CHICAGO -- Junior Caminero and Nick Fortes hadn’t exactly been having comparable seasons at the plate entering Saturday afternoon.

Caminero, at just 22 years old, had hit 42 home runs and posted an .832 OPS coming into the Rays’ matchup with the Cubs, on top of being named to the American League All-Star team for the first time. Meanwhile, Fortes had been acquired in a trade with Miami before the Trade Deadline, and he’d only recorded a .556 OPS in his first 26 games with Tampa Bay (.612 over the whole year).

Regardless, both played major roles in the Rays’ 5-4 comeback victory at Wrigley Field, giving their postseason hopes a slight boost in the process.

First was Caminero. Carlos Peña still holds the franchise’s single-season home run record with 46 long balls in 2007. Caminero

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