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08/30 16:31 CDT Jonny DeLuca's homer ties game in ninth, Jorge Mateo wins it
for Rays in 11th in 5-4 win over Padres
Jonny DeLuca's homer ties game in ninth, Jorge Mateo wins it for Rays in 11th
in 5-4 win over Padres
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Jonny DeLuca hit a two-out, two-run homer off
Mason Miller to tie it in the ninth inning and Jorge Mateo singled in the
winning run in the 11th as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on
Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
Miller appeared to close it out when Samad Taylor chased down DeLuca's shot to
left field, but the ball fell out of Taylor's glove when he hit the wall and
landed on the other side to tie it 3-3.
Miller has allowed homers in back-to-back games after not allowing any in his
first 53 appearances. It was only his second blown save in 34 opportunities.
Automatic runner Manny Machado took third on a wild pitch from Rays reliever
Tyler Wells (3-2) to start the 11th and Ty France followed with a sacrifice fly
for a 4-3 lead.
Liam Hicks had a one-out single off David Morgan (2-1) to put runners on the
corners. Pinch runner Kenny Piper stole second before Chandler Simpson was
intentionally walked to load the bases.
DeLuca reached on an error by shortstop Xander Bogaerts, allowing the tying run
to score, before Mateo walked it off.
Drew Rasmussen had a string of seven straight wins end and missed a chance to
become the first Rays pitcher to win six games in a calendar month. He allowed
two runs on four hits over six innings.
Robbie Ray gave up a run on three hits in six innings for San Diego and left
with a lead before Tampa rallied to beat the Padres for a sixth straight time.
Bogaerts had a two-run single in the fourth to give the Padres a 2-0 lead and
Sung-Mun Song had a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Junior Caminero homered for a second straight day --- a 440-foot in the fourth
to cut it to 2-1 and extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Nineteen of his 37
homers have traveled at least 420 feet --- most in the majors.
Fernando Tatis Jr. was ejected after he was called out for running in fair
territory on a comebacker to end the Padres' seventh.
Up next
Padres: Begin a three-game series against the Reds on Monday. RHP Michael King
(8-9, 3.23 ERA) starts opposite Reds RHP Brady Singer (5-12, 4.72) in the
opener.
Rays: LHP Ian Seymour (9-5, 4.21) starts Monday against the visiting Mets and
RHP Robert Stock (0-3, 7.40).
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