Junior Caminero homered in a career-best fourth consecutive game as the Tampa Bay Rays finish a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-1 victoryByERIK ERLENDSSON Associated PressJune 28, 2026, 4:32 PMST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Junior Caminero homered in a career-best fourth consecutive game, Drew Rasmussen threw six shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays finished a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-1 victory Sunday.Cedric Mullins and Ben Williamson added solo home runs for Tampa Bay, which has won five consecutive games and went 7-3 on its homestand. The series sweep was the eighth of the season by the Rays.Caminero has six home runs in during his four-game homer streak – including three against Kansas City on Thursday — and has seven in his last six games overall. A 463-foot shot to left-center field in the fifth inning on Sunday put Tampa Bay in front 4-0.Rasmussen (7-4) allowed three hits, struck out five and hit two batters to finish June allowing a total of three runs allowed over 33 innings in five starts. Craig Kimbrel, Garrett Cleavinger and Trevor Martin combined to allow one run and two hits in relief.Merrill Kelly (5-8) allowed five runs and eight hits for Arizona, which has lost six of eight. Ketel Marte hit a solo home run in the eighth to end the Rays' shutout bid.Caminero drove in the first run of the game with a base hit to bring in Yandy Díaz in the bottom of the first.Mullins hit a solo shot and Díaz added a sacrifice fly in the second before leaving with a shoulder injury in the seventh.Popular ReadsDiamondbacks: Host San Francisco on Monday with RHP Ed Rodriguez (6-2, 2.27 ERA) scheduled to face the Giants RHP Tyler Mahle (1-7, 5.49).Rays: At Kansas City on Tuesday with RHP Griffin Jax (3-5, 3.33) scheduled against Royals LHP Noah Cameron (4-5, 4.50).—AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Caminero homers again, Rasmussen throws 6 shutout innings as Rays sweep Diamondbacks with 5-1 win
Junior Caminero homered in a career-best fourth consecutive game as the Tampa Bay Rays finish a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-1 victory













