ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have had plenty of good nights at the plate this season. But they hadn’t had a game like Monday night’s all-around display of dominant offense.
The Rays scored a season-high 16 runs on a season-high 18 hits and a season-high-tying seven walks as they rolled to a 16-6 win over the Orioles at Tropicana Field. It was the Rays’ highest-scoring game since their 16-3 win over the Astros on May 31, 2025.
The Rays have won 19 of their last 23 games and 26 of 34 to improve their American League-leading record to 31-15.
The runs came early and often, and just about everyone got in on the action.
Leadoff man Yandy Díaz had four hits and four RBIs. Junior Caminero crushed his 13th home run, a three-run shot in the fifth inning. Platoon-hitting outfielder Ryan Vilade went 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Center fielder Jonny DeLuca drove in three runs, and shortstop Taylor Walls scored three.
Eight of Tampa Bay’s runs came against left-hander Trevor Rogers, who was knocked out of the game in the fourth inning. The Rays put up four more in the fifth and four more in the sixth.
Shane McClanahan saw his career-best scoreless streak come to an end after 23 2/3 innings, but it hardly mattered. After four straight shutout starts, the left-hander finally surrendered a run on an Adley Rutschman single in the third inning. One batter later, he picked up his 500th career strikeout.
McClanahan gave up three more in the fifth on a Weston Wilson home run, two walks and a Pete Alonso double, and he was visibly upset with himself as he walked off the mound. But he finished the inning to earn his fifth win of the season.
With an eight-run lead after five innings, the Rays put the game in the hands of Chase Solesky, who made his long-awaited Major League debut against the Orioles.
Solesky spent four days on Tampa Bay’s active roster earlier this month but didn’t pitch, but the opportunity finally came on Monday night for the 21st-round pick in the 2019 Draft. He pitched three innings before Hunter Bigge handled the ninth.