Rays Beat Astros 3-1 for Their 9th Straight Win
Nick Fortes and Junior Caminero powered Tampa Bay with home runs as the Rays won for the ninth straight game, their longest active MLB streak.
- On Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Houston Astros 3-1 in Houston, extending their major league-leading win streak to nine games with contributions from Nick Fortes.
- Junior Caminero broke a 2-1 tie with a solo shot in the seventh inning against Steven Okert, giving the 22-year-old his 25th homer of the season.
- Yordan Alvarez hit his American League-leading 27th home run, a 427-foot shot off Rays starter Nick Martinez that tied the game 1-1 in the sixth inning.
- Kevin Kelly pitched 1 2/3 innings of relief to earn the win with a 5-3 record, while Bryan Baker recorded his 23rd save with a scoreless ninth.
- Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen starts Saturday against RHP Hunter Brown in the second of a three-game series.
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Rays outlast Astros in pitcher's duel for ninth straight win
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Junior Caminero smacked his 10th home run over his last 10 games and Nick Fortes added a pair of run-scoring extra-base hits as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to nine games with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday. Caminero, the American League Player of the Month in June,
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Fortes, Caminero hit HRs, Rays beat Astros 3-1 for 9th straight win
Nick Fortes homered and hit a run-scoring double, Junior Caminero added a solo shot, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 3-1 to extend the longest active win streak in the majors to nine games.
Houston.- The Dominican Junior Caminero connected his 25th home run of the season, Nick Fortes towed two races and the Rays extended their winning streak to nine games by defeating the Astros on Friday night 3-1 at Daikin Park. Both the Astros opener, Spencer Arrighetti, and the Rays, Nick Martinez, looked dominant from the first pitching. In the sixth inning, Fortes, who hit ninth in the order, broke the tie without a notation by punishing an A…
Fortes, Caminero homer as Rays beat Astros for ninth straight win
HOUSTON — Nick Fortes homered and hit a run-scoring double, Junior Caminero added a solo shot, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night to extend the longest active win streak in the major leagues to nine games. The Rays have homered in a season-high eight consecutive games. Tampa Bay’s streak of nine straight games scoring at least four runs was snapped. Steven Okert (1-1) replaced starter Spencer Arrighetti to begin t…
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