Caminero hits 2 of Tampa Bay's season-high 5 homers as Rays rout Astros 16-3
Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy watches his two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Houston Astros starting pitcher Colton Gordon throws against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zack Littell throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Houston Astros' Jeremy Pena (3) celebrates his two-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays with Jose Altuve during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy watches his two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Houston Astros starting pitcher Colton Gordon throws against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zack Littell throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Houston Astros' Jeremy Pena (3) celebrates his two-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays with Jose Altuve during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his solo home run against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
HOUSTON (AP) — Junior Caminero hit two of Tampa Bay's season-high five home runs and Zack Littell threw his first career complete game as the Rays sailed to a 16-3 victory over the Houston Astros Saturday.
Littell (5-5) allowed 10 hits and three runs with six strikeouts. The Rays have won each of Littell's last seven starts and he's 5-0 in that stretch.
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The 21-year-old Caminero had a career-best four hits and drove in five runs. The performance comes after he set a career high with six RBIs on Thursday in a 13-3 victory.
Yandy Díaz, Jake Mangum and Josh Lowe also homered for the Rays, who had a season-best 18 hits and whose 16 runs tied a season high.
Díaz had a two-run shot in the third and Caminero put the Rays in front 4-3 with his solo homer to the seats in left field to start the fourth.
Tampa Bay led by 2 when Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to a career-long 13 games with an RBI double with one out in the sixth. Caminero followed with double to make it 7-3.
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Mangum, a rookie who came off the injured list Friday, smacked a ball to the bullpen in right-center for his first career homer to push the lead to 9-3 and a two-run shot by Josh Lowe left Tampa Bay up 11-3.
There were two on with one out in the eighth when Caminero went deep again to make it 14-3 and give him his first career multi-homer game.
Jeremy Peña homered twice for the Astros, who fell to 1-2 in this four-game series.
Houston starter Colton Gordon (0-1) allowed five hits and four runs in five innings.
Key moment
Tampa Bay's six-run seventh inning made it 11-3.
Key stat
Tampa Bay allowed four or fewer runs for the 12th straight game, which is the team's longest streak since a 16-game stretch to end the 2021 season.
Up next
Tampa Bay's Taj Bradley (4-4, 4.38 ERA) opposes RHP Hunter Brown (7-3, 2.00) when the series concludes Sunday.
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