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Déjà vu at The Trop: Rays flip a 7-3 script on Guardians

Tampa Bay beat Cleveland 7-3 at Tropicana Field one week after losing by the same score in the same ballpark.

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Tropicana Field has seen this movie before. A week after Cleveland beat Tampa Bay 7-3 in St. Petersburg, the Rays flipped the script, winning by the identical score in the same building.

Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz provided the home runs, and Freddy Peralta was steady again after his six scoreless frames in a 3-1 Rays win earlier this month. When these clubs last met here, Cleveland needed 14 hits to reach seven runs; this time the power swings belonged to the home side.

Margin matters in matchups this tight. Two earlier Rays wins over Cleveland landed at 3-1, one built entirely on unearned runs. By those standards, a four-run cushion at home counts as breathing room.

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