Rays star Junior Caminero extends streak, becomes youngest player since at least 1900 to hit home run in 6 straight games

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Junior Caminero keeps hitting home runs.

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The Tampa Bay Rays star drilled a deep shot to left field in the opening inning of his team’s matchup with the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. That put the Rays up early and marked the sixth straight game in which Caminero has hit a home run.

Caminero, 22, is the youngest player since at least 1900 to hit a home run in six straight games, according to MLB.com's Sarah Langs. That also matched a Rays franchise record. Previously, Ken Griffey Jr. was the youngest player in the modern era to homer in six straight games, and he did so when he was 23. Willie Mays and Nolan Arenado each pulled off the feat at 24.

Three players in MLB history have hit a home run in eight consecutive games, which is the league record. Griffey did so most recently in 1993 with the Seattle Mariners, following Don Mattingly in 1987 and Dale Long in 1956.

Caminero's home run streak started on June 25, also against the Royals. He hit three home runs in a 13-2 blowout win as Rays pitchers combined for 8 1/3 no-hit innings. Caminero then hit one in each of the Rays' wins over the Diamondbacks as they swept Arizona, and he hit one in the Rays’ 10-4 win over the Royals to open the series in Kansas City on Tuesday.

Caminero now has 24 home runs this season, which is fifth in the league. Philadelphia Phillies star Kyle Schwarber leads the way with 30 home runs so far this summer. Caminero, in his third season with the Rays, carried a .294 batting average with 52 RBI into Wednesday's contest. 

Tampa Bay, thanks largely to Caminero's hot streak at the plate, holds a 49-33 record and leads the AL East. The Rays have won six straight to build a three-game lead on the Yankees.

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