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Rays set club mark for HRs in 3-game series

"Home runs are fun," said Colby Rasmus, who went deep in Tuesday night's win. "Chicks dig the long ball. We're just trying to put good swings on it."

The Rays left Cleveland with two wins in three games, thanks largely to an offensive effort fueled by the long ball.

Nine home runs had been the team record, which Tampa Bay accomplished twice: on June 10-12, 2013, vs. Boston and April 16-18, 2013, at Baltimore.

Corey Dickerson started Wednesday's homer parade in the second inning with a 376-foot barreled ball that had a 106.