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- Junior Caminero's 40th homer and 100th RBI help Rays beat Mariners 6-5</p>
<p>KRISTIE ACKERT September 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Mariners Rays BaseballTampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero lines an RBI single off Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit his 40th homer and drove in four runs to reach 100 RBIs as the Tampa Bay Rays held on to beat Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Raleigh hit his 51st homer, extending his major league record for home runs by a catcher, but he popped out with two men on base to end the game against Garrett Cleavinger, who earned his second save.</p>
<p>Caminero, who turned 22 in July, had an RBI single in the first inning, went deep in the sixth against Bryan Woo to tie the game at 3-all, and got to 100 RBIs with a two-run double in the seventh off Gabe Speier (2-2) that made it 6-4. He became the fourth player in major league history to hit at least 40 homers in his age-21 season or younger, joining Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Ronald Acuña Jr.</p>
<p>The Rays have won five straight to climb back to .500 at 69-69.</p>
<p>Julio Rodríguez went back-to-back with Raleigh when he homered in the fourth, and Jorge Polanco added a two-out longball that inning — all against Drew Rasmussen, who gave up just three homers in August.</p>
<p>Kevin Kelly (1-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>After Griffin Jax loaded the bases in the ninth with Tampa Bay leading 6-4, Cleavinger came in and gave up a sacrifice fly by Mitch Garver, then got Randy Arozarena to fly out and retired Raleigh.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Caminero became the first American League player in his age-21 season to drive in at least 100 runs since Alex Rodriguez, who finished with 123 in 1996.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>George Kirby (8-6, 3.94 ERA) starts Wednesday night for the Mariners as they try to avoid a three-game sweep. Adrian Houser (7-4, 2.85) goes for the Rays.</p>
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<p>AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb</p>
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