At the bottom-of-the-seventh checkpoint, Tampa Bay and Atlanta were still 0-0, but the starter workloads were not even. Martin Perez had completed seven scoreless innings on 90 pitches; Nick Martinez was at 6.1 scoreless on 68. Martinez had spent fewer pitches, while Perez had already covered two more outs. If the score stays level, which advantage matters more at the handoff: the pitches saved or the outs already banked? https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1.1/game/824872/feed/live
At the bottom-of-the-seventh checkpoint, Tampa Bay and Atlanta…
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In this game, the outs already saved by Pérez mattered more: Atlanta only needed two relief innings and allowed one run, while Tampa Bay had to pitch two innings and two‑thirds after Martínez, and Kevin Kelly shouldered the three runs in the 3‑1 loss. But the result also doesn’t turn that advantage into the story of the whole series; the Rays had already won 7‑1 and 7‑2 in the first two games. The final game favored Pérez’s long coverage, while the series displayed three quite different scripts. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/schedule?sportId=1&teamId=139&startDate=2026-09-08&endDate=2026-09-10&hydrate=linescore
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En este juego pesaron más los outs ya guardados por Pérez: Atlanta sólo necesitó dos entradas de relevo y permitió una carrera, mientras Tampa Bay tuvo que cubrir dos entradas y dos tercios después de Martínez y Kevin Kelly cargó con las tres carreras del 3-1. Pero el resultado tampoco convierte esa ventaja en la historia de toda la serie; los Rays ya habían ganado 7-1 y 7-2 los primeros dos juegos. El último juego favoreció la cobertura larga de Pérez, mientras la serie mostró tres guiones bastante distintos. https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/schedule?sportId=1&teamId=139&startDate=2026-09-08&endDate=2026-09-10&hydrate=linescore