{"id":480059,"date":"2025-08-25T23:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/junior-caminero-hits-two-home-runs-and-reaches-39-for-the-season\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:27:58","slug":"junior-caminero-hits-two-home-runs-and-reaches-39-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/junior-caminero-hits-two-home-runs-and-reaches-39-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Caminero hits two home runs and reaches 39 for the season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n<strong>Cleveland<\/strong>. Dominican third baseman <strong>Junior Caminero<\/strong> once again made his mark in the Major Leagues by hitting two home runs in the Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; 9-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, thus reaching <strong>39 home runs this season<\/strong> and establishing himself as one of the great protagonists of the season.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>\u2078r:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/cal-raleigh-conecta-dos-jonrones-y-rompe-record-historico-entre-receptores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal Raleigh hits two home runs and breaks historical record among catchers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nCaminero first punished opener Tanner Bibee with a two-run homer in the fifth inning, sending the ball <strong>412 feet to center field<\/strong>, according to Statcast projections. Later, in the seventh inning, he returned to the charge against reliever Tim Herrin with a solo shot that surpassed the left field fence, shortly after a 38-minute rain delay.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 SEGUNDO DE LA NOCHE PARA LA M\u00c1XIMA, QUIEN VA RUMBO A LOS 4\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3 \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4<br><br>Junior Caminero conect\u00f3 su cuadrangular n\u00famero 3\ufe0f\u20e39\u20e3 de la temporada y el 4\ufe0f\u20e36\u20e3 de su carrera en MLB.<br><br>Con este batazo, se convierte en el DOMINICANO M\u00c1S JOVEN con 39+ HR en una temporada.<br><br>Adem\u00e1s, lleva 1\ufe0f\u20e36\u20e3\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRye5b4tuq\">pic.twitter.com\/ZRye5b4tuq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Erick Jos\u00e9 Lantigua (@EJLantigua) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EJLantigua\/status\/1960149932893257844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nWith this pair of home runs, the young third baseman surpassed Logan Morrison as the fourth player with the most home runs in a season in Rays history (39). In addition, he tied Cody Bellinger for the fourth-highest figure for a player <strong>21 years old or younger<\/strong>, also matching <strong>Carlos Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>&#8216;s mark for the most home runs in the franchise before the end of August.\n\nThe Dominican is placed in an elite group: now only Fernando Tatis Jr. (42 HR in 2021) surpasses him as the player born in the Dominican Republic with the most home runs in a season before turning 23 years old.\n\nIn total, Caminero closed the day with an offensive line of <strong>5-4<\/strong>, including two home runs, a double and a single, as well as three RBIs.\n\nFor his part, <strong>Yandy D\u00edaz<\/strong> also shined in his return to Cleveland, connecting a 384-foot home run in the seventh inning against Bibee. With that hit, he reached <strong>22 home runs in the campaign<\/strong>, matching his personal record set in 2023.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland. Dominican third baseman Junior Caminero once again made his mark in the Major Leagues by hitting two home runs in the Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; 9-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, thus reaching 39 home runs this season and establishing himself as one of the great protagonists of the season. 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