Junior Caminero’s ALCS Game 6 Rays HR was unprecedented in multiple ways

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With the Tampa Bay Rays eliminating the Cleveland Guardians from the ALCS after a 7-3 win in Game 6, a big moment in the game was the home run from Junior Caminero in the seventh inning. As the blast by Caminero for the Rays was pivotal in giving the team a comfortable lead, the home run was also unprecedented in multiple ways.

Happening in the seventh inning, Caminero hit the home run off of Guardians closer Cade Smith, tied for first in the MLB with 41 saves to go along with a 1.95 ERA. Boasting a productive splitter, Caminero hit the home run off of it, making it the first time that has happened in Smith’s career, to go along with it being Caminero’s first playoff home run in his career.

“That blast was an unlikely two-run home run against All-Star closer Cade Smith in the seventh inning of the Rays’ pennant-clinching win. Never had Smith allowed a homer on his splitter in his major league career. Then Caminero turned on one in on his hands and clanked it off the foul pole to ignite a raucous celebration of his first career postseason home run,” Castillo wrote at ESPN.

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