Rays bats quiet in defeat

July 6, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Shhh. Once again, the bats of the Tampa Bay Rays are sleeping. Careful, or you might wake them up. The Rays, who tend to go quiet on the days their Big Three do, lost their second straight game Sunday in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Houston Astros at Daikin […]

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Rays can’t hold onto lead over Astros

July 5, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. When a team is riding a winning streak, it always seems rude when a game turns out the wrong way. But this? The Rays blew a five-run lead and lost 10-8 to the Houston Astros. Yordan Alvarez homered twice and drove in six runs as the Astros stopped the Rays’ nine-game winning […]

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Rays keep winning; Junior homers again

July 4, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. And on today’s ongoing Junior News, he’s at it again. These days, what’s up with Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays is a separate category of what’s going on with his team. Both are soaring, by the way. After taking a night off from his home run streak, Caminero homered again […]

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Caminero’s streak ends, but not the Rays’

July 3, 2026 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Turns out, the Rays can win without Junior Caminero. It just isn’t as much fun. Caminero had his six-game home run streak stopped Thursday night in a 5-2 victory over Kansas City. It was a rare quiet game by Caminero, who had nine homers in his previous eight games. This season, Caminero […]

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Rays, Junior keep the heat on in win

July 2, 2026 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Before you ask, yeah, the other guys played pretty well, too. Shane McClanahan threw six innings of three-hit, shutout baseball. Cedric Mullins hit a home run and drove in two runs. Jonathan Arandz had two hits to drive his average up to .294. Taylor Walls had three hits. But, yeah, the kid […]

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Another game, another homer for Junior

July 1, 2026 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Wait. Did you hear the latest about Junior Caminero? Well, he led the Rays to a victory again. He hit another home run, his eighth in the last seven games. He drove in three more runs, giving him 18 in the last seven. He has hit .481 over those seven games. Oh, […]

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Caminero’s assault continues in win

June 29, 2026 general

Monday, 4 a.m. He has outgrown all of the adjectives. Any further descriptions of Junior Caminero seem stale, insufficient. He is the hottest hitter in Major League Baseball, and no one else is second. Yes, Caminero hit another home run Sunday. Of course he did. It was his seventh home run in six games, and […]

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Rays retake first place after win

June 28, 2026 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Well, look who’s back in first place. The Tampa Bay Rays, in free-fall in recent weeks, have climbed back into the lead in the American League East. They re-passed the New York Yankees by percentage points with a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Once again, the Rays rode their big three […]

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Another Caminero homer leads Rays

June 27, 2026 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The relentless attack of Junior Caminero isn’t over yet. One day after his three home-run day, Caminero kept it going Friday night at Tropicana Field. Caminero launched a 437-foot home run to lead the Rays to a 6-1 win over Arizona. Caminero, who now has 20 home runs on the season, homered […]

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Caminero leads Rays to big victory

June 26, 2026 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For nine innings, they were in a race toward history. The bat. The arm. No one could stop either of them. There was the star, Junior Caminero. Already one of the finest young stars in baseball. Camerino has never been better. He launched three home runs in the game, leading the Rays […]

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