Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 1
When: 7:35 PM ET, Friday, July 18, 2025
Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Florida
Temperature:
91°
Umpires:
Home -
Sean Barber, 1B -
D.J. Reyburn, 2B -
James Hoye, 3B -
John Libka
Attendance:
10046
By Field Level Media
Yandy Diaz belted his second career grand slam, Junior Caminero added a pair of homers and Danny Jansen also went deep, lifting the host Tampa Bay Rays to an 11-1 romp over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.
Caminero launched a three-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the sixth to help the Rays snap a four-game skid.
Rookie Chandler Simpson joined Diaz and Caminero with three hits to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.
The offense was more than enough for Taj Bradley (6-6), who scattered three hits over six scoreless innings to atone for a pair of tough outings against Baltimore last month. Bradley went 0-1 in those games after yielding 12 runs (11 earned) on 14 hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Brandon Lowe went 1-for-4 in his return from the 10-day injured list. He went on the shelf before the break with left oblique tightness and missed the All-Star Game in Atlanta.
Colton Cowser had three hits and Gunnar Henderson added two and scored a run for the Orioles, who have lost three in a row.
Simpson ripped a double to lead off the first inning and Diaz walked to set the stage for Caminero, who smacked a 0-1 curveball from Charlie Morton (5-8) over the wall in left-center field.
Jansen sent a 0-1 fastball from Morton over the wall in left-center field to extend the Rays' lead to 4-0 in the second inning. Jansen's homer was his 10th of the season.
Josh Lowe ripped an RBI double in the third inning and Jake Mangum scored on a throwing error in the sixth before Diaz broke open the game. Diaz deposited a 1-0 sinker from reliever Grant Wolfram over the wall in right-center field for his 15th homer of the season.
The Rays weren't done, however. Caminero stepped up two batters later and sent a first-pitch sinker over the wall in right field for his team-leading 25th homer of the season and fourth in his last six games.
Morton permitted seven runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings to sustain his first loss since May 7.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Baltimore
|
5 |
0 |
8 |
.156 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Tampa Bay
|
13 |
4 |
27 |
.351 |
19 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
0 |