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2021 Tampa Bay Rays season

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2021 Tampa Bay Rays
American League East Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
OwnersStuart Sternberg
ManagersKevin Cash
TelevisionBally Sports Sun
Bally Sports Florida
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson)
RadioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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The 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 24th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 14th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East.

The Rays finished with a 100–62 record, winning the American League East division title for the second consecutive season. It was the first time in franchise history the Rays repeated as division champions, and the first time in franchise history the Rays won 100 games. Manager Kevin Cash was named the American League Manager of the Year. However, they were upset in the ALDS, losing in 4 games to the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

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American League East

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 100 62 .617 — 52‍–‍29 48‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox 92 70 .568 8 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍38
New York Yankees 92 70 .568 8 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays 91 71 .562 9 47‍–‍33 44‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 52 110 .321 48 27‍–‍54 25‍–‍56


Record against opponents

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2021 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 6–13 0–7 2–5 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 8–11 3–3 3–4 1–18 4–3 5–14 7–13
Boston 13–6 — 3–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 5–2 3–3 5–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 8–11 3–4 10–9 16–4
Chicago 7–0 4–3 — 10–9 12–7 2–5 9–10 2–5 13–6 1–5 4–3 3–3 3–3 5–1 4–3 14–6
Cleveland 5–2 2–4 9–10 — 12–7 1–6 14–5 5–1 8–11 3–4 2–4 3–4 1–6 4–2 2–5 9–11
Detroit 5–2 3–3 7–12 7–12 — 5–2 8–11 1–6 8–11 3–3 1–6 5–1 4–3 6–1 3–3 11–9
Houston 3–3 5–2 5–2 6–1 2–5 — 3–4 13–6 3–4 2–4 11–8 11–8 4–2 14–5 4–2 9–11
Kansas City 3–4 2–5 10–9 5–14 11–8 4–3 — 2–4 10–9 2–4 2–5 4–3 2–4 2–4 3–4 12–8
Los Angeles 4–2 3–3 5–2 1–5 6–1 6–13 4–2 — 5–2 4–3 4–15 8–11 1–6 11–8 4–3 11–9
Minnesota 4–2 2–5 6–13 11–8 11–8 4–3 9–10 2–5 — 1–6 1–5 2–4 3–3 4–3 3–4 10–10
New York 11–8 9–10 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 — 4–3 5–2 8–11 6–1 8–11 12–8
Oakland 3–3 3–3 3–4 4–2 6–1 8–11 5–2 15–4 5–1 3–4 — 4–15 4–3 10–9 2–5 11–9
Seattle 4–3 3–4 3–3 4–3 1–5 8–11 3–4 11–8 4–2 2–5 15–4 — 6–1 13–6 4–2 9–11
Tampa Bay 18–1 11–8 3–3 6–1 3–4 2–4 4–2 6–1 3–3 11–8 3–4 1–6 — 3–4 11–8 15–5
Texas 3–4 4–3 1–5 2–4 1–6 5–14 4–2 8–11 3–4 1–6 9–10 6–13 4–3 — 2–4 7–13
Toronto 14–5 9–10 3–4 5–2 3–3 2–4 4–3 3–4 4–3 11–8 5–2 2–4 8–11 4–2 — 14–6

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.


Game log

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Regular season

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The 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.[1]

Legend
  Rays win
  Rays loss
  Postponement
Bold Rays team member
2021 Game Log: 100–62 (Home: 52–29; Away: 48–33)
April: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
1 April 1 @ Marlins 1–0 Thompson (1–0) García (0–1) Castillo (1) 7,062 1–0 W1
2 April 2 @ Marlins 6–4 Kittredge (1–0) Bass (0–1) Castillo (2) 6,115 2–0 W2
3 April 3 @ Marlins 7–12 Bleier (1–0) Archer (0–1) — 6,179 2–1 L1
4 April 5 @ Red Sox 2–11 Pivetta (1–0) Wacha (0–1) — 4,577 2–2 L2
5 April 6 @ Red Sox 5–6 (12) Valdéz (1–0) Thompson (1–1) — 4,682 2–3 L3
6 April 7 @ Red Sox 2–9 Eovaldi (1–1) Yarbrough (0–1) — 4,751 2–4 L4
7 April 9 Yankees 10–5 Hill (1–0) Kluber (0–1) — 9,021 3–4 W1
8 April 10 Yankees 4–0 Kittredge (2–0) Germán (0–2) — 6,270 4–4 W2
9 April 11 Yankees 4–8 (10) Chapman (1–0) McHugh (0–1) — 6,965 4–5 L1
10 April 12 Rangers 1–0 Glasnow (1–0) Hearn (0–1) Castillo (3) 3,627 5–5 W1
11 April 13 Rangers 3–8 Gibson (2–0) Yarbrough (0–2) — 4,753 5–6 L1
12 April 14 Rangers 1–5 Arihara (1–1) Fleming (0–1) — 3,021 5–7 L2
13 April 15 Rangers 4–6 (10) Sborz (1–0) Reed (0–1) Kennedy (3) 4,217 5–8 L3
14 April 16 @ Yankees 8–2 Wacha (1–1) Nelson (0–2) — 10,202 6–8 W1
15 April 17 @ Yankees 6–3 Glasnow (2–0) Montgomery (1–1) Castillo (4) 10,583 7–8 W2
16 April 18 @ Yankees 4–2 Yarbrough (1–2) Cole (2–1) Springs (1) 10,606 8–8 W3
17 April 19 @ Royals 4–1 Fleming (1–1) Duffy (2–1) — 5,589 9–8 W4
18 April 20 @ Royals 14–7 Kittredge (3–0) Keller (1–2) Richards (1) 4,481 10–8 W5
19 April 21 @ Royals 8–9 Barlow (1–0) Castillo (0–1) — 5,053 10–9 L1
20 April 23 Blue Jays 3–5 Matz (4–0) Glasnow (2–1) Dolis (1) 5,564 10–10 L2
21 April 24 Blue Jays 5–3 Thompson (2–1) Romano (1–1) Kittredge (1) 6,688 11–10 W1
22 April 25 Blue Jays 0–1 Mayza (1–0) Fleming (1–2) Dolis (2) 6,372 11–11 L1
23 April 26 Athletics 1–2 Manaea (3–1) Hill (1–1) Trivino (3) 2,981 11–12 L2
24 April 27 Athletics 4–3 Springs (1–0) Montas (2–2) Castillo (5) 2,924 12–12 W1
25 April 28 Athletics 2–0 Glasnow (3–1) Irvin (2–3) Castillo (6) 3,374 13–12 W2
26 April 29 Athletics 2–3 Diekman (1–0) Castillo (0–2) Trivino (4) 3,737 13–13 L1
27 April 30 Astros 2–9 McCullers Jr. (2–1) Yarbrough (1–3) — 6,169 13–14 L2
May: 22–6 (Home: 9–4; Away: 13–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
28 May 1 Astros 1–3 Urquidy (2–2) Fleming (1–3) Pressly (4) 7,335 13–15 L3
29 May 2 Astros 5–4 Springs (2–0) Raley (0–1) Castillo (7) 6,933 14–15 W1
30 May 3 @ Angels 7–3 Glasnow (4–1) Quintana (0–3) — 10,641 15–15 W2
31 May 4 @ Angels 8–3 Patiño (1–0) Cobb (1–2) — 8,152 16–15 W3
32 May 5 @ Angels 3–1 Yarbrough (2–3) Guerra (2–1) Springs (2) 9,169 17–15 W4
33 May 6 @ Angels 8–3 Fleming (2–3) Mayers (1–2) — 8,840 18–15 W5
34 May 7 @ Athletics 1–2 Diekman (2–0) Springs (2–1) — 5,058 18–16 L1
35 May 8 @ Athletics 3–6 Montas (4–2) Glasnow (4–2) Trivino (6) 7,707 18–17 L2
36 May 9 @ Athletics 4–3 Springs (3–1) Irvin (3–4) Kittredge (2) 6,911 19–17 W1
37 May 11 Yankees 1–3 Montgomery (2–1) Patiño (1–1) Chapman (8) 5,441 19–18 L1
38 May 12 Yankees 0–1 Cole (5–1) Thompson (2–2) Chapman (9) 5,668 19–19 L2
39 May 13 Yankees 9–1 Hill (2–1) Taillon (1–3) — 6,229 20–19 W1
40 May 14 Mets 3–2 Fairbanks (1–0) Castro (0–1) — 7,123 21–19 W2
41 May 15 Mets 12–5 McClanahan (1–0) Lucchesi (1–3) — 7,536 22–19 W3
42 May 16 Mets 7–1 Fleming (3–3) Stroman (3–4) — 7,355 23–19 W4
43 May 18 @ Orioles 13–6 Kittredge (4–0) Harvey (3–4) — 5,429 24–19 W5
44 May 19 @ Orioles 9–7 Thompson (3–2) Fry (0–1) Fairbanks (1) 6,581 25–19 W6
45 May 20 @ Orioles 10–1 Hill (3–1) Kremer (0–4) — 6,916 26–19 W7
46 May 21 @ Blue Jays[a] 9–7 (12) Castillo (1–2) Beasley (0–1) — 1,437 27–19 W8
47 May 22 @ Blue Jays[a] 3–1 Kittredge (5–0) Castro (0–1) Castillo (8) 1,514 28–19 W9
48 May 23 @ Blue Jays[a] 6–4 Fleming (4–3) Chatwood (0–1) Feyereisen (1) 1,496 29–19 W10
49 May 24 @ Blue Jays[a] 14–8 (11) Springs (4–1) Payamps (0–2) — 1,641 30–19 W11
50 May 25 Royals 1–2 Keller (4–4) Hill (3–2) Zimmer (2) 4,946 30–20 L1
51 May 26 Royals 2–1 (10) Feyereisen (1–2) Zuber (0–2) — 4,973 31–20 W1
52 May 27 Royals 7–2 McClanahan (2–0) Singer (2–4) — 5,519 32–20 W2
53 May 29 Phillies 5–3 Castillo (2–2) Coonrod (0–2) Feyereisen (2) 7,316 33–20 W3
54 May 30 Phillies 6–2 Fleming (5–3) Eflin (2–5) — 7,479 34–20 W4
55 May 31 @ Yankees 3–1 Hill (4–2) Taillon (1–4) Feyereisen (3) 17,008 35–20 W5
June: 12–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
56 June 1 @ Yankees 3–5 (11) Cessa (1–0) Kittredge (5–1) — 12,537 35–21 L1
57 June 2 @ Yankees 3–4 Montgomery (3–1) McClanahan (2–1) Chapman (12) 13,824 35–22 L2
58 June 3 @ Yankees 9–2 Yarbrough (3–3) Cole (6–3) — 12,614 36–22 W1
59 June 4 @ Rangers 4–5 Gibson (4–0) Fleming (5–4) Kennedy (12) 30,635 36–23 L1
60 June 5 @ Rangers 3–0 Hill (5–2) Allard (1–2) Castillo (9) 27,237 37–23 W1
61 June 6 @ Rangers 7–1 Feyereisen (2–2) King (5–4) — 26,442 38–23 W2
62 June 8 Nationals 3–1 Glasnow (5–2) Suero (0–1) Castillo (10) 7,173 39–23 W3
63 June 9 Nationals 7–9 (11) Hand (3–2) Castillo (2–3) Rainey (1) 7,616 39–24 L1
64 June 11 Orioles 4–2 Yarbrough (4–3) Akin (0–1) Fairbanks (2) 6,211 40–24 W1
65 June 12 Orioles 5–4 McHugh (1–1) López (2–7) Castillo (11) 9,225 41–24 W2
66 June 13 Orioles 7–1 Fleming (6–4) Zimmermann (4–4) — 9,101 42–24 W3
67 June 14 @ White Sox 5–2 Feyereisen (3–2) Lynn (7–2) Fairbanks (3) 18,024 43–24 W4
68 June 15 @ White Sox 0–3 Keuchel (6–1) McClanahan (2–2) Hendriks (18) 19,259 43–25 L1
69 June 16 @ White Sox 7–8 (10) Burr (1–0) Fairbanks (1–1) — 20,098 43–26 L2
70 June 17 @ Mariners 5–6 Santiago (1–1) Fairbanks (1–2) — 9,092 43–27 L3
71 June 18 @ Mariners 1–5 Kikuchi (4–3) Wacha (1–2) — 12,654 43–28 L4
72 June 19 @ Mariners 5–6 (10) Montero (4–2) Feyereisen (3–3) — 14,772 43–29 L5
73 June 20 @ Mariners 2–6 (10) Montero (5–2) Castillo (2–4) — 18,172 43–30 L6
74 June 22 Red Sox 5–9 (11) Hernández (2–2) Fairbanks (1–3) — 12,994 43–31 L7
75 June 23 Red Sox 8–2 Hill (6–2) Richards (4–5) — 9,088 44–31 W1
76 June 24 Red Sox 1–0 Feyereisen (4–3) Barnes (3–2) — 10,961 45–31 W2
77 June 25 Angels 4–3 McHugh (2–1) Suárez (2–1) Castillo (12) 7,909 46–31 W3
78 June 26 Angels 13–3 McClanahan (3–2) Cobb (5–3) — 16,699 47–31 W4
79 June 27 Angels 4–6 Watson (3–3) Wisler (1–3) Iglesias (13) 12,764 47–32 L1
80 June 29 @ Nationals 3–4 Ross (5–7) Hill (6–3) Hand (18) 17,117 47–33 L2
81 June 30 @ Nationals 6–15 Lester (2–3) Sherriff (0–1) — 15,552 47–34 L3
July: 16–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 6–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
82 July 2 @ Blue Jays[b] 1–11 Manoah (2–0) Patiño (1–2) — 10,011 47–35 L4
83 July 3 @ Blue Jays[b] 3–6 Cimber (2–2) McClanahan (3–3) — 9,189 47–36 L5
84 July 4 @ Blue Jays[b] 5–1 Yarbrough (5–3) Ray (6–4) — 7,537 48–36 W1
85 July 5 Indians 9–8 Fairbanks (2–3) Clase (3–4) — 8,832 49–36 W2
— July 6 Indians Postponed (Tropical Storm Elsa) make-up date July 7
86 July 7 (1) Indians 8–1 (7) Wacha (2–2) Mejía (1–4) — N/A 50–36 W3
87 July 7 (2) Indians 4–0 (7) Fleming (7–4) Hentges (1–4) — 10,905 51–36 W4
88 July 9 Blue Jays 7–1 Kittredge (6–1) Manoah (2–1) — 8,551 52–36 W5
89 July 10 Blue Jays 5–2 Yarbrough (6–3) Stripling (3–5) Castillo (13) 9,954 53–36 W6
90 July 11 Blue Jays 1–3 Ray (7–4) Hill (6–4) Romano (7) 11,233 53–37 L1
91st All-Star Game in Denver
91 July 16 @ Braves 7–6 (10) Wisler (2–3) Chavez (0–2) Fairbanks (4) 40,485 54–37 W1
92 July 17 @ Braves 0–9 Fried (7–5) Fleming (7–5) — 40,868 54–38 L1
93 July 18 @ Braves 7–5 Springs (5–1) Minter (1–4) Fairbanks (5) 34,544 55–38 W1
94 July 19 Orioles 1–6 Watkins (2–0) Yarbrough (6–4) — 9,922 55–39 L1
95 July 20 Orioles 9–3 McClanahan (4–3) Means (4–3) — 10,399 56–39 W1
96 July 21 Orioles 5–4 McHugh (3–1) Scott (3–4) — 8,968 57–39 W2
97 July 22 @ Indians 5–4 (10) Fairbanks (3–3) Shaw (3–4) Castillo (14) 19,338 58–39 W3
98 July 23 @ Indians 10–5 Wisler (3–3) Wittgren (2–3) — 23,180 59–39 W4
99 July 24 @ Indians 8–2 Head (1–0) Mejía (1–6) — 23,324 60–39 W5
100 July 25 @ Indians 2–3 Karinchak (7–2) Wisler (3–4) Clase (12) 18,614 60–40 L1
101 July 27 Yankees 3–4 Montgomery (4–5) McClanahan (4–4) Chapman (19) 12,678 60–41 L2
102 July 28 Yankees 1–3 (10) Green (4–5) Fairbanks (3–4) Chapman (20) 11,525 60–42 L3
103 July 29 Yankees 14–0 Patiño (2–2) Cole (10–6) — 14,134 61–42 W1
104 July 30 Red Sox 7–3 Fleming (8–5) Pérez (7–7) — 11,109 62–42 W2
105 July 31 Red Sox 9–5 Kittredge (7–1) Eovaldi (9–6) — 20,521 63–42 W3
August: 21–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 11–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
106 August 1 Red Sox 3–2 McClanahan (5–4) Pivetta (8–5) Wisler (1) 17,816 64–42 W4
107 August 2 Mariners 2–8 Flexen (10–5) Wacha (2–3) — 5,855 64–43 L1
108 August 3 Mariners 2–4 Kikuchi (7–6) Patiño (2–3) Castillo (15) 10,071 64–44 L2
109 August 4 Mariners 4–3 Fleming (9–5) Gilbert (5–3) Sherriff (1) 9,701 65–44 W1
110 August 6 @ Orioles 10–6 Rasmussen (1–1) Fry (4–4) — 11,320 66–44 W2
111 August 7 @ Orioles 12–3 McClanahan (6–4) Watkins (2–3) — 18,545 67–44 W3
112 August 8 @ Orioles 9–6 Chargois (2–0) Fry (4–5) — 10,576 68–44 W4
113 August 10 @ Red Sox 8–4 Kittredge (8–1) Barnes (6–5) — 25,356 69–44 W5
114 August 11 @ Red Sox 8–20 Eovaldi (10–7) Fleming (9–6) — 30,286 69–45 L1
115 August 12 @ Red Sox 8–1 McHugh (4–1) Houck (0–3) — 26,803 70–45 W1
116 August 13 @ Twins 10–4 McClanahan (7–4) Pineda (4–8) Phillips (1) 23,125 71–45 W2
117 August 14 @ Twins 0–12 Maeda (6–4) Wacha (2–4) — 21,034 71–46 L1
118 August 15 @ Twins 4–5 Colomé (3–4) Wisler (3–5) — 22,467 71–47 L2
119 August 16 Orioles 9–2 Fleming (10–6) Harvey (6–12) — 5,460 72–47 W1
120 August 17 Orioles 10–0 Ellis (1–0) Means (5–5) — 4,795 73–47 W2
121 August 18 Orioles 8–4 Yarbrough (7–4) Watkins (2–5) — 6,673 74–47 W3
122 August 19 Orioles 7–2 McClanahan (8–4) López (3–14) — 5,826 75–47 W4
123 August 20 White Sox 5–7 (10) Hendriks (8–3) Kittredge (8–2) Tepera (2) 13,178 75–48 L1
124 August 21 White Sox 8–4 Patiño (3–3) Keuchel (8–7) McHugh (1) 22,275 76–48 W1
125 August 22 White Sox 9–0 Armstrong (1–0) López (2–1) Fleming (1) 16,696 77–48 W2
126 August 24 @ Phillies 3–1 Chargois (3–0) Bradley (7–2) Kittredge (3) 23,402 78–48 W3
127 August 25 @ Phillies 7–4 McHugh (5–1) Wheeler (10–9) — 25,552 79–48 W4
128 August 27 @ Orioles 6–3 McClanahan (9–4) Harvey (6–14) Mazza (1) 7,155 80–48 W5
129 August 28 @ Orioles 4–3 Chargois (4–0) Sulser (3–3) Kittredge (4) 11,110 81–48 W6
130 August 29 @ Orioles 12–8 Chargois (5–0) Watkins (2–7) — 8,353 82–48 W7
131 August 30 Red Sox 6–1 Patiño (4–3) Pivetta (9–7) — 6,753 83–48 W8
132 August 31 Red Sox 8–5 Yarbrough (8–4) Peacock (0–1) Kittredge (5) 6,868 84–48 W9
September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
133 September 1 Red Sox 2–3 Whitlock (7–2) Fairbanks (3–5) Ottavino (11) 7,808 84–49 L1
134 September 2 Red Sox 0–4 Rodríguez (11–7) McClanahan (9–5) Richards (2) 7,923 84–50 L2
135 September 3 Twins 5–3 Wacha (3–4) Dobnak (1–7) Kittredge (6) 8,864 85–50 W1
136 September 4 Twins 11–4 Archer (1–1) Albers (1–1) Enns (1) 13,861 86–50 W2
137 September 5 Twins 5–6 Duffey (3–3) Kittredge (8–3) Colomé (11) 14,165 86–51 L1
138 September 6 @ Red Sox 11–10 (10) McHugh (6–1) Whitlock (7–3) — 26,512 87–51 W1
139 September 7 @ Red Sox 12–7 Rasmussen (2–1) Rodríguez (11–8) — 25,065 88–51 W2
140 September 8 @ Red Sox 1–2 Richards (7–7) Chargois (5–1) Robles (12) 26,649 88–52 L1
141 September 10 @ Tigers 4–10 Cisnero (4–4) Fairbanks (3–6) — 18,321 88–53 L2
142 September 11 @ Tigers 7–2 Enns (1–0) Mize (7–8) — 18,842 89–53 W1
143 September 12 @ Tigers 7–8 (11) Funkhouser (7–3) Feyereisen (4–4) — 13,396 89–54 L1
144 September 13 @ Blue Jays 1–8 Manoah (6–2) Yarbrough (8–5) — 12,119 89–55 L2
145 September 14 @ Blue Jays 2–0 Rasmussen (3–1) Berríos (11–8) Kittredge (7) 13,103 90–55 W1
146 September 15 @ Blue Jays 3–6 Ray (12–5) Wacha (3–5) Romano (18) 12,153 90–56 L1
147 September 16 Tigers 5–2 Enns (2–0) Alexander (2–3) — 10,206 91–56 W1
148 September 17 Tigers 7–4 (10) Kittredge (9–3) Garcia (2–2) — 16,451 92–56 W2
149 September 18 Tigers 3–4 Ureña (4–8) Yarbrough (8–6) Fulmer (10) 22,921 92–57 L1
150 September 19 Tigers 0–2 Peralta (4–3) McClanahan (9–6) Funkhouser (1) 17,948 92–58 L2
151 September 20 Blue Jays 6–4 Baz (1–0) Ray (12–6) Enns (2) 10,119 93–58 W1
152 September 21 Blue Jays 2–4 Manoah (7–2) Anderson (0–1) Romano (20) 9,888 93–59 L1
153 September 22 Blue Jays 7–1 Chargois (6–1) Stripling (5–7) — 10,994 94–59 W1
154 September 24 Marlins 8–0 Yarbrough (9–6) Cabrera (0–3) — 15,340 95–59 W2
155 September 25 Marlins 7–3 McClanahan (10–6) Alcántara (9–14) — 23,783 96–59 W3
156 September 26 Marlins 3–2 Baz (2–0) Luzardo (5–9) Anderson (1) 20,826 97–59 W4
157 September 28 @ Astros 3–4 Maton (5–0) Fleming (10–7) — 32,297 97–60 L1
158 September 29 @ Astros 7–0 Rasmussen (4–1) García (11–8) — 28,321 98–60 W1
159 September 30 @ Astros 2–3 McCullers Jr. (13–5) Yarbrough (9–7) Pressly (26) 31,608 98–61 L1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
160 October 1 @ Yankees 4–3 Head (2–0) Cortés Jr. (2–3) Kittredge (8) 41,469 99–61 W1
161 October 2 @ Yankees 12–2 Patiño (5–3) Montgomery (6–7) — 41,648 100–61 W2
162 October 3 @ Yankees 0–1 Chapman (6–4) Fleming (10–8) — 40,409 100–62 L1

Player stats

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Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Brandon Lowe 149 535 97 132 31 0 39 99 7 68 .247 .523
Randy Arozarena 141 529 94 145 32 3 20 69 20 56 .274 .459
Austin Meadows 142 518 79 121 29 3 27 106 4 59 .234 .458
Yandy Díaz 134 465 62 119 20 1 13 64 1 69 .256 .387
Joey Wendle 136 460 73 122 31 4 11 54 8 28 .265 .422
Manuel Margot 125 421 55 107 18 3 10 57 13 37 .254 .382
Kevin Kiermaier 122 348 54 90 19 7 4 37 9 33 .259 .388
Mike Zunino 109 333 64 72 11 2 33 62 0 34 .216 .559
Wander Franco 70 281 53 81 18 5 7 39 2 24 .288 .463
Ji-man Choi 83 258 36 59 14 0 11 45 0 45 .229 .411
Brett Phillips 118 253 50 52 9 4 13 44 14 33 .206 .427
Francisco Mejía 84 250 31 65 15 3 6 35 0 17 .260 .416
Nelson Cruz 55 217 35 49 8 0 13 36 0 16 .226 .442
Taylor Walls 54 152 15 32 10 0 1 15 4 23 .211 .296
Mike Brosseau 57 150 21 28 9 0 5 18 2 15 .187 .347
Willy Adames 41 132 16 26 6 1 5 15 1 10 .197 .371
Yoshi Tsutsugo 26 78 5 13 4 0 0 5 0 8 .167 .218
Jordan Luplow 25 65 11 16 3 0 4 8 1 7 .246 .477
Vidal Bruján 10 26 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .077 .077
Kevin Padlo 9 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .167
Kevan Smith 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250
Joseph Odom 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Josh Lowe 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 1.000
Pitcher Totals 162 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .118
Team Totals 162 5507 857 1336 288 36 222 810 88 585 .243 .429

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Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan Yarbrough 9 7 5.11 30 21 0 155.0 163 96 88 27 117
Michael Wacha 3 5 5.05 29 23 0 124.2 132 73 70 31 121
Shane McClanahan 10 6 3.43 25 25 0 123.1 120 49 47 37 141
Josh Fleming 10 8 5.09 26 11 1 104.1 110 60 59 31 65
Rich Hill 6 4 3.87 19 19 0 95.1 75 41 41 36 91
Tyler Glasnow 5 2 2.66 14 14 0 88.0 55 26 26 27 123
Luis Patiño 5 3 4.31 19 15 0 77.1 69 40 37 29 74
Andrew Kittredge 9 3 1.88 57 4 8 71.2 55 21 15 15 77
Collin McHugh 6 1 1.55 37 7 1 64.0 48 15 11 12 74
Drew Rasmussen 4 0 2.44 20 10 0 59.0 44 16 16 13 48
Jeffrey Springs 5 1 3.43 43 0 2 44.2 35 21 17 14 63
Pete Fairbanks 3 6 3.59 47 0 5 42.2 40 22 17 21 56
J. P. Feyereisen 4 2 2.45 34 0 3 36.2 26 14 10 22 33
Diego Castillo 2 4 2.72 37 0 14 36.1 26 14 11 10 49
Louis Head 2 0 2.31 27 2 0 35.0 21 10 9 9 32
Ryan Thompson 3 2 2.38 36 0 0 34.0 26 11 9 9 37
Matt Wisler 2 3 2.15 27 0 1 29.1 22 11 7 5 36
Chris Mazza 0 0 4.61 14 0 1 27.1 26 14 14 7 21
JT Chargois 5 1 1.90 25 0 0 23.2 15 5 5 14 24
Dietrich Enns 2 0 2.82 9 0 2 22.1 17 8 7 6 25
Adam Conley 0 0 2.29 17 0 0 19.2 14 5 5 6 16
Chris Archer 1 1 4.66 6 5 0 19.1 18 11 10 8 21
Hunter Strickland 0 0 1.69 13 0 0 16.0 14 4 3 6 16
Shawn Armstrong 1 0 4.50 11 0 0 16.0 11 8 8 5 22
Ryan Sherriff 0 1 5.52 16 0 1 14.2 14 11 9 9 16
Shane Baz 2 0 2.03 3 3 0 13.1 6 3 3 3 18
Trevor Richards 0 0 4.50 6 0 1 12.0 9 6 6 3 16
David Robertson 0 0 4.50 12 1 0 12.0 11 7 6 4 16
Cody Reed 0 1 3.72 12 0 0 9.2 8 5 4 6 7
Nick Anderson 0 1 4.50 6 0 1 6.0 4 3 3 2 1
Brent Honeywell Jr. 0 0 8.31 3 2 0 4.1 5 4 4 3 4
Chris Ellis 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 7
Evan Phillips 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 2
DJ Johnson 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
David Hess 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 2.0 8 6 6 1 2
Francisco Mejía 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 0
Brett Phillips 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Jordan Luplow 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Joey Krehbiel 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Sean Poppen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Chaz Roe 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 2 2 1 2
Team Totals 100 62 3.67 162 162 42 1455.2 1264 651 593 436 1478

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Postseason

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2021 Postseason Game Log
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location
Attendance		 Series
1 October 7 Red Sox 5–0 McClanahan (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) — Tropicana Field
27,419		 1–0
2 October 8 Red Sox 6−14 Houck (1−0) McHugh (0−1) — Tropicana Field
37,616		 1–1
3 October 10 @ Red Sox 4–6 (13) Pivetta (1–0) Patiño (0–1) — Fenway Park
37,224		 1–2
4 October 11 @ Red Sox 5–6 Whitlock (1–0) Feyereisen (0–1) — Fenway Park
38,447		 1–3

Postseason rosters

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Playoff rosters
American League Division Series

Roster

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2021 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls Triple-A East Brady Williams
AA Montgomery Biscuits Double-A South Morgan Ensberg
High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods High-A East Jeff Smith
A Charleston RiverDogs Low-A East Blake Butera
Rookie FCL Rays Florida Complex League Rafael Valenzuela
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 1 Dominican Summer League Esteban Gonzalez
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 2 Dominican Summer League Julio Zorrilla

References

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  1. ^ "Rays Announce 2021 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). St. Petersburg, Florida: Major League Baseball. July 9, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Blue Jays to play third homestand in Dunedin". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Blue Jays to move home location to Sahlen Field beginning June 1". milb.com. Minor League Baseball. May 5, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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