Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

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Tampa Bay Rays

49-42, 21-17 Away

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Detroit Tigers

58-34, 31-14 Home

Keider Montero keeps Tigers pitching dominance going in 4-1 win over Rays

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

The Tigers (58-34) have won four straight games while only allowing four runs, improving to 24 games over .500 for the first time since 2013.

Montero (4-1) allowed one run and four hits and a walk in six innings while striking out four. After losing his first start, Montero is 4-0 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 outings as a starter and bulk reliever.

Tyler Holton, Brenan Hanifee and Will Vest each pitched a scoreless inning to complete the win.

Shane Baz (8-4) gave up three runs and seven hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in six innings for the Rays, who have lost seven of their last 10 games. Baz entered the game with a 5-0 record in his last eight starts.

The Tigers took the lead in the second on Javier Báez's two-run homer into the Rays bullpen.

Jonathan Aranda made it 2-1 with a two-out RBI single in the third, but right fielder Zach McKinstry threw out Danny Jansen trying to go from first to third.

Riley Greene's RBI single put the Tigers up 3-1 in the fifth. before Colt Keith and McKinstry homered against reliever Paul Gervase in the eighth.

Key stat Gleyber Torres walked in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 20 games, the longest for a Tigers player since Kerry Carpenter's 24-game run in 2023. George Kell holds the franchise record at 57 games in 1950.

Key moment Rays 3B Junior Caminero received applause from the Comerica Park crowd after flying into the stands while trying to catch Parker Meadows' foul pop-up in the eighth inning. Caminero ended up tangled up in the netting in a seated position and was helped out by Jansen and Tigers third-base coach Joey Cora. He stayed in the game after a quick check from the Rays training staff.

Up next Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (5-9, 4.84 ERA) faces Rays RHP Ryan Pepiot (6-6, 3.34) on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mangum flied out to left.
	9th Inning	J. Lowe walked.
	9th Inning	Caminero grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Aranda struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Hanifee
	8th Inning	Báez flied out to left.

Statistics

TB		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	22
32	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	7
0.6	Runs Created	7.4
.167	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.667
.100	Secondary Average	.515
.219	On Base Percentage	.333
.419	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.000
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.3
11.0	Batter Rating	47.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.033	Isolated Power	.394
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.242
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.8	MLB Rating	92.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0