Caminero, Fraley and DeLuca homer as Rays pound White Sox 8-3 for 5th
straight win
[April 16, 2026]
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
CHICAGO (AP) — Junior Caminero, Jake Fraley and Jonny
DeLuca homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays pounded the Chicago White Sox 8-3
on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.
Caminero gave the Rays a 1-0 lead in the third with a rocket down the
left-field line against White Sox starter Sean Burke (0-2) for his third
homer. He added an RBI groundout in the fifth before Jonathan Aranda
doubled in run. |
Tampa Bay Rays's Junior Caminero (13) celebrates after hitting a home
run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago
White Sox, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) |
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Fraley made it 4-0 when he led off the sixth with a shot to
right for his first home run. DeLuca, batting for Fraley, capped
a four-run seventh with a three-run drive against Tyler Gilbert.
Jesse Scholtens (1-0) threw one-hit ball over five innings in
relief after Cole Sulser worked the first two as Tampa Bay's
opener.
The start of the game was delayed a few minutes after a singer
leading the “Jackie Robinson Day” festivities collapsed. The
White Sox said Gerald Chaney, a longtime anthem performer, was
alert before being taken to the hospital after he collapsed
while performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
The White Sox have lost seven of nine. They did all their
scoring in the ninth to avoid being shut out for the third time
in five games.
Burke gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Sam Antonacci led off the second with a single in his first
major league at-bat, only to get thrown out trying to take
second on a bounced pitch. He was the second highly touted
prospect to debut for Chicago in as many days after prized
left-hander Noah Schultz went 4 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss.
Up next
Tampa Bay's Steven Matz (3-0, 3.94 ERA) and Chicago's Anthony
Kay (1-0, 2.45) get the ball in a matchup between left-handers
to close the three-game series.
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