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Díaz’ home run was his 21st of the season. He hit a solo shot off Sean Manaea in the sixth inning. Díaz is having his typical season with a high average, some power and solid run totals. He’s hitting .302 with an .839 OPS and 76 RBI.

Peralta gave up three hits, walked none and struck out seven. He improved to 7-11 on the season with the win. Peralta allowed a solo home run in the first inning before settling in and putting up a quality start. He has a 4.62 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings over six starts since coming to the Rays at the trade deadline. Peralta has a 4.96 ERA this year. He’s lined up to face the Braves on the road next week.

Slater heads back to Tampa Bay as emergency outfield depth for the final four weeks of the season. The 33-year-old is basically a short-side platoon option, if anything, at this advanced stage of his career. He’s gotten into 28 games between the Rays, Mets and Marlins this season.

Cook had one stint with the Rays earlier this season and allowed three runs over 3 2/3 innings across two appearances. With Griffin Jax (elbow) set to come off the injured list on Wednesday, Cook may have a short stay on the big-league roster.

The 24-year-old was placed on the injured list on August 19th with a strained left hamstring. He was hitting .214/.288/.447 with 10 home runs and six steals in 179 plate appearances for the Rays.

Simpson delivered a clutch RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning that slashed Tampa Bay’s deficit to a single run at the time. He immediately swiped second base for his 38th steal of the season before being left in scoring position to end the frame. He wraps up the month of August with 11 thefts, his highest single-month total to date.

Seymour relentlessly pounded the strike zone, throwing 65 of 88 pitches for strikes, while notching his second double-digit strikeout performance of the season. He generated an absurd 19 swinging strikes, including 12 on his fastball and changeup combination, to finish with a near-elite 36 percent CSW. He limited New York’s lineup to just a single run into the middle innings before coughing up a solo homer to Mark Vientos in the seventh. He was charged with an additional run after teammate Casey Legumina gave up an RBI single to Francisco Alvarez later in the frame. The 27-year-old southpaw has allowed three earned runs or more in four consecutive starts since August 9. He’s offset that by striking out at least seven batters in four of those five outings. He’ll close out a two-start week with a road matchup against the Rangers on Sunday.

Cave joins Tommy Pham as additional outfield depth for Chicago at Triple-A Charlotte. The 33-year-old journeyman hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since the 2024 campaign. He signed a minor league deal with the Rays back in late June. He’s merely organizational fodder at this stage of his career.

Caminero destroyed a fourth-inning solo shot off Robbie Ray, his 37th of the season. That ties Yordan Alvarez for the American League lead. There was a lot of offseason discussion about the Rays having played in a minor-league park when Caminero hit 45 homers a season ago. But he’s proving to be an annual 40-plus homer threat even at Tropicana Field. Kyle Schwarber and Shohei Ohtani are the only hitters with more home runs than Caminero over the past two seasons.

Rasmussen struck out six and walked two as the Rays went on to win 5-4 in 11 innings. The 31-year-old is up to 146 1/3 innings this season, putting him on track to blow past last year’s career high of 150. Tampa Bay will also play in the postseason, which could extend his total depending on how far they advance. Rasmussen’s 2.95 ERA in 2026 is right in line with his career 2.91 mark entering Sunday. He’ll draw a road matchup against the Rangers next time out.