Junior Caminero’s 40th homer and 100th RBI help Rays beat Mariners 6-5

TAMPA Fla AP Junior Caminero hit his th homer and later drove in his th run as the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners - on Tuesday night Raleigh hit his st homer extending his major league record for home runs by a catcher but he popped out with two men on base to end the encounter against Garrett Cleavinger who earned his second save Caminero who turned in July went deep in the sixth inning against Bryan Woo to tie the championship at -all and he reached RBIs with a two-run double in the seventh off Gabe Speier - that made it - He became the fourth athlete in major league history to hit at least homers in his age- season or younger joining Mel Ott Eddie Mathews and Ronald Acu a Jr The Rays have won five straight to climb back to at - Julio Rodr guez went back-to-back with Raleigh when he homered in the fourth and Jorge Polanco added a two-out longball that inning all against Drew Rasmussen who gave up just three homers in August Kevin Kelly - pitched innings of scoreless relief Key moment After Griffin Jax loaded the bases in the ninth with Tampa Bay leading - Cleavinger came in and gave up a sacrifice fly by Mitch Garver then got Randy Arozarena to fly out and retired Raleigh Key stat Caminero became the first American League member in his age- season to drive in at least runs since Alex Rodriguez who finished with in Up next George Kirby - ERA starts Wednesday night for the Mariners as they try to avoid a three-game sweep Adrian Houser - goes for the Rays AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source