When the injury-riddled Rays made the decision on Good Friday to call up Chandler Simpson after just 17 games of Triple-A experience, they were optimistic his unorthodox contact-and-speed offensive approach could work at the big-league level.

Rookie Chandler Simpson raced home to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning and had his first three-hit game for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 for their first sweep of the season.