Junior Caminero hits his 28th homer and Rays go deep 4 times in 7-2 win over Mariners

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit his 28th homer, one of four longballs for Tampa Bay, and All-Star Nick Martinez pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the Rays beat the Seattle Mariners 7-2 on Friday night.

Richie Palacios, Cedric Mullins and Victor Mesa Jr. hit solo shots.

Martinez (8-2) allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. The 35-year-old right-hander got his first All-Star nod earlier Friday, replacing injured Boston left-hander Ranger Suárez.

The Mariners, who were just swept by the Marlins in Miami, have lost four straight to fall behind Texas into second in the AL West.

Caminero doubled and scored on a two-out single by Chandler Simpson to make it 1-0 in the third. In the seventh, he hit an opposite-field, two-run shot to right against Jose Ferrer that put Tampa Bay ahead 6-2.

Palacios led off the fourth with a 396-foot shot off Mariners starter Luis Castillo (3-8).

Mullins fouled off consecutive two-strike pitches before he hit a slider over the wall in right field and Mesa added a 398-foot shot — also off a two-strike slider — that made it 4-1 in the fifth.

Seattle's Cole Young hit his 11th home run of the season in the fifth, and Dominic Canzone had an RBI grounder in the sixth.

Castillo gave up four runs and nine hits in five innings.

Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert (7-5, 3.19 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Rays RHP Griffin Jax (4-6, 3.60).

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Tampa Bay Rays' Victor Mesa Jr. celebrates after his home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, July 10, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays' Richie Palacios celebrates after his home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, July 10, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates his two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Friday, July 10, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays' Victor Mesa Jr. reacts to his home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Friday, July 10, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero watches a replay on his way to the dugout after the final out of the top of the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, July 10, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

MONTREAL (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 34 points and the Dallas Wings beat the expansion Toronto Tempo 108-95 on Friday night in front of a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 at Bell Centre.

The game broke the regular-season mark of 20,711 set in Washington on Sept. 19, 2024, against Indiana. The league's two largest crowds — both 22,076 — came in Detroit in the 2003 and 2007 WNBA Finals.

Toronto will face New York in Montreal on Sunday. The Tempo also will play two games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jessica Shepard had 20 points and rebounds to help the Wings (15-8) sweep a four-game trip that also saw them beat the Tempo in Toronto. Arike Ogunbowale also had 20 points, and Azzi Fudd added 13.

Bueckers was 13 of 22 from the field and had six assists and six rebounds.

Marina Mabrey had 34 points for Toronto (9-13), hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers. Laura Juskaite added 25 points. The Tempo have lost four straight.

The Bell Centre also hosted the largest crowd in Professional Women’s Hockey League history, drawing 21,105 for a game between Montreal and Toronto on April 20, 2024.

Wings: Host Chicago on Sunday night.

Tempo: Vs. New York on Sunday in Montreal.

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Toronto Tempo's Isabelle Harrison (21) gestures before of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Montreal, Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Maria Conde (10) drives past Dallas Wings' Awak Kuier (34) and Azzi Fudd (35) during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Laura Juskaite (2 ) lays up the ball over Dallas Wings' Alanna Smith (8) during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey, center, celebrates with teammates after drawing a foul against the Dallas Wings during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Montreal, Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Laura Juskaite (2 ) shoots on the Dallas Wings during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)