ST. PETERSBURG -- Evan Longoria hit his 30th home run of the season in the Rays' 4-3 win over the Red Sox in 11 innings Wednesday night.
In doing so, the Rays' slugger moved past Carlos Pena to become the only player in team history to log four 30 home run seasons. Longoria spoke about reaching 30 prior to Thursday afternoon's game, and clearly the milestone felt special.
Longoria told reporters that he wrote down "some numbers" at the beginning of the season, basically setting goals for the first time in his career.
"I had actually written down a bigger number than 30," Longoria said.