{"id":221900,"date":"2026-04-07T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/221900\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:30:13","slug":"rays-defeat-cubs-in-return-to-tropicana-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/221900\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays Defeat Cubs in Return to Tropicana Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AThe Rays’ return to their home stadium brings a renewed sense of energy and community to Tampa Bay baseball.St. Petersburg Today<\/p>\n

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Monday in their first game at Tropicana Field in 561 days. Cedric Mullins, Jonathan Aranda, and Junior Caminero each hit home runs to power the Rays to victory.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

The Rays’ return to their home stadium after over a year and a half is a significant milestone, as the team looks to build momentum and fan engagement after playing most of their recent home games elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

Mullins, Aranda, and Caminero each hit solo home runs to account for the Rays’ scoring in the game. The win marked the team’s first game back at Tropicana Field since the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to play the majority of their home games elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The game took place on Monday, April 7, 2026.The Rays had not played at Tropicana Field for 561 days prior to this game.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Cedric Mullins<\/p>\n

Outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays who hit a home run in the game.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Aranda<\/p>\n

Infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays who hit a home run in the game.<\/p>\n

Junior Caminero<\/p>\n

Outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays who hit a home run in the game.<\/p>\n

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The takeaway<\/p>\n

The Rays’ return to Tropicana Field after over a year and a half is an important milestone for the team and its fans, as they look to build momentum and engagement in their home market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Rays’ return to their home stadium brings a renewed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-221900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}