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Junior Caminero Was So Fired Up As He Scored the Game-Winning Run on Own Bobblehead Night

Caminero celebrates scoring the game-winning run as the Rays beat the Rangers 4-3. | Screengrab via @MLB on X/Twitter and FanDuel Sports Network Sun

Tampa Bay Rays fans were welcomed to George M. Steinbrenner field Thursday with a bobblehead of star third baseman Junior Caminero. He sent them home happy, too, as he scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning which gave the Rays a dramatic 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, he hit an RBI single to trim the Rangers' lead to one run. Then, with two outs, he made it home from second base on an infield single by Rays shortstop Taylor Walls to win the game. Walls hit a grounder to Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien who couldn't make the play at first because nobody was there to cover the bag.

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