April 17, 2026Updated 1:17 pm EDT
Junior Caminero takes a two-game homer streak into the Tampa Bay Rays’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 6:45 p.m. ET on Friday, at PNC Park. Bubba Chandler (0-1, 3.86 ERA) will start for the Pirates, who are 11-8 this season and second in the NL Central. Nick Martinez (0-0, 2.16 ERA) is expected to start for the Rays, who are 11-7 and first in the AL East.
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Injury reportsPirates
Jared Triolo: 10 Day IL (Knee), Jared Jones: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Rays
Gavin Lux: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Michael Grove: 15 Day IL (Right shoulder), Joe Boyle: 15 Day IL (Right elbow strain), Garrett Cleavinger: 15 Day IL (Calf), Edwin Uceta: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Manuel Rodriguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Steven Wilson: 60 Day IL (Back), Ryan Pepiot: 60 Day IL (Hip)
Stats to know
Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz is slashing .316/.381/.566 this season with five home runs (12th in MLB), 17 RBIs (8th in MLB) and an OPS of .947 (16th in MLB). He has a 31% strikeout rate and an 8.3% walk rate in 84 plate appearances, and he has scored 15 total runs. Cruz has recorded nine steals on 10 attempts.
In 77 plate appearances, Brandon Lowe has hit seven long balls (3rd in MLB), tallied 16 RBIs (11th in MLB) and scored 11 runs. He is batting .262/.377/.615 and has posted a 22.1% strikeout rate and a 14.3% walk rate.
Yandy Diaz has hit three home runs this season. He has also tallied 16 RBIs (11th in MLB) and has scored 11 runs. In 82 plate appearances, he has recorded a .371 BA, .463 OBP and .557 SLG with a 9.8% walk rate and a 9.8% strikeout rate. He has been effective on the base paths, recording one steal on one attempt.
In 82 plate appearances, Jonathan Aranda has slashed .224/.329/.418 this season. He has hit three long balls and driven in 15 runs (16th in MLB) with a strikeout rate of 22% and a walk rate of 14.6%. and has scored 10 runs.
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