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DeLuca has 10 RBIs in his four appearances for
the Rays, who reached the .500 mark through 36 games.
Harold Ramirez went 4-for-4 with a double, three runs, an RBI
and a stolen base. In his season debut, Josh Lowe batted third
and was 2-for-5 with a double.
Rays starter Tyler Alexander tossed four-plus innings and
allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while fanning a
season-high seven.
Erasmo Ramirez (2-0) fired three scoreless innings to win for
the second time in two days. He allowed no hits and one walk,
striking out one.
Chicago's Tommy Pham hit a two-run home run, but the club
managed just four hits, committed two errors and had its
two-game winning streak snapped.
In his first outing for the White Sox this season, right-hander
Mike Clevinger (0-1) lasted two-plus innings and surrendered
four runs (three earned) on six hits. He walked four without a
strikeout.
The Rays sent eight batters to the plate in the second inning
and produced three runs.
After Tampa Bay loaded the bases with no outs, DeLuca hit a
two-run single. Yandy Diaz then legged out a fielder's choice to
score Ben Rortvedt for a three-run lead.
Chicago cut into its deficit in the next half-inning, as Pham
swatted his two-run homer to right-center field. The 374-foot
shot was his second home run this season.
In the third, Harold Ramirez's single scored Amed Rosario, who
opened the frame with a stand-up triple, to give the Rays a 4-2
lead. White Sox reliever Jared Shuster pitched out of trouble to
keep it a two-run deficit.
After Harold Ramirez's leadoff double in the fifth, Rortvedt
built the lead back to three when he lined an RBI single to left
off Shuster.
DeLuca then hammered a changeup for a two-run homer to
left-center, his first long ball of the year, for a 7-2
advantage.
A throwing error by pitcher Tim Hill on Jose Caballero's infield
single allowed Harold Ramirez to race home for the final run in
the sixth.
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