Tuesday, 4 a.m.
The missing bats of the Tampa Bay Rays showed back up on Monday night.
Who would have thought they would have left them in Denver?
The Rays assaulted the Colorado Rockies out of the gate, scoring eight times in the first four innings and coasting to an 13-9 victory at Coors Field.
Tampa Bay, taking advantage of the cellar-dwelling Rockies, assaulted Colorado pitcher Michael Lorenzen with two runs in the first, four in the second and one each in there third and fourth.
Junior Caminero hit two home runs -- taking advantage of the Colorado altitude -- to pace the Rays. His homers were 422 feet and 442 feet.
Caminero has 15 home runs of more than 400 feet this year, most in the majors.
Jonathan Aranda had four hits. Cedric Mullins, Chandler Simpson, Richie Palacios andn Tyler Walls all had two hits.
The Rockies scored seven run in the last three innings to make the final margin closer. Rays' relievers Michael Grove and Casey Legumina gave up six earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Ezequiel Tover had for hits for Colorado.
Ian Seymour won his eighth game of the year for the Rays, going six innings and allowing two earned runs. He struck out nine.
The Rays and Rockies play again tonight at 8:40. Freddy Peralta (5-9) will make his season debut for the Rays against Gabriel Hughes (0-3).