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04/15 21:41 CDT Caminero, Fraley and DeLuca homer as Rays pound White Sox 8-3
for 5th straight win
Caminero, Fraley and DeLuca homer as Rays pound White Sox 8-3 for 5th straight
win
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
AP Sports Writer
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.
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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