The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Mets 8-5 on May 16, 2023 at Citi Field.
Final · Citi Field
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 5 RBI for the Rays.
- Jalen Beeks pitched 2.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Eduardo Escobar went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Mets.
- Justin Verlander pitched 5.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 6 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Margot | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wander Franco | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Beeks | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Diekman | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Littell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Thompson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
New York Mets box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Francisco Lindor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff McNeil | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Alonso | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Canha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brett Baty | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Pham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Adam Ottavino | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Walker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous May 14, 2023: TB 8, NYY 7 · Next May 17, 2023: TB 7, NYM 8
- Mets · 2023 season · Previous May 15, 2023: NYM 3, WSH 10 · Next May 17, 2023: TB 7, NYM 8