STRIPLING STRUGGLES IN GIANTS' LOSS TO RAYS

Luke Raley's pinch-hit rocket in the sixth inning Wednesday was hit 110 mph and went an estimated 425 feet. It would have been a homer in every ballpark in the big leagues except one. The ball hit the bricks in the deepest part of the yard at Oracle Park and then somehow ricocheted off the padding in right-center. Instead of bouncing back onto the grass for a double or back over the wall for a homer, it skipped down the warning track with such speed that the Tampa Bay Rays outfielder cruised around the bases for an easy inside-the-park homer.

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