Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox

Rays third baseman Junior Caminero grabbed his phone and fired off a promise to his mom, Yeudy, back in the Dominican Republic on Thursday morning. It was her birthday, and her son was going to give her a special gift -- one that Rays fans would greatly enjoy, too. “Before the game I told her, 'I'll hit a homer for you,'” Caminero said after the Rays’ sixth straight win, a 5-3 victory to sweep the White Sox on Thursday at Rate Field. Caminero delivered in a clutch way. White Sox closer Seranthony Domínguez threw him three sinkers and a sweeper to work a 3-1 count, then tried to sneak another sinker past him, but Caminero was ready. He jumped on the pitch, sending it a Statcast-projected 375 feet into the left-field bleachers and tying the game at 3. “That was special for me,” Caminero said. It’s Caminero’s second straight game with a home run. The 22-year-old hit 45 home runs last season, but before Wednesday, had just two home runs on the year. It wasn’t as if he was struggling -- he has a .351 on-base percentage -- but the big bops hadn’t come. Now, they’ve come on consecutive days, and both have sparked the Rays’ offense. “I've talked a lot with \[hitting coach Chad Mottola\