Tampa Bay Rays at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

14-14, 5-4 Away

Final
4 - 2

San Diego Padres

17-11, 12-4 Home

Rookie Simpson has 3 hits as the Rays sweep the Padres with a 4-2 win

Simpson has hit safely in all eight games since he made his debut on April 19. He reached base four straight times — a walk and three singles — scored twice and had an RBI single.

The Rays extended their season-best win streak to five. The Padres were swept for the first time this season and have lost a season-high four straight games, in which they've scored only three runs.

Zack Littell (1-5) snapped his five-start losing streak by holding the Padres to two runs and five hits in five innings. Pete Fairbanks pitched the ninth for his second straight save and sixth overall.

Padres starter Randy Vásquez (1-3) retired the first two batters in the fifth before allowing singles to Simpson and Brandon Lowe. Simpson came sliding home headfirst, with his batting helmet flying off, on a wild pitch during Yandy Díaz's at-bat to give the Rays a 3-2 lead

Simpson robbed Manny Machado of a home run in Saturday night's 4-1 win.

The Padres took their first lead in four games with two outs in the second when Jose Iglesias singled in Xander Bogaerts, who had reached with a leadoff single off the glove of third baseman Junior Caminero.

The Rays jumped ahead 2-1 in the third on Taylor Walls' first homer of the season, to right field with one out, and Brandon Lowe's RBI single .

Key stat Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. had his 21st career outfield assist when he threw out pinch-runner José Caballero on a one-hopper to Martín Maldonado to end the seventh. The Rays challenged but the call was upheld.

Key moment Simpson's third hit, an RBI single in the ninth that brought in former Padres outfielder Travis Jankowski.

Up next Rays RHP Taj Bradley (2-1, 5.08 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday night at home against Kansas City. The Padres haven't named a starter for Tuesday night's home game against San Francisco.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gurriel grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Gurriel hit for McCoy
	9th Inning	González lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Fairbanks relieved Uceta
	9th Inning	B. Lowe lined out to right.

Statistics

TB		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	15
5	Strikeouts	4
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
10	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	5
38	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.8	Runs Created	0.6
.286	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.179
.200	Secondary Average	.107
.342	On Base Percentage	.250
.742	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.429
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.6
30.0	Batter Rating	13.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.114	Isolated Power	.000
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.071
7.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.5	MLB Rating	67.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0