San Diego Padres at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

72-64, 31-36 Away

Final
6 - 7

Tampa Bay Rays

81-54, 45-23 Home

Simpson's RBI single caps 4-run 7th inning as Rays rally to defeat Padres 7-6

Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda homered as the Rays won their third straight and for the fifth time in six games.

Kevin Kelly (6-3) earned the win with 1 2/3 innings in relief. Bryan Baker recorded his league-leading 39th save by working a scoreless ninth. Starter Nick Martinez allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out four in six innings.

Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3) took the loss after failing to record an out while facing four batters in the seventh. Walker Buehler allowed seven hits and three runs while striking out three in five innings. Ty France hit a two-run home run for San Diego.

The Rays scored four times in the seventh inning. Diaz hit a bases-loaded single off the base of the wall in center. On the play, Rengifo was injured after taking a relay throw and while trying to cut down Cedric Mullins at the plate in a run down. When his throw sailed wide, Rengifo fell to the ground and two additional runners scored, tying the game at 6.

Rengifo needed assistance to stand and was carted off the field. The Padres said after the game that Rengifo would return to San Diego for further evaluation.

Simpson then delivered a two-out, run-scoring single to left that plated Diaz four batters later.

The Padres took a three-run lead in the top of the seventh on Manny Machado's two-run single with the bases loaded. San Diego then executed a delayed double-steal allowing Fernando Tatis, Jr., to score from third.

Aranda hit a 453-foot home run to center field in the third. Caminero ended a 15-game homer drought with a solo shot in the sixth.

Up next Padres LHP Robbie Ray (11-7, 3.21 ERA) faces Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (14-5, 2.95) in the series finale on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Merrill grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	France struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bowen ran for Machado
	9th Inning	Machado walked.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Kelly

Statistics

SD		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	14
8	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	11
3	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	18
41	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.7	Runs Created	6.3
.270	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.378	Slugging Percentage	.529
.297	Secondary Average	.294
.341	On Base Percentage	.378
.720	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.908
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
40.0	Batter Rating	43.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.27	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.108	Isolated Power	.206
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
11.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
87.0	MLB Rating	93.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0