Cincinnati Reds vs Tampa Bay Rays All-Time Record

Interleague
Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Rays
Reds lead Rays20to10since 2003

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Reds lead 2-1

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Cincinnati Reds vs Tampa Bay Rays insights

Current-feed record
+10wins for Reds
67% Reds · 33% Rays

Rays have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 5-7.

Recent form
12-8last 20

Rays won 6-1 on Apr 22, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Reds built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 13 of 18 decided meetings (72%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 7-5, or 58% to Reds.

Reds vs Rays interleague history by season

Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays first met in 2003, so all 30 meetings across 10 seasons sit in the current feed. Interleague scheduling makes meeting frequency uneven, so the season table matters more than a raw average.

Active seasons
10
With at least one meeting since 2002
Busiest season
2026
3 meetings
Per active season
3.0
Uneven interleague cadence
Win Percentage
20W
10W
CIN
TB
67%33%
Cincinnati RedsTampa Bay Rays

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Apr 22
TB 6-1 CIN
TB
Apr 21
TB 6-12 CIN
CIN
Apr 20
TB 1-6 CIN
CIN
Jul 27
CIN 2-1 TB
CIN
Jul 26
CIN 6-2 TB
CIN
Jul 25
CIN 7-2 TB
CIN
Jul 28
TB 2-1 CIN
TB
Jul 27
TB 4-0 CIN
TB
Jul 26
TB 2-3 CIN
CIN
Apr 19
CIN 0-8 TB
TB
Last Meeting
Apr 22, 2026Final
TB
6
HOME
CIN
1
AWAY
Rayswon by5runs
Snapped Reds' streak·Game 30 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Tampa Bay Rays won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CIN-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200266.7%
TB-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200233.3%
Last 10 Results
CIN / TB

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season30 games
20
10
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Cincinnati Reds Biggest Win
14–5+9 runs
Jun 9, 2005
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
10–0+10 runs
Apr 18, 2023
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CIN ↕TB ↕Games ↕
2026213
2025303
2024123
2023123
2022303
2017123
2014123
2011213
2005303
2003303
Home / Away Split
11-4CIN HOME6-9TB HOME
AWAY
9-6
CIN
AWAY
4-11
TB
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Cincinnati Reds vs Tampa Bay Rays all-time record, 2003 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
27
Peak inning
EX
Record game
20 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 30 games from 2003 to 2026. History Lab: 27 Retrosheet games from 2003 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.Small historical sample: 27 games. Era and inning rates describe these meetings, but should not be treated as a forecast.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

Small sample: 30 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
40%

Share of the 30 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
60%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
8.9runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
56.7%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5Closest to even1614
53.3%
8.51416
46.7%
9.51119
36.7%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Cincinnati Reds
20 W · 66.7%1.50
Tampa Bay Rays
10 W · 33.3%3.00

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
35%vs 40% full archive
-5% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 60% full archive
+5% in the last 20
Average total
8.4 runsvs 8.9 runs full archive
-0.5 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2014 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Reds and Rays in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Cincinnati Reds vs Tampa Bay Rays

When did the Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Jun 10, 2003, when Cincinnati Reds won 4-2 away to Tampa Bay Rays. The archive covers 27 meetings from 2003 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays have met 30 times in this archive, which covers the 2003 season onward.