San Diego Padres at Tampa Bay Rays

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San Diego Padres

77-61, 40-29 Away

Final
4 - 11

Tampa Bay Rays

67-68, 35-35 Home

Caminero and Caballero fuel Rays' offense in 11-4 win over Padres

Caminero went deep against Randy Vásquez (4-7) in a four-run second inning to help Tampa Bay take a 5-2 lead. Baseball's top-ranked prospect has three homers and seven RBI in 17 major league games.

“He’s No. 1 for a reason,” Caballero said. “He’s got so many tools. He’s pretty comfortable (in the spotlight). I can tell you he likes that. He’s having fun with everything, and that’s good for the team.”

Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run homer in the first and finished with three hits for the Padres, who hold the second NL wild card. San Diego won the opener of the three-game series 13-5 on Friday night.

Despite the loss, the Padres are 27-12 since the All-Star break.

“I’d say it’s a pretty good spot,” manager Mike Shildt said.

Shane Baz (2-2) allowed two runs and two hits in five innings as the Rays won for the third time in nine games. The right-hander missed his previous turn due to the flu and lost 11 pounds while he was ill.

“Just finding the fastball command,” Baz said. “Felt like I found it at the end of the first and carried it out there into the second. I think that made a big difference.”

After Josh Lowe was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs in the fourth, Caballero drove in two runs with a single and Ben Rortvedt had an RBI single that made it 8-2.

Caballero also delivered an RBI single in the first and a run-scoring grounder in the eighth.

Brandon Lowe had three hits and scored three times for the Rays.

Vásquez, recalled from Triple-A El Paso on Monday for his fifth stint this year with the Padres, gave up nine runs, 11 hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings.

“He just couldn’t close out innings,” Shildt said. “Get that big pitch, that big out in a couple of innings.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (left groin strain) threw a four-inning simulated game Friday and Shildt said the reports were “very favorable.” But he didn’t offer a timeline moving forward. … OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (right thigh stress reaction) continues getting at-bats in Arizona and might not need a minor league rehab assignment before rejoining the Padres. … C Kyle Higashioka was scratched with flu-like symptoms.

Rays: 1B Yandy Díaz (left knee) was out of the lineup one day after getting hurt. He is day-to-day. … RHP Pete Fairbanks (right lat strain) resumed playing catch. … LHP Colin Poche (shoulder inflammation) went on the 10-day injured list.

Padres RHP Dylan Cease (12-10, 3.57 ERA) and Rays RHP Ryan Pepiot (7-6, 3.61) are Sunday’s starters.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 46.5%

Padres: 53.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Machado grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Cronenworth out at second.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth reached on infield single to shortstop, Arraez to second, Solano to third.
	9th Inning	Profar struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Arraez singled to center, Solano to second.
	9th Inning	Solano singled to right.
	9th Inning	Solano hit for McCoy

Statistics

SD		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	4
4	Runs Batted In	11
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	13
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	11
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	23
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	21
40	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
5.3	Runs Created	8.8
.278	Batting Average	.351
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.568
.278	Secondary Average	.324
.350	On Base Percentage	.429
.767	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.996
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.9
34.0	Batter Rating	68.5
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.75	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.139	Isolated Power	.216
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.095
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.027
8.0	Runs Produced	22.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
85.3	MLB Rating	109.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0