Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Whitson, 1B -
Gary Cederstrom, 2B -
Stu Scheurwater, 3B -
Marvin Hudson
Attendance:
20866
By Field Level Media
John Hicks laid down a bunt single on a squeeze play to bring home JaCoby Jones in the 12th inning, giving the host Detroit Tigers a 3-2 walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon.
Jones ripped a triple to center field to lead off the 12th, and Hicks bunted him home on the next pitch. Jones had three hits and Hicks contributed two while also scoring a run for Detroit, which took two of three in the series. James McCann added a game-tying solo homer.
Warwick Saupold (1-0) pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts to collect the victory.
Wilson Ramos led the Rays with three hits and an RBI. Denard Span walked twice, scored a run and knocked in another. Matt Andriese (0-1) took the loss.
Both starters had quality outings and wound up with no-decisions. Detroit's Michael Fulmer gave up two runs on six hits with five strikeouts over six innings. Rays left-hander Blake Snell allowed two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera sat out for the third consecutive game with a left bicep injury.
Fulmer had control issues from the beginning. He walked two batters in the first inning, including the leadoff hitter Span. Ramos knocked him in with a bases-loaded single before Fulmer induced Joey Wendle to hit into a double play.
The Rays manufactured another run in the second on an infield single, a hit batsman, a sacrifice and Span's RBI grounder.
Snell retired eight consecutive batters before Detroit made it 2-1 in the fifth. Hicks and McCann hit back-to-back singles and advanced on a sacrifice. Dixon Machado's groundout brought home Hicks.
Jones had a leadoff single to begin the seventh but was thrown out trying to advance on Hicks' long fly ball. That proved costly when McCann smoked a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall to tie it at 2-all.
Machado, the second baseman, snared a Carlos Gomez liner with a runner at second in the eighth to prevent the Rays from taking the lead.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Detroit |
|
Blake Snell
|
Player |
Michael Fulmer
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
5 |
Hits |
6 |
|
2.70 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
0 |
8 |
.200 |
19 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.225 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |