{"id":2483250,"date":"2026-07-01T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2483250"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:33:24","slug":"junior-caminero-homers-again-ryan-vilade-also-goes-deep-as-tampa-bay-beats-kansas-city-10-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/junior-caminero-homers-again-ryan-vilade-also-goes-deep-as-tampa-bay-beats-kansas-city-10-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Caminero homers again, Ryan Vilade also goes deep as Tampa Bay beats Kansas City 10-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Junior Caminero homered for the fifth straight game, a three-run shot that highlighted a six-run second inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays rolled from there to a 10-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Caminero, the reigning AL player of the week, announced earlier in the day that he would <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/junior-caminero-home-run-derby-6c7359f6ed2a4cad2b3642a9901682f3\">participate in the All-Star Home Run Derby<\/a><\/span> after finishing second to the Mariners\u2019 Cal Raleigh last year. Then, the 22-year-old third baseman crushed a pitch from Noah Cameron over the left-field wall for his 23rd homer of the season and the eighth in his last seven games.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Vilade added a homer of his own on the very next pitch, giving Tampa Bay hitters 13 of them in their last five games. Nick Fortes also drove in a pair of runs while Jonathan Aranda had an RBI single and reached base four times.<\/p>\n<p>Rays starter Griffin Jax (4-5) allowed a leadoff homer to Carter Jensen and a two-run shot to Bobby Witt Jr., but still made it through six innings. The right-hander struck out five without a walk to beat the Royals for the second time in a week.<\/p>\n<p>Witt added a solo homer in the eighth inning off Rays reliever Cole Sulser for his seventh career multi-homer game. Jensen\u2019s homer extended his hitting streak to 20 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron (4-6), who gave up five runs in five innings against Tampa Bay last week, allowed six on nine hits and three walks in 3 2\/3 innings this time. The left-hander has allowed 21 earned runs over his last four starts covering just 18 innings.<\/p>\n<p>The AL East-leading Rays improved to a majors-best 19-7 against left-handed starters this season.<\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<p>Rays LHP Shane McLanahan (6-5, 3.30 ERA) will try to snap a three-game skid when he makes his fourth career start against Kansas City on Wednesday night. Royals RHP Seth Lugo (3-5, 4.18) will try to bounce back from a dismal start last week against Tampa Bay, when he allowed seven runs on seven hits and two walks in just five innings.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source apnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. 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