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Tampa Bay Rays' Taylor Walls reacts as he heads towards first base on a two RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif.
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Taylor Walls homered from each side of the plate in a 12-4 victory at the Athletics on Tuesday night, becoming the first switch-hitter to do that twice for the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays. Walls also accomplished the feat on April 18, 2023, at Cincinnati. The 30-year-old shortstop hit his first homer Tuesday left-handed in the fourth inning off Athletics starter Mason Barnett. Walls went deep as a right-handed hitter off reliever Brady Basso in the sixth, helping Tampa Bay win its eighth straight game.
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