances Caminero to third base. Diaz goes to first on the intentional walk. The rain has started to come down harder. Griffin starts the 6-4-3 double play to end the frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nick Gonzales<\/strong>, pinch-hitting for Davis, bounces into 6-3 double play to finish the 11th. Joey Bart\u00a0<\/strong>will catch the 12th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Konnor Griffin’s RBI groundball to second base scores Nick Yorke from third base. Tied, 6-6.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Caminero flies out to right to end the 11th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Taylor Walls scores from first base on an error by Yohan Ramirez attempting a pickoff. Rays, 6-5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Walls bunts the ball right to Ramirez, he tosses the ball to Davis for the tag-out at home plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fortes groundout to Griffin allows Williamson to advance to third base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Yohan Ramirez<\/strong> is now pitching.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ozuna and Yorke strikeout with the bases loaded. Rays somehow survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Intentional walk to Mangum to face Ozuna.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Intentional walk to Reynolds and Jake Mangum<\/strong> will pinch-hit for Cook. Kevin Kelly will come on to pitch for the Rays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lowe hits a fly ball to left field, Cruz tags and goes to third base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mattson goes 1-2-3 and the Pirates will have Cruz as the Manfred runner at second base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Isaac Mattson<\/strong> pitching for the Pirates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 We’re going extras as Griffin strikes out, Davis popped up and Cruz flied out to center.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rays call for Cole Sulser<\/strong> to pitch the ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Soto strikes out Diaz on a nasty slider. Griffin will lead things off in the ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Simpson attempts to bunt for a hit, Davis with a strong throw to first to get him. Caminero pops up to Horwitz in foul territory and Aranda walks after Soto called for ABS challenge and lost. Ryan Villade will pinch-run.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Horwitz strikes out to end the eighth inning. Gregory Soto<\/strong> will get the ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Nick Yorke<\/strong> lines a single to right to score Brandon Lowe<\/strong> to tie the game at 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ozuna strikes out swinging on a ball over the plate in the don’t throw it there zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 O’Hearn battles for an infield single to Caminero, who was shaded far over to shortstop side. Billy Cook<\/strong> will pinch-run for O’Hearn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Leadoff walk to Lowe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Now pitching for the Rays is Bryan Baker.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Walls bounces into the 6-4-3 double play to finish the Rays’ eighth inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 A quiet seventh as Pirates are retired in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Paid attendance: 37,773 (2nd sellout)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hunter Bigge<\/strong> is now pitching for Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lawrence comes through to get Mullins to foul out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aranda singles to center. Yohan Ramirez\u00a0<\/strong>and Justin Lawrence<\/strong> were up earlier, Kelly calls for Lawrence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Caminero hits a squibbler up the first base line, ruled runner interference for being in the first base line as Davis tried to get the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Yorke flies out to center and Horwitz strikes out to end the sixth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ozuna is raking now. He lines a single up the middle off the pitcher, past the diving second baseman into centerfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Rays not having any more challenges left hurts them on the outside curveball by Sisk called for strike three on Walls. Simpson pops up to Griffin to end the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cash has now replaced three position players since the game restarted. It is a curious move this early in the game but it pays off as Nick Fortes<\/strong> singles down the third base line.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lowe strikes out and Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop to end the fifth.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cruz missile off the top of the Clemente Wall for a double.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Englert gets Davis on soft liner to shortstop. Rays bringing in Ian Seymour<\/strong> after Englert faced just three batters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mullins is thrown out attempting to steal second base by Davis to end the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN:<\/strong> The hit parade continues for the Rays here in the fifth inning as Cedric Mullins lines a single to center to score Jonny DeLuca. Rays, 5-4.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN: The right-handed hitting Jonny DeLuca<\/strong> pinch-hitting for Jake Fraley comes through with another two-out hit to the centerfield fence. Tied, 4-4.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Evan Sisk<\/strong> will come into the game with two outs and two runners on to relieve Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Diaz continues the Rays’ two-out action, singling to right.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Jonathan Aranda singles to left to bring in Junior Caminero. Pirates, 4-2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 RUN<\/strong>: Junior Caminero doubles to left field wall to score Hunter Feduccia from first base. Pirates, 4-1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Sanders walks the first batter, Feduccia, to start the fifth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Griffin flies out to deep center, gave it a ride at 101.7 mph but still searching for his first home run. Cam Sanders<\/strong> will pitch for the Pirates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Horwitz works a walk after fouling off a few inside pitches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Game resumes with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning with 0-1 count to Horwitz. Mason Englert\u00a0<\/strong>will take over for the Rays on the mound.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tonight’s game will resume at approximately 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u2022 6:11 p.m. check-in, rain is coming down hard again. We’ll see if things start drizzling around 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 The wind is so strong, the grounds crew struggled to get the tarp on the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rain delay: The rain is pouring and the wind has picked up at 4:39.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 HOME RUN<\/strong>: Marcell Ozuna hits a laser of a two-run home run. Pirates, 4-0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The skies over PNC Park are getting darker by the minute. The rain appears to be imminent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Skenes strikes out Mullins with a ball up in the zone but couldn’t challenge. Finishes the inning with a line out by Palacios.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fraley challenges the strike three call and loses the last challenge for the Rays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 I had to double take when I saw Davis attempting to bunt for a hit. He popped up in front of the pitcher’s mound later in the at-bat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Rays messed around and might find out as Skenes looks locked in now, striking out two batters in the third frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two Flyers fans are at PNC Park and received a round of boos after they were spotted on the jumbotron.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two groundouts by Yorke and Horwitz and Griffin struck out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Skenes escapes the bases loaded jam as he gets Simpson out on groundball to Horwitz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walls loses challenge on strike three. Two outs.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Feduccia hits a ground ball to Horwitz on his backhand, he misplays it and has to flip the ball to Griffin for the forceout and allow Fraley to score from third. The umpires ruled runners interference so the batter is out and the runners cannot advance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Palacios lines a single to right field, Fraley is held at third base for bases loaded opportunity for Feduccia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mullins flied out to O’Hearn but after challenge, Davis is charged with catcher’s interference error as Mullins’ bat hit his glove.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fraley hits a long single to right field that O’Hearn played nicely to keep him at first base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ozuna pops up to Palacios at second base to end the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 HOME RUN<\/strong>: Ryan O’Hearn launches his fourth HR of the season with two outs and Bryan Reynolds at first. Pirates, 2-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Simpson flied out to Cruz on Skenes’ first pitch, Caminero flared a single to left on a broken bat, Aranda sent one to the warning track for O’Hearn to track down, and Diaz flied out to Cruz. 11-pitch inning for Skenes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 First pitch<\/strong>: Pirates vs. Rays, 3:34 p.m., Skenes to Simpson, 81 degrees, cloudy.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Don Kelly’s<\/strong> lineup:<\/p>\n

1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Brandon Lowe, 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds, LF
4. Ryan O’Hearn, RF
5. Marcell Ozuna, DH
6. Nick Yorke, 3B
7. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
8. Konnor Griffin, SS
9. Henry Davis, C<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Kevin Cash’s<\/strong> lineup for the visiting Rays:<\/p>\n

1. Chandler Simpson, LF
2. Junior Caminero, 3B
3. Jonathan Aranda, 1B
4. Yandy Diaz, DH
5. Jake Fraley, RF
6. Cedric Mullins, CF
7. Richie Palacios, 2B
8. Hunter Feduccia, C
9. Taylor Walls, SS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022\u00a0Who: Pirates (12-8) vs. Rays (11-8)\u2022\u00a0What: MLB regular season, Game 21\u2022 When: 3:30 p.m.\u2022\u00a0Where: PNC Park\u2022 Pitchers: RHP…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":737869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[204012,204010,18766,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-737868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-feed-article","tag-on-location","tag-pirates","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116429004951187321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}