Tampa Bay Rays at Houston Astros
· Major League Baseball
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Caminero hits 2 of Tampa Bay's season-high 5 homers as Rays rout Astros 16-3
Littell (5-5) allowed 10 hits and three runs with six strikeouts. The Rays have won each of Littell’s last seven starts and he’s 5-0 in that stretch.
The 21-year-old Caminero had a career-best four hits and drove in five runs. The performance comes after he set a career high with six RBI on Thursday in a 13-3 victory.
Yandy Díaz, Jake Mangum and Josh Lowe also homered for the Rays, who had a season-best 18 hits and whose 16 runs tied a season high.
Díaz had a two-run shot in the third and Caminero put the Rays in front 4-3 with his solo homer to the seats in left field to start the fourth.
Tampa Bay led by 2 when Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to a career-long 13 games with an RBI double with one out in the sixth. Caminero followed with double to make it 7-3.
Mangum, a rookie who came off the injured list Friday, smacked a ball to the bullpen in right-center for his first career homer to push the lead to 9-3 and a two-run shot by Josh Lowe left Tampa Bay up 11-3.
There were two on with one out in the eighth when Caminero went deep again to make it 14-3 and give him his first career multi-homer game.
Jeremy Peña homered twice for the Astros, who fell to 1-2 in this four-game series.
Houston starter Colton Gordon (0-1) allowed five hits and four runs in five innings.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Rodgers struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Dubón reached on infield single to third, Smith to second, Caratini to third. |
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9th Inning | Meyers struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Smith walked, Caratini to second. |
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9th Inning | Caratini singled to center. |
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9th Inning | Diaz lined out to right. |
Statistics
 TB |
 HOU |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 12 |
| 12 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 16 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 18 | Hits | 10 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 16 | Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 44 | At Bats | 35 |
| 5 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 16 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 1 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 7 | Doubles | 0 |
| 23 | Fly Balls | 17 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 171 | Pitches | 117 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 40 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 48 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 810.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 12 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 15.7 | Runs Created | 4.5 |
| .409 | Batting Average | .286 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .909 | Slugging Percentage | .457 |
| .614 | Secondary Average | .200 |
| .458 | On Base Percentage | .324 |
| 1.367 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .781 |
| 0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
| 16.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.5 |
| 112.0 | Batter Rating | 28.0 |
| 8.8 | At Bats Per Home Run | 17.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.56 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.16 |
| .500 | Isolated Power | .171 |
| 0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.17 |
| .083 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .027 |
| .205 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.086 |
| 32.0 | Runs Produced | 6.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 1.0 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.5 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 140.8 | MLB Rating | 83.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
