Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays: Final Score & Recap

Tampa Bay routed Minnesota 12-1 at Charlotte Sports Park on February 24, 2026, a result that pushed the DiamondIQ model's win probability estimate from a pre-game 54 percent in favor of the Rays all the way to 100 percent by the final out. The Twins were held to just five hits and committed three errors, while Tampa Bay's eight hits were distributed efficiently across a lopsided night that was never truly in doubt after the third inning.

The decisive sequence came in the bottom of the third, when Tampa Bay sent the DiamondIQ model swinging hard toward certainty. Jake Fraley's double off Darren Bowen delivered the single biggest probability shift of the game, adding 12.8 percent to the Rays' win likelihood, and Junior Caminero followed with a single that added another 8.6 percent. Jonathan Aranda then extended the damage with a single of his own for an additional 4.1 percent swing, all against Bowen in what became a five-run inning. Minnesota's best chances to respond were extinguished quietly, with Royce Lewis's lineout off Garrett Cleavinger in the top of the third costing the Twins 3.5 percent in win probability, and Gabriel Gonzalez's lineout off Joe Boyle in the second representing a 3.3 percent drop.

Among the individual standouts, Fraley led all position players with a final WPA of plus-11.3 percent and a RE24 of plus-2.6, making him the clear offensive catalyst. Caminero finished at plus-8.9 percent WPA and Yandy Díaz contributed plus-5.9 percent with a RE24 of plus-2.0. On the pitching side, Joe Boyle and Garrett Cleavinger each outperformed their counterparts significantly, posting WPA figures of plus-5.4 and plus-5.3 respectively, with Cam Booser adding plus-1.6 in support of a bullpen that held Minnesota to a single run, which did not arrive until the ninth.