Scott Campbell and J.P. Arencibia have been on decidedly different paths to success. But Sunday, the duo led the New Hampshire Fisher Cats down the same road to victory.

Campbell and Arencibia both homered twice and drove in three runs in the Fisher Cats' 8-1 rout of the visiting New Britain Rock Cats.

Campbell, the first native New Zealander in Draft history taken 300th overall by Toronto in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Gonzaga, participated in the Futures Game at Yankee Stadium last Sunday and in the Eastern League All-Star Game in front of the home crowd a day later.

Tennessee product Arencibia, a Miami native selected 21st overall in the 2007 Draft, was a Florida State League All-Star prior to his promotion to Double-A New Hampshire on June 13.

The duo have entered into a playful competition since Arencibia joined the team a few weeks ago. They both have the same amount of homers in the Eastern League (eight), and they've chided each other in the dugout when one pulls ahead.

"(We've) been talking smack to each other," said Arencibia, who actually has 21 homers overall between New Hampshire and the Class A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays. "That's the joke about it (that I don't really have eight.) It's been going on since I got here."

Campbell claims the newcomer fired the first shot.

"He kind of started it," he said. "He caught up at five (homers) and said, 'Let's see what happens.' Then I hit (my sixth) Saturday and said, 'That's right, I'm ahead.' He showed me seven fingers when I got in the dugout after the first one today. I guess if that's the way it's going to be (with him), that's the way it will be."

The pair traded homers against the Rock Cats. Campbell led off with a blast to right-center field off of starter Yohan Pino in the bottom of the first inning, and Arencibia went yard to left field in the third. Campbell smacked a two-run shot again to right-center in the fourth, and Arencibia followed a blast to left off reliever Jason Miller to lead off the fifth.

It marked the first time in Fisher Cats history that teammates cranked a pair of homers in the same game. And with Brian Jeroloman's solo blast to right in the seventh, New Hampshire (41-60) matched a club record with five dingers in a single contest.

"I don't really look at stuff like that ... it is kind of cool," said Arencibia, who also contributed a sacrifice fly in the first. "I felt good. I was trying to put good swings and hit the ball hard, which I guess I did.

"I'm kind of a loose, have-fun, hang-out person," he added. "It's just been fun. I just tried to come over here and do the same things I was doing (in Dunedin.) I try to go have fun. Stuff could be a lot worse. I'm playing baseball."

The game capped off a big weekend for Campbell, who went yard and plated three in Saturday's 6-3 win over New Britain (41-60).

"I'm not doing anything any differently," he said. "It's just the game of baseball. I felt really, really good the last couple of weeks."

The confidence boost from his midsummer classic appearances doesn't hurt, though.

"As an athlete, you have to be confident in your ability, especially in the Minors," Campbell said. "We're all here grinding it out, trying to get to the big leagues. I think I'm very mentally strong. You have to be able to stay even-keeled and not ride the waves of emotion up and down.

"Honestly, I feel like I'm getting very close," he added. "At the end of the day, it's still about your ability."

Robert Ray (4-4) picked up his first win in the past five starts by scattering an unearned run on seven hits in 5 2/3 frames. He struck out five and walked four. Jean Machi picked up his first save after allowing a hit and a walk over 3 1/3 innings.

Pino (3-4) took the loss after being tagged for six runs on eight hits and two walks in four innings.