Tonight was supposed to be about the return of the No. 2 prospect in baseball, Junior Caminero, to the Tampa Bay Rays from Triple-A Durham.
Instead, Houston Astros’ Yordan Alvarez broke the scoreboard in Tropicana Field during batting practice before a game with little offensive highlights for the Rays to show anyway.
After a scoreless first inning from both sides, the game came alive in the bottom of the second inning. Junior Caminero had his first at-bat in his return and struck out swinging. Following Caminero’s strikeout, José Caballero laced a double down the left field line, setting the stage for Josh Lowe, who promptly delivered an RBI single, giving the Rays an early 1-0 lead.