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Sports

Caminero’s 2nd walk-off HR in 4 games lifts Rays 2–1 over Athletics

What happened

The ESPN / AP recap from Tuesday night in St. Petersburg has Junior Caminero hitting his second game-ending home run in four games, an opposite-field liner leading off the ninth that gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 2–1 victory over the Athletics. Caminero hit the third pitch from Elvis Alvarado (5-4) just inside the foul pole in right for his AL-leading 41st homer of the season. The 23-year-old had notched his first career walk-off homer Friday against Houston. Bryan Baker (3-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the Rays. That is the Sports filing: a one-run board, a foul-pole walk-off, and a 2–1 final at Tropicana Field.

Griffin Jax worked five scoreless innings, striking out seven while allowing two hits and no walks. The Athletics tied it in the sixth when Henry Bolte scored on a wild pitch by reliever Ty Johnson; after that run, Tampa Bay’s bullpen retired the final 11 batters. Athletics starter Jack Perkins threw a career-best 6⅔ innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. The Rays have won four in a row and are an MLB-best 35-17 since July 20. Cartoon ballplayers only — never likenesses of living athletes. Bright Rays navy-light blue and Tropicana Field night. White gutters. The ESPN recap URL is the receipt. Skip farm-system speculation and keep politics out of the dugout.

September baseball still moves division and wild-card math on nights like this. A leadoff ninth-inning opposite-field blast after Baker’s perfect frame and Jax’s five scoreless is a clean Sports slot for a Wednesday filing. Readers get Caminero’s AL-leading 41st, Alvarado’s 5-4 line, the third-pitch foul-pole liner, Friday’s first career walk-off vs. Houston, Baker’s 3-2 perfect ninth, Jax’s five scoreless with seven strikeouts, Bolte’s wild-pitch sixth, Perkins’s 6⅔, the four-game streak, and the 35-17 since July 20 — not a season retrospective, just one Tuesday’s wire from St. Pete.

Why it matters

A ninth-inning leadoff walk-off that flips 1–1 into 2–1 is the strip: Alvarado’s third pitch, opposite-field crack just inside the RF foul pole, Rays 2 Athletics 1. Color on the walk-off fireworks and the Tropicana night board. White gutters. Readers get Caminero’s second walk-off in four games and AL-leading 41st, Baker’s perfect ninth, Jax’s five scoreless K7, Bolte’s wild-pitch tie, Perkins’s 6⅔, the four-game win streak, the 35-17 since July 20, and the source URL on the page.

Conclusion

Junior Caminero’s opposite-field leadoff ninth-inning homer — his AL-leading 41st and second walk-off in four games, a third pitch from Elvis Alvarado (5-4) just inside the right-field foul pole — lifted the Rays past the Athletics 2–1 in St. Petersburg after Bryan Baker (3-2) pitched a perfect ninth, Griffin Jax worked five scoreless with seven strikeouts, Henry Bolte scored on a sixth-inning wild pitch, Jack Perkins went 6⅔, and Tampa Bay extended a four-game win streak to 35-17 since July 20, per ESPN / AP. Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401816943

Source: ESPN