You couldn’t script Friday night’s game against the Orioles any better.
Before the contest, Brandon Lowe was activated from the 10-Day IL and Curtis Mead was optioned to AAA Durham. Lowe went 1-4 with a single.
Tampa Bay jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first. Chandler Simpson extended his franchise-leading rookie hitting streak to 17 with a double in the first inning
On the second pitch that Home Run Derby runner-up Junior Caminero saw, a 115 MPH, 539-foot blast off of the Steinbrenner Field scoreboard, and his 25th of the season.
In the second, Danny Jansen smashed a solo shot of his own to make it 4-0.