Tuesday’s five home runs – including two by first baseman Brad Miller – came one shy of that franchise record.The Rays (49-69) chased Padres starter Edwin Jackson after only four innings, then tagged reliever Carlos Villanueva for another seven runs, all on home runs.
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The Tampa Bay Rays rank in the bottom third of the majors in runs scored but one would have a hard time convincing the San Diego Padres of that fact.
The Rays, who have struggled with runners in scoring position this season, got a clutch hit in the second inning from catcher Luke Maile, who had five RBIs in his first 19 games with the Rays this season. Catching for the Padres Derek Norris. “That’s one thing I wish that I could’ve given Tampa”.
Miller hit two of the Rays’ five home runs in a 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. “I pretty much single-handily sucked the soul out of the team”. “As a starter your job is to go deep and I feel like as a starter it’s my job to keep the team in the game and I didn’t do that tonight”. San Diego saw Mets pitcher Steven Matz take a no-hitter into the eighth inning Sunday on the way to a 5-1 Mets win, and the Rays bounced back to close a series at the Yankees with a 12-3 win.
It’s not often a baseball team can reset their season record for runs and almost do the same on the mound with strikeouts, but the Rays came up with 15 runs and 15 strikeouts in an easy 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Tropicana Field.
“He made some real nice adjustments, but for us offensively we dug too much of a hole, swung up in the zone a lot, ” Padres manager Andy Green said.
Forsythe hit his fifth homer in his last 13 games off Luis Perdomo (5-7) to put the Rays up 3-1 in the second. Nick Franklin and Miller had two-run home runs in the fifth, Corey Dickerson added a solo shot in the sixth and Evan Longoria hit his team-best 27th, a two-run shot, in the seventh.
Padres: INF Luis Sardinas was acquired from Seattle for cash considerations or a player to be named and optioned to Triple-A El Paso. Campos had a 6.59 ERA in 10 games after allowing five runs in Monday’s 8-2 loss to the Rays.
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (right shoulder inflammation) will throw batting practice Tuesday. OF Jon Jay (fractured right forearm) is not ready to return, as determined by a CT scan. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Padres transferred RHP Erik Johnson to the 60-day disabled list.
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His mound opponent in the series finale, Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich (4-8, 4.84 ERA), is enduring a similar lack of support.
