KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero has grow to be the youngest participant since at the least 1900 to homer in six straight video games.
Caminero hit a 425-foot shot to left off Kansas Metropolis Royals right-hander Seth Lugo within the first inning on Wednesday evening for his twenty fourth homer of the season. The Rays star will have a good time his twenty third birthday on Sunday.
The youngest participant earlier than Caminero to homer in six straight video games was Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr., who did it on the age of 23 in 1993.
The one different gamers since 1900 to homer in as many as 5 consecutive video games earlier than their twenty third birthday had been San Francisco’s Jack Clark in 1978, Atlanta’s Brian McCann in 2006 and Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. in 2018.
Caminero turns into the primary participant to homer in six straight video games since Rafael Devers did it for Boston in Could 2024. Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber, Detroit’s Spencer Torkelson and the Chicago White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami had all homered in 5 straight video games this season.
The one different Tampa Bay participant ever to go deep in six straight video games was Carlos Pena in June 2010, in line with Sportradar.
Caminero has eight homers over his final six video games. He started this stretch by going deep 3 times in a 13-2 victory over Kansas Metropolis on Thursday.
