Watch Junior Caminero electrify Tropicana Field with clutch home run

Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer off the foul pole in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, electrifying Tropicana Field with crucial insurance runs as his team closed in on a World Series spot. The 23-year-old Caminero hit 42 home runs in the regular season an

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Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer off the foul pole in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, electrifying Tropicana Field with crucial insurance runs as his team closed in on a World Series spot.

The 23-year-old Caminero hit 42 home runs in the regular season and this blast in the seventh inning Cleveland Guardians bullpen ace Cade Smith came at a critical moment with the Rays clinging to a 3-1 lead late in Game 6.

It was Caminero's first home run in the 2026 playoffs.

The ALCS winner faces the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series, which begins Friday, Oct. 23.