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Spring training roundup: Rays blast Braves behind 12-run eighth

Moises Gomez smacked a three-run home run to cap a 12-run eighth inning as the host Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Atlanta Braves 16-5 on Sunday afternoon in Port Charlotte, Fla.

The Rays entered the bottom of the eighth trailing 5-4 but used a combination of eight hits, four walks and two wild pitches to punctuate a 16-hit attack in the comeback win.

Gomez also doubled in going 2-for-3, while Chris Betts, Kevin Kiermaier, Joseph Odom and Wander Franco also had a pair of hits apiece -- with Betts and Odom each contributing three RBIs. Freddie Freeman hit his first homer of spring training and Alex Jackson also went deep for the Braves.