Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

50-33, 19-21 Away

Final
4 - 0

Kansas City Royals

35-52, 19-24 Home

Junior Caminero homers in 6th straight game to lead Rays to 7th win in a row

Junior Caminero homers in sixth straight game

Caminero hit his 24th homer on the first pitch he saw from Seth Lugo (3-6) following Jonathan Aranda’s one-out single. Caminero tied Carlos Peña’s team record set in 2010.

Caminero is two away from tying the major league record of eight set by the Pirates’ Dale Long in 1956 and matched by the Yankees’ Don Mattingly in 1987 and the Mariners’ Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993. Rafael Devers was the last player to homer in six straight games, doing so for the Red Sox in May of 2024.

Shane McClanahan (7-5) limited Kansas City to three hits in six innings, throwing 49 of 69 pitches for strikes. The left-hander got back on track after going 0-3 with a 5.79 ERA in four June starts.

Cole Sulser struck out two in a scoreless seventh. Garrett Cleavinger got two outs in the eighth but left with two runners on base. Kevin Kelly retired Bobby Witt Jr. on a comebacker to end the threat. Kelly allowed the first two batters to reach in the ninth before closing it out for his fourth save.

Lugo (3-6) struck out Caminero his next two times up, but Cedric Mullins hit his ninth homer — a two-out shot in the sixth for a 3-0 advantage. Lugo gave up three runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts in six innings.

Mullins drove in the Rays' final run with a single off Jose Cuas in the eighth.

Tampa Bay is the first AL team to 50 wins and has opened up a 3 1/2-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East.

Up next Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (4-2, 4.15 ERA) was set to start Thursday in the series finale. The Rays had not announced their starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jensen lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Misner out at second, Caglianone to third.
	9th Inning	Misner grounded into fielder's choice to second, Caglianone safe at second on fielding error by second baseman Palacios.
	9th Inning	Misner hit for Marte
	9th Inning	Caglianone singled to center.
	9th Inning	Díaz grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

TB		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	14
2	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	6
37	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
5.3	Runs Created	-0.3
.306	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.528	Slugging Percentage	.188
.167	Secondary Average	.031
.324	On Base Percentage	.212
.852	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.400
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.3
37.0	Batter Rating	6.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.222	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.139	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.156
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
88.0	MLB Rating	63.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0