ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Tampa Bay got win number 80 of the season last night, 9-4 over San Diego. Shane McClanahan got his 10th win and Yandy Diaz moved into 5th place on the franchise home run list with his 20th of the season and 119th of his Rays career, and is now alone in fourth place on the franchise RBI list. Manny Rodriguez made his second relief appearance since returning to the big leagues after last summer's arm surgery, and Kevin Kelly and Steven Matz also pitched effectively in relief. The win gets the Rays closer to assuring a winning season and wrapping up a postseason berth with 28 games to go.
Walker Buehler (8-6), today’s starter for San Diego, was released by the Red Sox exactly one year ago, today. Nick Martinez (13-4) gave up a run in one inning of relief for the Reds exactly one year ago. What a difference a year makes.
Tampa Bay (80-54, .597, 1st AL East, 1st AL, 3rd MLB) is hosting a team fighting for its wild card life in San Diego (72-63, .533, 2nd NL West, ½ game lead for the last wild card spot).
The Rays are 29-22 since June 30th, the official start of the second half of the season at game 82 of a 162 game schedule.
First pitch in game 135 is at 4:10 PM EDT in St. Petersburg, FL on August 29th, 2026.
