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06/25 14:03 CDT Caminero has three homers against Royals, Rays combine for 8
1/3 no-hit innings in 13-2 win
Caminero has three homers against Royals, Rays combine for 8 1/3 no-hit innings
in 13-2 win
By ERIK ERLENDSSON
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in
six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and three pitchers combined
for 8 1/3 no-hit innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 13-2 victory against
the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1)
took over in the second inning. The pair combined to retire the first 16 Kansas
City batters before Starling Marte drew a one-out walk in the sixth off Seymour.
Craig Kimbrel started the ninth with a walk to Marte, then struck out Tyler
Tolbert before allowing a two-run home run to Carter Jensen to the right-field
stands for the Royals' only hit of the game.
The Rays salvaged a split of the four-game series after dropping the first two
games.
Tolbert, who started at shortstop for Kansas City, moved to the mound for the
eighth inning, allowing five runs on six hits.
Caminero tied a franchise record with his three home runs and registered his
sixth career multi-homer game and second this season. He hit a two-run home run
in the first inning and added a solo shot in the fifth, both off Seth Lugo
(3-5), before going deep off Tolbert in the ninth. Mesa hit a three-run shot to
right field in the fourth.
Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz extended his hitting streak to nine games with a
seventh-inning double.
Up next Royals open a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox on Friday, with both teams yet to announce a starter. Rays open a three-game series at home on Friday against Arizona with RHP Nick Martinez (6-2, 2.73 ERA) set to start while the Diamondbacks had yet to announce their starter. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
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