Saturday, 4 a.m.
The Tampa Bay Rays, suddenly, have discovered the joy of baseball on the other side of the fence.
The Rays, who have spent most of the season sd the worst home-run hitting teams in the majors, launched four out of the park Friday night at Tropicana Field. They have now homered in 12 of their last 14 games and a AL-leading 16 homers for the month.
The Rays still aren't built on power, but they have climbed to 26th in the league in homers.
The Rays got homers from Richie Palacios, Cedric Mullins, Victor Mesa Jr. and Junior Caminero. Caminero now has 28 on the season.
Chandler Simpson singled in a run and Taylor Walls drove in another one with a sacrifice fly.
For the Rays, Jonathan Ararnda, Simpson and Mesa Jr. all hda three hits. Caminero had two.
Nick Martinez won the game, improving his record to 8-2.
The Rays and Mariners play again today at 4:10 p.m. at Tropicana Field. Griffin Jax (4-6) will start for the Rays against Logan Gilbert (7-5).
