Tampa Bay took two of three from Detroit over the weekend, but Sunday's 9-3 loss got ugly at the end when new reliever Forrest Whitley gave up six runs on 16 pitches without recording an out. The Rays are 2.

Wenceel Perez gave the Tigers the lead in the seventh, and they blew the game open in the ninth en route to a 9-3 victory.

The Tigers’ lead atop the American League Central over the Cleveland Guardians has shrunk to 8.5 games. The Rays remain second in the AL East, 1.5 games back of the New York Yankees for first. Time: 12:10 p.m. ET Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field (Tampa, Fla.)

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Riley Greene had three hits and Wenceel Pérez and Parker Meadows each homered and drove in three runs and Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-3 win at Tampa Bay at Steinbrenner Field.

Riley Greene had three hits and Wenceel Pérez and Parker Meadows each homered and drove in three runs and Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-3 win at Tampa Bay at Steinbrenner Field.