Samad Taylor ran down Jonny DeLuca's fly ball to left with two outs in the ninth, hit the wall, and the ball came out of his glove and landed on the other side. The Associated Press said that play tied Sunday's game 3-3, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 in 11 innings to finish a three-game sweep.
DeLuca's two-out, two-run homer came off Mason Miller and scored Junior Caminero ahead of him. ESPN's scoring play lists the drive at 319 feet to left, a distance that matches a ball that cleared because it popped the glove rather than because it was crushed.
Miller has allowed home runs in consecutive games after none in his first 53 appearances, and it was his second blown save in 34 chances, the AP reported.
Tampa Bay is 82-54. San Diego is 72-65, per ESPN's game header. ESPN's line score: Padres 4 runs, 6 hits, 1 error; Rays 5 runs, 7 hits, 2 errors, 11 innings.
How it got to 3-1
Xander Bogaerts singled to center in the fourth, scoring Ty France and Jackson Merrill for a 2-0 Padres lead. Caminero answered with a 440-foot homer to left-center that cut it to 2-1 and extended his hitting streak to 13 games. The AP noted that 19 of his 37 home runs have traveled at least 420 feet, most in the majors.
Sung-Mun Song's sacrifice fly in the seventh scored Taylor and made it 3-1.
Fernando Tatis Jr. was ejected at the end of the seventh after he was called out for running in fair territory on a comebacker, the AP said.
Drew Rasmussen worked six innings with two runs on four hits. His streak of seven straight wins ended, and he missed a chance to become the first Rays pitcher to win six games in a calendar month. Robbie Ray threw six innings with one run on three hits and left with the lead.
Tampa Bay has now beaten the Padres in six straight meetings, the AP reported.
