ST. PETERSBURG -- Nelson Cruz has created quite a splash for the Mariners in his inaugural season in Seattle, but the big slugger took that to a new level by landing his game-winning three-run blast into the open fish tank in right-center field at Tropicana Field in Wednesday's 3-0 victory over the Rays.
Cruz became just the fourth player ever to splash down among the rays in the 35-foot, 10,000-gallon "touch tank" where fans can literally feel the fish. The others were Jose Lobaton of the Rays in 2013, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers in 2013 and Luis Gonzalez of the Dodgers in 2007.