DeLuca’s three RBIs lift Rays past Padres in 11
TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Jonny DeLuca had three RBIs and Tyler Wells pitched a scoreless 11th inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday at George Steinbrenner Field.
DeLuca homered with Junior Caminero aboard in the ninth inning to tie the game, then reached on an error in the 11th as the Rays rallied. Jorge Mateo singled to score Kenny Piper with the winning run. Junior Caminero hit a solo homer in the fourth, and Tampa Bay scored twice in the ninth and twice in the 11th.
San Diego took a 2-0 lead on Xander Bogaerts’ two-run single in the fourth. Ty France and Sung-Mun Song added sacrifice flies. The Padres had six hits; Tampa Bay had seven.
Drew Rasmussen struck out six over six innings for the Rays, allowing two runs and four hits. Robbie Ray allowed one run and three hits over six innings for San Diego. Wells (3-2) got the win, and David Morgan (2-1) took the loss.
The attendance was 19,576, and the game lasted 3:18. Tampa Bay improved to 82-55, while San Diego fell to 72-65.