St. Louis Cardinals at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

64-67, 29-37 Away

Final
2 - 7

Tampa Bay Rays

63-67, 34-33 Home

Junior Caminero’s grand slam powers Rays to 7-2 win over Cardinals

The Rays (63-67) took two of three games in the series and are 5-5 over their last 10. The Cardinals (64-67) finished a 3-3 trip to Miami and Tampa.

Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore, once a Rays prospect, walked Josh Lowe and Carson Williams to open the fifth inning. After getting one out, Liberatore issued another walk to Chandler Simpson that loaded the bases and ended his outing.

Matt Svanson entered and gave up Caminero’s 381-foot slam to right field on his first pitch.

The homer was Caminero’s 37th of the year, surpassing Alex Rodriguez for the most in one season by an American League player 21 or younger. Simpson added a two-run triple in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-0 and continue his strong rookie campaign.

Christopher Morel hit his 10th homer in the fourth to get the Rays going.

Liberatore (6-11) was charged with four runs on three hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. Ryan Pepiot (9-10) earned the win for Tampa Bay, throwing five scoreless innings while allowing one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.

Key moment During the rain delay, the Cardinals scratched shortstop Masyn Winn because of left knee pain that has been bothering him for weeks.

Key stat The Rays improved to 50-33 when Caminero gets a hit. They are 9-32 when he goes hitless.

Up next The Cardinals return home to face Pittsburgh, with Michael McGreevy (5-2, 4.42 ERA) on the mound for St. Louis. The Rays head to Cleveland, with Ian Seymour (1-0, 3.86) scheduled to make his first major league start.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pozo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walker reached on infield single to third, Gorman to third.
	9th Inning	Saggese flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Gorman singled to center, Burleson scored.
	9th Inning	Contreras struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Burleson to second on wild pitch by Van Belle.

Statistics

STL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	4
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
11	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	1
140	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	17
35	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
0.4	Runs Created	6.7
.156	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.548
.063	Secondary Average	.548
.229	On Base Percentage	.361
.385	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.909
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
13.0	Batter Rating	50.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.80
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.69
.000	Isolated Power	.290
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.139
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.290
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.8	MLB Rating	92.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0