Detroit 9, Tampa Bay 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Bruce Dreckman, 1B -
Paul Emmel, 2B -
Mike Estabrook, 3B -
Chad Fairchild
Attendance:
15420
By Field Level Media
Miguel Cabrera had three hits, including a grand slam, and drove in five runs to power the Detroit Tigers past the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 on Tuesday.
Cabrera blasted his fifth career grand slam to snap a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning. He missed the previous two games due to knee soreness and revealed prior to the game he would become a full-time designated hitter.
Dawel Lugo had three hits, including a two-run triple, and Niko Goodrum rapped three hits and scored twice for Detroit.
Ryan Carpenter (1-2) notched his second career win by holding the Rays to two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He struck out three without issuing a walk. Shane Greene recorded the last three outs and collected his 19th save.
The Tigers, who began a six-game homestand, had lost their past 10 games at Comerica Park. Their last home win came on May 8 against the Los Angeles Angels.
Willy Adames hit a grand slam and Avisail Garcia contributed a two-run homer for the Rays, who have lost four straight. Blake Snell (3-5) allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out eight.
The Tigers scored a run in the first when Goodrum singled, stole second, advanced on a throwing error and scored on Cabrera's opposite-field double.
Goodrum was robbed of a hit by second baseman Daniel Robertson with runners in scoring position in the second inning.
Tampa Bay took the lead in the third on Garcia's two-out home run with Robertson on first base.
It remained 2-1 until the fifth. Consecutive singles by JaCoby Jones, Goodrum and Christin Stewart tied the score. Nicholas Castellanos drew a walk to load the bases before Cabrera golfed a Snell offering over the left field fence.
The Tigers made it 9-2 in the seventh. Lugo drove in Castellanos and pinch runner Gordon Beckham with his triple to left-center. Lugo scored on a passed ball.
Adames cut Detroit's lead to three with his first career grand slam in the eighth off Buck Farmer. Shane Greene pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 19th save.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Detroit |
|
Blake Snell
|
Player |
Ryan Carpenter |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
7 |
Hits |
7 |
|
12.46 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.265 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Detroit
|
12 |
1 |
18 |
.324 |
18 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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