The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday at Daikin Park in Houston, extending their major league-leading winning streak to nine games.
Junior Caminero and Nick Fortes both homered for the American League East leaders, who improved to 50-33.
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The Rays became the first AL team to reach 50 wins this season.
Houston dropped to 43-47 as their bullpen struggled in the late innings.
Rays starter Nick Martinez pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits.
Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti threw six strong innings, giving up one run on two hits before leaving with the game tied 1-1.
Fortes broke the scoreless tie in the sixth with a solo home run off Arrighetti.
Houston answered in the bottom half when Yordan Alvarez hit his 27th home run of the season off Martinez.
Caminero reclaimed the lead in the seventh with a solo homer off reliever Steven Okert.
It was Caminero's 25th home run of the season and his 10th in the last 10 games.
“Pretty surprised,” Caminero said. “Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. … When my name stays in that lineup, it's unbelievable.”
Caminero recently became the youngest player since 1900 to homer in six consecutive games, matching a franchise record set by Carlos Pena.
He also won the American League Player of the Month award for June.
“I feel really comfortable the last two weeks,” Caminero said. “I'm trying to be aggressive in the zone.”
