ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and\u00a0three pitchers combined for 8 1\/3 no-hit innings\u00a0to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 13-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1) took over in the second inning. The pair combined to retire the first 16 Kansas City batters before Starling Marte drew a one-out walk in the sixth off Seymour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Craig Kimbrel started the ninth with a walk to Marte, then struck out Tyler Tolbert before allowing a two-run home run to Carter Jensen to the right-field stands for the Royals\u2019 only hit of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rays salvaged a split of the four-game series after dropping the first two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tolbert, who started at shortstop for Kansas City, moved to the mound for the eighth inning, allowing five runs on six hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caminero tied a franchise record with his three home runs and registered his sixth career multi-homer game and second this season. He hit a two-run home run in the first inning and added a solo shot in the fifth, both off Seth Lugo (3-5), before going deep off Tolbert in the ninth. Mesa hit a three-run shot to right field in the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tampa Bay\u2019s Yandy Diaz extended his hitting streak to nine games with a seventh-inning double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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