The Tampa Bay Rays‘ 4-0 first inning lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the World Series was gone by the sixth inning. And Junior Caminero wasn’t having it.
The star third baseman exploded in the Rays’ dugout after the bottom of the sixth inning, when Chandler Simpson let a fly ball carom off his glove to the turf in the sixth inning. Instead of the third out, Christian Yelich’s fly ball to left field put runners on first and third base, and forced Tampa Bay to change pitchers.
Chandler Simpson wasn't able to hold on to the ball and the inning continues for the Brewers pic.twitter.com/GaKoBKjIwR
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The play — scored a single — did not directly lead to a run.
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But the reason for Caminero’s verbal outburst wasn’t difficult to decipher. The Rays’ defense, as much as their pitchers, were responsible for a 4-0 deficit becoming a 4-4 tie by the seventh inning.
Junior Caminero was fired up back in the Rays dugout after the Brewers tied up the game in the 6th pic.twitter.com/QmJljvYFMo
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Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda did commit an error in the fourth inning that led to a run, when a routine ground ball got through his legs with the bases loaded.
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More to come on this story.