Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

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Tampa Bay Rays

78-53, 35-30 Away

Final
4 - 1

Detroit Tigers

61-70, 32-32 Home

Aranda's home run and Rasmussen's six strong innings lead Rays past slumping Tigers, 4-1

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

Tampa Bay had lost seven of its last 10, but never trailed against the Tigers, who have lost six straight and nine of 10 to fall behind in the race for the final AL wild card.

Rasmussen (14-5) allowed one run to win his seventh straight start. It is the second longest streak in franchise history, trailing only Blake Snell's nine-start streak in 2018.

Bryan Baker pitched the ninth for his 38th save.

Detroit starter Framber Valdez (8-9) gave up four runs — three earned — on eight hits in six innings. He walked two without striking out a batter.

Tampa Bay took a 2-0 lead in the second. Yandy Diaz led off with a single and took third when left fielder Brett Callahan misplayed Ryan Vilade's base hit. Diaz scored on Junior Caminero's groundout. After an infield single put runners on the corners with one out, Aranda beat out a double-play attempt allowing Vilade to score.

In the fourth, Jorge Mateo started the inning with a double and took third on Nick Fortes' sacrifice bunt. Chandler Simpson put down a squeeze bunt and Mateo beat third baseman Kevin McGonigle's hurried flip to the plate.

Simpson's bunt extended his hitting streak to 15 games.

McGonigle doubled and scored on Callahan's sacrifice fly to make it 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth, but Aranda homered in the sixth.

Up next The teams continue the three-game series on Tuesday night, with Detroit RHP Jackson Jobe (1-1, 4.50 ERA) facing Rays LHP Ian Seymour (9-4, 4.17). The visiting team has won all four games this year, with the Tigers the only team to sweep Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field this season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Torkelson struck out looking.
	9th Inning	McKinstry struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Malgeri singled to left, Dingler to third.
	9th Inning	Dingler hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	McGonigle popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Rodríguez

Statistics

TB		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
20	Ground Balls	6
3	Strikeouts	12
4	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	7
37	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.6	Runs Created	1.2
.281	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.226
.250	Secondary Average	.097
.361	On Base Percentage	.206
.799	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.432
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
32.0	Batter Rating	13.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.59
.156	Isolated Power	.065
1.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.5	MLB Rating	64.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0