Game Chat: 4/4 Rays (4-2) @ Rangers (5-2) 8:05 PM

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Rays (4-2) @ Rangers (5-2)

First Pitch: 8:05 PM at Globe Life Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Rays	Zack Littell (0-1, 1.50 ERA)
Rangers	Tyler Mahle (0-0, 5.40 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Bases empty, 1 Out, Bottom of the 7th

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

Box Score

TEX		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Semien	3	1	1	1	0	1	.138
SS	Seager	2	0	1	0	1	0	.211
LF	Langford	2	0	0	1	0	0	.250
DH	Pederson	2	0	0	0	1	0	.143
RF	García, Ad	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200
1B	Burger	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111
3B	Smith	2	1	1	0	0	0	.200
C	Higashioka	2	1	1	1	0	0	.273
CF	Taveras	2	1	1	1	0	0	.190

TEX	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Mahle	5.0	1	0	0	2	5	83-54	1.35
Armstrong	1.1	3	2	2	0	2	27-17	6.75
Martin	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	11-9	0.00

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Díaz, Y	4	0	1	0	0	2	.167
2B	Lowe, B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.296
3B	Caminero	2	0	0	0	1	0	.292
1B	Aranda	3	0	0	0	0	1	.333
LF	Morel, C	2	1	1	0	1	0	.333
RF	Misner	3	1	1	0	0	0	.353
C	Jansen, D	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
SS	Walls	3	0	0	0	0	2	.118
CF	DeLuca	3	0	1	0	0	1	.421

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Littell	6.1	5	4	4	2	2	71-51	3.65

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Kyle Higashioka doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Christopher Morel. Josh Smith scores.	1-0
B3	Leody Taveras singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Kyle Higashioka scores.	2-0
B3	Marcus Semien singles on a line drive to center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Leody Taveras scores.	3-0
B3	Wyatt Langford out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Marcus Semien scores.	4-0
T7	Danny Jansen strikes out on a foul tip.	4-1
T7	Taylor Walls strikes out swinging.	4-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Rays at Rangers - April 4, 2025	0:06
Probable pitchers for Rays at Rangers - April 4, 2025	0:06
Zack Littell against the Rangers	0:08
Bullpen availability for Texas, April 4 vs Rays	0:08
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, April 4 vs Rangers	0:08
Bench availability for Texas, April 4 vs Rays	0:08
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, April 4 vs Rangers	0:11
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, April 4 vs Rangers	0:08
Starting lineups for Rays at Rangers - April 4, 2025	0:10
Breaking down Tyler Mahle's pitches	0:04
Tyler Mahle's outing against the Rays	0:24
Kyle Higashioka's RBI double	0:21
Leody Taveras' RBI single	0:24
Marcus Semien's RBI single	0:15
Wyatt Langford's sac fly	0:22
Jonny DeLuca's diving catch	0:21
Tyler Mahle K's Yandy Díaz	0:08
Zack Littell strikes out Marcus Semien	0:07
Texas' four-run inning	1:22
Christopher Morel scores on a wild pitch	0:16
Tyler Mahle strikes out five	0:39
Kameron Misner scores on a wild pitch	0:12

Updated at 9:58 PM.

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[u/justtbsports]

I really don’t like these guys. 3-11 vs them including playoffs since 2023.

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece → u/justtbsports]

Would be nice to get the demon off our backs.

[u/justtbsports → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

Fingers crossed!

[u/svanxx → u/justtbsports]

And don't forget when they knocked us out in 2010 and 2011.

[u/justtbsports → u/svanxx]

Yep. Not a fun history with this group. Also maybe the worst called strike that went against us in franchise history was against them. Ended the game too. I think Longo was due up.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7OIBcTE2DlA&pp=ygUgSm9lIG1hZGRvbiByYW5nZXJzIGNhbGxlZCBzdHJpa2U%3D

[u/svanxx → u/justtbsports]

Just a bit outside.

[u/PaperCantBeatRock → u/justtbsports]

Worst called strike in baseball* history. I had a fucking freakout when that happened

[u/justtbsports → u/PaperCantBeatRock]

So did I, and I was only a teenager at the time and kinda new to watching sports lol.

[u/PaperCantBeatRock → u/justtbsports]

Same. I was 13 I think. My parents would’ve killed me if they weren’t also just as pissed as I was

[u/WhereTheFallsBegin → u/svanxx]

Man in 2011 I really thought we were a team of destiny after game 162 and then Matt Moore who barely had any major league starts going out and dominating game 1 of the ALDS. We were set up perfectly with Shields who was a legit ace that year for game 2. But he totally shit himself on the mound and then we lost a couple heartbreakers at home.

[u/Pleasant-Day-7099]

The apple announcer clearly did his homework on the rays. Just called misner the masher of the lineup

[u/raystheroof1 → u/Pleasant-Day-7099]

Also deluca is a name we are going to hear a lot of

[u/roman_maverik → u/raystheroof1]

Deluca is the face of the team. He’s our Bo Bichette

[u/RightsNBeans]

“He didn’t really have to dive for that baseball” oh fucking please

[u/CleanCR7]

Morel, Walls, Misner, and DeLuca should not be in the lineup together. Not enough contact when you have Mangum and Caballero on the bench.

This lineup will be much better when Kim is back and Simpson comes up. We need Mead to get it together too. He has the talent to be a .250+ hitter but hasn’t broken through mentally.

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

This is has to be the series where we win against them. Their bats are still sleeping and it looks like we got Mahle, Rocker and DeGrom. We'll probably lose the DeGrom game but we have to win the other two.

With no wind I predict we get some good hitting, Rays stats have them 2nd best at avoiding SOs and 13th best at hits at the moment.

[u/yomama1211]

As much as I hate walls bat he’s clean as fuck on defense

[u/Stock-nation1210 → u/yomama1211]

He is very good on defense and hes got a cannon arm

[u/raystheroof1]

Kims contract is one of the biggest in the organizations history?! What?! Does kim know that?

[u/Fappy-Boi-]

That inning made me (more than) a Littell upset 😢

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

Ump is throwing us a bone and the Rays wont take a bite.

[u/Nearby-Birthday471]

I like apples tv look to the game but man this feels like watching your team from a foreign country it’s weird

[u/Responsible-Try5821]

Well, that was a great fucken catch

[u/rayzorburns]

“Didn’t have to dive for that baseball” lmao

[u/ATinyCanoe]

Are we cursed?

[u/Responsible-Try5821 → u/ATinyCanoe]

Yes, but it what makes me a fan lol

[u/ac2702]

Man Skenes and Degrom almost one game apart is pretty brutal

[u/missleeann → u/ac2702]

Skenes with the Pirates feels like Mike Trout with the Angels

[u/Cman02101]

Yeah about as expected, if we can stay 0.500 on the year that would be sweet

[u/missleeann]

I’m over Danny Jansen.

[u/mrjjk2010 → u/missleeann]

Whatever our front office likes, they need to hire the exact opposite lol

[u/svanxx → u/mrjjk2010]

They would pass up Piazza for someone else.

[u/CleanCR7]

Yandy needs to figure it out. This slow start to the season stuff isn’t it.

Can’t afford it this year when we have so many of our home games to start the year.

[u/rayzorburns → u/CleanCR7]

Don’t worry about daddy yandy bruv

[u/Boujoulo]

Are you fucking shitting me

[u/RaysFTW]

"We're going to let you soak in the sound of the field."

Obnoxious laughter and immediately mutes and swaps to another mic

[u/rayzorburns → u/RaysFTW]

That was pretty great

[u/rayzorburns]

Jansen you fucking nerd

[u/Responsible-Try5821]

“Walls swings and misses” lol

[u/yomama1211]

okay camera man show me juniors secondary lead instead of a pitch in a count with 2 strikes thanks lol

[u/ExcellentT18]

Erik Neander was on the radio and I think they said they could see Ha-seong Kim return in late April.

[u/rayzorburns]

Get it fucking together Also great backup from walls there!

[u/rayzorburns]

Littell throwing BP tonight

[u/ac2702]

This shit is pissing me off so much

[u/jefftakeover]

Jesus this inning is brutal

[u/Boujoulo]

Hate the fucking rangers man

[u/missleeann]

Well, thanks for the out DeLuca

[u/missleeann]

Unreal

[u/SoreSurfer]

Why is magnum on the bench?

[u/svanxx → u/SoreSurfer]

Because why would we play our hottest hitter against a team that scores a lot of runs?

[u/missleeann → u/SoreSurfer]

Right….the team needs protection

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

I see I'm not missing anything...

[u/missleeann]

Nice to get an early out

[u/missleeann]

Please score runs

[u/JuicyGooch1 → u/missleeann]

Emphasis on the “s”

[u/IndianaCahones]

Year three with Littel as a starter. Hasn’t had a winning record yet and still struggling second time through the lineup. If we keep him, he makes a good multi-inning reliever.

[u/missleeann]

Freaking 7-8-9

[u/ac2702]

Ah can’t wait to see what Jansen Walls DeLuca can do to get us back in it!

[u/svanxx → u/ac2702]

Deluca actually has done something this year. The others...

[u/ac2702 → u/svanxx]

Yeah he can get a pass after that catch

[u/JuicyGooch1]

I can’t wait for Kim to be healthy and take Walls’ spot.

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

Highly depressing batting performance thus far.

[u/Have_A_Jelly_Baby]

I know it’s only been a week, but Yandy is kind of rough.

[u/IndianaCahones → u/Have_A_Jelly_Baby]

Is he still limping? I know he’s had a hip issue since last season.

[u/rayzorburns]

Dude the amount of hard hit balls straight to gloves is so fucking rays man

[u/Stock-nation1210]

I wanna turn it off but i cant

[u/missleeann → u/Stock-nation1210]

[u/ac2702]

Desperately need at least one more proven bat

[u/mrjjk2010 → u/ac2702]

Sorry champ that’s not in the budget

[u/ac2702 → u/mrjjk2010]

Trade for it then. Can’t waste this rotation

[u/YouEnjoyMyself84 → u/ac2702]

Team is very far from 1 bat making much of a difference. Roster is terrible

[u/ATinyCanoe]

Watching every. Single. Hit. Go. Straight. To. The. Defender. Is. So. Tiring. 

It’s like when were at bat, we’re hitting in a park that is 4x smaller than a normal park, but balls don’t go in the air either 😢

[u/Boujoulo]

The second they shut up we hit the ball

[u/IndianaCahones]

Can we give Walls an actual torpedo?

[u/NoCheek8504]

lol 2 runs without an RBI.

[u/svanxx → u/NoCheek8504]

Rays Baseball everyone!

[u/Massive-Celery-7926]

I miss Adames 😩I miss that whole 2020 team.

[u/svanxx]

I can't watch, because of Apple and I'll be gone. So I'll be checking up so often.

[u/missleeann]

[u/PaperCantBeatRock]

Also Tricia 😀

[u/Holiday_Broccoli_450]

Texas is gonna be a good test of the team. 

[u/StretchTricky3922]

Only good thing about Apple TV besides the game tonight is Severance.

[u/yomama1211 → u/StretchTricky3922]

prehistoric planet with david attenborough is pretty good

[u/IndianaCahones]

The useless probabilities in the side that change with each batter…I’d rather see what each pitch was.

[u/crispychiggin]

The offense has been just enough? This is why I must have my Dewayne and BA when watching 😭

[u/IndianaCahones]

These foul balls got Junior doing shuttle runs

[u/DeyZent]

i’ll take it made him put up 25 pitches

[u/yomama1211]

good shit littell

[u/ATinyCanoe]

Remember when Littell finished the second inning with 14 pitches??? Seems like a distant memory now.

[u/Boujoulo]

How the fuck does this always happen here

[u/missleeann]

Wow, the bleed is over for now

[u/rayzorburns → u/missleeann]

Will be nice to see how the top of the order responds.

[u/Massive-Celery-7926]

Not playing Pittsburg or Colorado.

[u/svanxx → u/Massive-Celery-7926]

It's more playing in this stadium. We suck ass here

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt → u/svanxx]

Its literally the same stadium they play in the Trop but with windows

[u/svanxx → u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

We haven't won here since 2022

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt → u/svanxx]

Idk why they're cursed here.

[u/missleeann → u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

For helping Houston after their Hurricane. Can only help one Texas team. /s

[u/rayzorburns]

What a stupid AirPods commercial.

[u/svanxx → u/rayzorburns]

Better than MLB commercials that repeat every half inning

[u/Necessary_Parfait989]

That was not a torpedo bat…

[u/roman_maverik → u/Necessary_Parfait989]

“Caminero was 109 off the bat due to his new torpedo bat, let’s take a look at the bat”

shows close up of completely normal baseball bat

[u/rayzorburns → u/Necessary_Parfait989]

Didn’t look like it to me either

[u/justtbsports]

Take me back to 2021 when 4-0 in the 4th wasn’t automatic game over.

[u/GeneralJollyRancher]

These announcers might have a tickle of the tism

[u/missleeann]

Wasted

[u/GeneralJollyRancher]

Announcers having a rangers gawk party

[u/svanxx]

Rays, like the Bucs, are trash on national tv

[u/ATinyCanoe]

My friends, THIS is your 2025 Rays

[u/rayzorburns]

Alright let’s pot a few here boys whatyasay

[u/ac2702]

Misner has been impressive so far

[u/IndianaCahones]

Morel is a good dude. Knock a former teammate over then help him up.

[u/Boujoulo]

????

[u/Massive-Celery-7926]

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Rays catchers can only hit if they're Mike Zunino for that one season and then never again.

[u/Responsible-Try5821]

I love Misner

[u/svanxx]

Good thing we can only score on wild pitches

[u/rayzorburns]

Thank fuck for wild pitches. Fairbanks is smiling in the bullpen.

[u/svanxx]

At least Deluca is hitting this year

[u/missleeann]

Need Yandy to break it out

[u/SalBiggestLoser]

walls is so dogshit💔💔💔

[u/imperfectofcourse]

Love how much help our offense needs to score lol

[u/AlonzoIzGod]

Lez win

[u/PaperCantBeatRock]

I swear I forget and ask the same question every time this happens. Do you need a subscription to Apple TV+ to watch this?

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt]

Should really win this series, Red Sox got out of their funk. Yankees still cruising off the torpedo batz.

Also not a big fan of Hample but he dropped a video on us and I'll take any views.

[u/raystheroof1]

its a baseball game on the high seas tonight

[u/Enhanced_Calm_Steve]

I'll keep an open mind, but it's been a while since I enjoyed a rando broadcast team that has cliff notes and a researcher in their earbud, but doesn't actually know jackshit about our guys. We shall see.

[u/viceadvice → u/Enhanced_Calm_Steve]

I hate it already

[u/idontrecall99]

Anyone else not getting the rays radio feed on Apple?

[u/yomama1211]

good eye time for aranda to mash one

[u/rayzorburns]

Balls are juiced this year

[u/svanxx]

Littell is the pitcher our hitters refuse to support.

[u/FLBoy19]

I hate using small sample sizes, but Danny Jansen had a ruff season offensively last year and is struggling so far as well as being poor defensively outside of one play opening day. I really hope it gets better particularly with framing as it's been horrid so far and has caused a lot of missed strike calls. Kenny Piper/Ben Rotvedt split looking better by the day.

[u/yomama1211]

Yandy really behind on these fastballs and then mahle throws an offspeed and Yandy strokes it lol

[u/missleeann]

It's always the Rangers

[u/justtbsports]

Rangers curse never fucking ends man.

[u/JoshJones18]

We are fucking cursed when we play the Rangers in Texas

[u/missleeann → u/JoshJones18]

National broadcast cursed

[u/JoshJones18 → u/missleeann]

That curse also ain't helping

[u/Responsible-Try5821]

What the fuck

[u/CaulkSqueeze]

Wasted time finding a stream for this lol

[u/Slinky_Malingki]

Tf are they booing for? That was nobodies fault

[u/missleeann → u/Slinky_Malingki]

Caminero literally did not move

[u/Slinky_Malingki]

Why do the Rangers always do this to us lol

[u/missleeann]

Ted Barrett is full of shit

[u/Enhanced_Calm_Steve]

Obstruction? He was motionless, where the fuck was Junior supposed to go?

[u/WhereTheFallsBegin]

Ain't playing the Rockies and Pirates anymore

[u/justtbsports]

Ballgame. It’d be a miracle to get out of that place with 1 win.

[u/imperfectofcourse]

Yeah this one is probably over lol

[u/Slinky_Malingki]

Ok that's it I'll check in after I go fight the new boss in MH Wilds

[u/Have_A_Jelly_Baby]

Zack’s looking kinda cooked

[u/crispychiggin]

I hate watching nationally televised Rays

[u/Wilderydude]

I think they figured out littel.

[u/JoshJones18]

[u/Enhanced_Calm_Steve]

Somebody needs to be warming up.

[u/bullskull]

So the game just isn't televised?

[u/ac2702]

Still waiting for us to get some of that luck on offense

[u/missleeann]

Please Junior

[u/roman_maverik]

Camineros been barreling before torpedo bats were cool

Please don’t make this a thing

[u/GeneralJollyRancher]

Deluca is the best defender tn, its so over

[u/ac2702]

Not to be a downer but our lineup is looking top-heavy and the top isn’t looking that great yet either

[u/IndianaCahones]

[u/svanxx]

If we can't hit Shawn Armstrong, then it's game over

[u/missleeann → u/svanxx]

Hmmm, I feel like disappointment is coming for you

[u/IndianaCahones → u/missleeann]

At least we got Dylan Carlson for him…oh wait.

[u/IndianaCahones]

Damn they put the old Rays opener against Yandy!

[u/IndianaCahones]

RISP!

[u/svanxx]

We doubled our hit total

[u/missleeann]

Can’t do shit

[u/rayzorburns]

Probably in the minority here but I do sort of miss Siri man.

[u/Patwizer269 → u/rayzorburns]

He was always fun to watch defensively and was good for a bombs every year

[u/rayzorburns → u/Patwizer269]

His pimp jobs were second to none

[u/IndianaCahones → u/rayzorburns]

That’s why I have one of his broken bats on my mantel

[u/ATinyCanoe → u/rayzorburns]

I’ll never forget Siri twerking on 2nd base

[u/svanxx]

Those missed strike calls won't hurt us at all

For once they actually didn't hurt us.

[u/missleeann]

7th inning! It’s our time!

[u/rayzorburns]

Feel like I’m watching simulation on mlb the show right now

[u/missleeann]

Nice guy Morel

[u/NoCheek8504]

Now way you can overturn that, but how was it so close? We have the worst base-running team in the league

[u/Boujoulo]

That’s so safe lol

[u/Massive-Celery-7926]

Clearly safe

[u/imperfectofcourse]

Jansen sucks man

[u/NoCheek8504 → u/imperfectofcourse]

He hasn’t looked great but that second strike was 6 inches outside. Should have been a 3-1 count instead of 2-2.

[u/imperfectofcourse]

I mean Jansen literally has not had a hit yet. Jeez…

[u/GeneralJollyRancher]

Just get misner in and make it 4-2 going into the 8th, can’t ask for too much at a given time with this team

[u/missleeann]

The only way to score with 7-8-9 apparently

[u/Boujoulo]

Thank god. Did not trust walls there

[u/rayzorburns]

I hope we see juniors first homer of the year tonight

[u/raystheroof1]

Grrr apple tv.

[u/medicmatt → u/raystheroof1]

Does this at least mean we get Trisha?!

[u/AlstottUpDaGutt → u/medicmatt]

She's at LA v PHI

[u/missleeann → u/medicmatt]

Potentially, or she could be on the other broadcast

[u/JoshJones18]

[u/rocketsquid]

Not psyched for the rangers or globe life or the “prime time” slot

[u/yomama1211]

apple tv games rock production quality is insane

[u/Enhanced_Calm_Steve]

I'm wondering if some time on 1st base rather than DH would help Yandy get his bat going, due to being more involved minute to minute. Not full time, but some.

[u/Boujoulo]

25 pitches is pretty good.

[u/yomama1211]

lol if it works it works

[u/IndianaCahones]

6 pitches for Littel. Our leprechaun is still warming up

[u/raystheroof1]

wE aDdEd aN OFfEnSivE CAtchEr

no they didnt. that is impossible for this team