Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
2
Detroit Tigers
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Max Scherzer struck out nine in seven innings to remain unbeaten, and Victor Martinez homered and drove in three runs to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Loney reached on infield single to third, B Zobrist scored, E Longoria to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
V Martinez singled to left center, M Cabrera scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Garcia hit sacrifice fly to right, J Peralta scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Loney singled to shallow left center, B Zobrist scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Cabrera singled to right center, D Kelly scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
V Martinez homered to right (381 feet), P Fielder scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
Y Escobar grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Y Escobar batting
J Lobaton struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Lobaton batting
J Lobaton hit for J Molina.
L Scott grounded out to second.
Pitch 1: in play
L Scott batting
J Valverde relieved J Benoit.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
A Dirks flied out to center.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Dirks batting
A Garcia singled to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Garcia batting
Showing the last 40 of 562 events.
DET wins series 2-1
Andy DirksLF
Torii HunterRF48
Miguel Cabrera3B24
Prince Fielder1B84
Victor MartinezDH41
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Alex AvilaC6
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Don T KellyCF31
Avisail GarciaCF24
Sam FuldLF23
Ben ZobristRF18
Matt JoyceLF7
Evan Longoria3B3
James Loney1B28
Desmond JenningsCF8
Luke ScottDH30
José MolinaC
Yunel EscobarSS0
Ryan Roberts2B12
Jose LobatonPH7
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