Caminero’s 41st Homer Lifts Rays Past Athletics

Junior Caminero hit a two-out? walk-off home run leading off the ninth inning, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-1 victory over the Athletics. The opposite-field blast was Caminero’s American League-leading 41st homer and his second game-ending shot in four games, keeping Tampa Bay unbeaten on its nine-game homestand. The Rays’ pitching staff held Oakland to four hits, while starter Griffin Jax delivered five scoreless innings and Chandler Simpson went 3-for-3 with a double and a run. Tampa Bay improved to 91-59 and maintained a four-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East, while Caminero’s late-season heroics strengthened his case in the American League MVP race.