DETROIT -- Rajai Davis is having a series he might never forget and there's still another game to play.
One night after he hit two homers to help the Tigers beat Tampa Bay, he capped off a wild game with a sacrifice fly in the 13th inning to give Detroit an 8-7 victory Tuesday night.
Davis was involved in four replay challenges in the game, including two in the 11th inning without a pitch being thrown in between. He reached on an infield single, where the original call was overturned, then was nearly picked off, with the safe call standing. He homered -- his third in two days -- dropped a routine fly ball with the bases loaded and struck out three times.
"Everything is just blurry right now," Davis said. "I can't say that I've ever been a part of anything like that before, or even seen anything like that before."
The game was tied four times, the last at 7-7, before the Tigers finally put it away at 12:11 a.m.
James McCann led off the 13th with an infield single, and Andrew Bellatti (0-1) couldn't pick up Jefry Marte's bunt attempt, putting runners on first and second. Andrew Romine laid down a successful bunt putting runners at second and third.
Davis hit a fly ball to shallow left-center, but McCann broke for the plate and Grady Sizemore's throw home was weak and offline.
"I didn't think it was deep enough, but I hit it to the right guy," Davis said.
Kyle Ryan (2-3) picked up the win.
J.D. Martinez put the Tigers up 7-6 in the eighth with a leadoff homer off Tampa Bay's Nathan Karns, who hadn't made a relief appearance since pitching in Class-A ball in 2012. Karns pitched three innings without allowing another run.
"I have a whole new respect for the guys in the bullpen," Karns said. "Obviously, I didn't want to start with my second pitch getting hit out, but after that it was about limiting the damage."
Once again, though, the Tigers couldn't close a game. Closer Bruce Rondon started the ninth by walking Kevin Kiermeier, and James Loney hit a pinch-hit single.
With one out, Rondon walked Daniel Nava to load the bases, and Evan Longoria lifted a routine fly ball to deep left. Davis dropped the ball, allowing Kiermaier to score the tying run.
The teams combined to use 29 position players and 16 pitchers, 10 for Detroit, matching the franchise record set in 1998.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the third on Davis' homer, only the second time he had homered in consecutive games.
Tampa Bay tied it in the fourth when Mikie Mahtook tripled over Martinez's head in right and scored on Longoria's sacrifice fly.
The Rays went ahead in the sixth. Kiermeier started the inning with a walk, and took third on J.P. Arenciba's single. Al Alburquerque replaced Matt Boyd and gave up RBI singles to Sizemore, Longoria and Logan Forsythe.
Alburquerque balked to move Longoria and Forsythe to second and third with one out, and Tim Beckham added an RBI single off Tom Gorzelanny to give the Rays a 5-1 lead.
The Tigers loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning, and Matt Andriese replaced Ramirez to face Martinez. He fouled off three two-strike pitches before drawing a walk.
Alex Colome struck Nick Castellanos, but then hit McCann in the head with an 89 mph fastball. The ball hit McCann squarely on the helmet, above the left temple, but he simply trotted to first, pulling the Tigers within 5-3.
After Colome struck out Tyler Collins, Andrew Romine hit a single to left, making it 5-4, but Martinez ran through third base coach Dave Clark's stop sign, then froze. Instead of trapping him between third and home, though, Longoria went after McCann, and Martinez was able to score before the tag.
"We got lucky on that one," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "J.D. had his head down, and he really needs to pick up Clarkey. If the throw goes through, he's out."
Tampa regained the lead on Nava's RBI single in the seventh, but Anthony Gose singled with one out in bottom of the inning, took third on consecutive wild pitches by Colome and scored when Rene Rivera threw wildly to third on the second one.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: OF Steven Souza (left hand fracture) played five innings for Triple-A Durham, going for 0 for 2 with a HBP, and will now move his rehab assignment to High-A Charlotte as they play in the Gulf Coast League playoffs.
Tigers: DH Victor Martinez missed his second straight game with a respiratory illness. His status for Wednesday night is unknown. . LHP Daniel Norris (oblique) and RHP Anibal Sanchez (rotator cuff) are both on pace to pitch in a simulated game Saturday.
UP NEXT
The teams finish the three-game series Wednesday night, with Jake Odorizzi (6-8, 3.35) facing Detroit's Kyle Lobstein (3-6, 5.02). Lobstein will be making his second start after missing more than three months with a shoulder injury.




Final in 13
Series: Game 2 of 3

Rays 7

(67-71, 34-36 away)

Tigers 8

(64-74, 33-37 home)








7:08PM,EDT,September 8,2015
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan 

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TB 01041010000 7 13 2
DET 10041100001 8 14 1
W: K. Ryan (2-3)
L: A. Bellatti (2-1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tampa Bay - Top of 1stSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Guyer flied out to center.00
Mahtook struck out swinging.00
Longoria struck out looking.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 1stSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Gose flied out to left.00
Kinsler struck out swinging.00
Cabrera singled to left center.00
J.D. Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cabrera out at second.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 2ndSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Forsythe walked.00
Cabrera popped out to shortstop.00
Beckham grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Forsythe out at second.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 2ndSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Castellanos struck out looking.00
McCann singled to right.00
Machado grounded out to third, McCann to second.00
Romine struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 3rdSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Shaffer struck out swinging.00
Kiermaier singled to center.00
Arencibia struck out swinging.00
Kiermaier caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 3rdSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Davis homered to left center (403 feet).01
Gose struck out swinging.01
Kinsler grounded out to shortstop.01
Cabrera struck out swinging.01
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 4thSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Guyer popped out to first.01
Mahtook tripled to deep right.01
Longoria hit sacrifice fly to left, Mahtook scored.11
Forsythe flied out to center.11
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 4thSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
J.D. Martinez grounded out to shortstop.11
Castellanos struck out looking.11
McCann grounded out to shortstop.11
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 5thSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Cabrera grounded out to third.11
Beckham struck out looking.11
Shaffer flied out to left.11
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 5thSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Machado struck out swinging.11
Romine struck out looking.11
Davis struck out swinging.11
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 6thSCORE
Matt Boyd pitching for DetroitTBDET
Kiermaier walked.11
Arencibia singled to right, Kiermaier to third.11
Alburquerque relieved Boyd.11
Sizemore hit for Guyer.11
Sizemore singled to left, Kiermaier scored, Arencibia to second.21
Mahtook bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, Arencibia out at third, Sizemore to second.21
Longoria singled to left center, Sizemore scored, Mahtook to second.31
Forsythe singled to deep right, Mahtook scored, Longoria to second.41
Longoria to third, Forsythe to second on balk by Alburquerque.41
Gorzelanny relieved Alburquerque.41
Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to third, Longoria out at home, Forsythe to third.41
Beckham singled to center, Forsythe scored, Cabrera to second.51
Shaffer struck out swinging.51
4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 6thSCORE
Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Sizemore in left field.51
Gose singled to center.51
Kinsler singled to right, Gose to second.51
Cabrera singled to center, Gose to third, Kinsler to second.51
Andriese relieved Ramírez.51
J.D. Martinez walked, Gose scored, Kinsler to third, Cabrera to second.52
Colomé relieved Andriese.52
Castellanos struck out looking.52
McCann hit by pitch, Kinsler scored, Cabrera to third, J.D. Martinez to second.53
Collins hit for Machado.53
Collins struck out swinging.53
Romine singled to left center, Cabrera and J.D. Martinez scored, McCann to second, McCann thrown out at third attempting to advance on play.55
4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 7thSCORE
Tom Gorzelanny pitching for DetroitTBDET
J. Wilson at third base.55
Romine at shortstop.55
Kiermaier struck out swinging.55
Feliz relieved Gorzelanny.55
Arencibia doubled to deep right.55
Sizemore flied out to center.55
Nava hit for Mahtook.55
Hardy relieved Feliz.55
Nava singled to left, Arencibia scored.65
Wilson relieved Hardy.65
Longoria singled to center, Nava to second.65
Forsythe grounded into fielder's choice to third, Nava out at third, Longoria to second.65
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 7thSCORE
Alex Colome pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Nava in right field.65
Rivera catching.65
Davis struck out swinging.65
Gose singled to right center.65
Gose to second on wild pitch by Colomé.65
Gose to third on wild pitch by Colomé.65
Gose scored on throwing error by catcher Rivera.66
Kinsler popped out to second.66
Cabrera flied out to center.66
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 8thSCORE
Alex Wilson pitching for DetroitTBDET
Cabrera flied out to center.66
Jaso hit for Beckham.66
Jaso grounded out to first.66
Shaffer lined out to left.66
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 8thSCORE
Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Karns relieved Colomé.66
J.D. Martinez homered to left (413 feet).67
Castellanos singled to left center.67
Castellanos caught stealing second, catcher to second.67
McCann popped out to first.67
J. Wilson struck out swinging.67
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 9thSCORE
Bruce Rondon pitching for DetroitTBDET
Rondón relieved Wilson.67
Kiermaier walked.67
Loney hit for Rivera.67
Loney singled to center, Kiermaier to second.67
Franklin ran for Loney.67
Sizemore popped out to shortstop.67
Nava walked, Kiermaier to third, Franklin to second.67
Longoria hit sacrifice fly to line left, Kiermaier scored, Franklin to third, Nava to second, Longoria to first on error by left fielder Davis.77
Forsythe grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Franklin out at home, Nava to third, Longoria to second.77
Cabrera struck out swinging.77
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 9thSCORE
Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Maile catching.77
Romine singled to left center.77
Davis struck out swinging, Romine to second on wild pitch by Karns.77
Gose flied out to left, Romine to third.77
Kinsler flied out to center.77
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 10thSCORE
Ian Krol pitching for DetroitTBDET
Krol relieved Rondón.77
Jaso struck out swinging.77
VerHagen relieved Krol.77
Shaffer grounded out to shortstop.77
Kiermaier grounded out to second.77
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 10thSCORE
Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Cabrera walked.77
J.D. Martinez struck out swinging.77
Castellanos singled to right center, Cabrera to third.77
McCann grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cabrera out at home, Castellanos to second.77
Marte hit for J. Wilson.77
Marte struck out swinging.77
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 11thSCORE
Drew VerHagen pitching for DetroitTBDET
Marte at third base.77
Maile struck out swinging.77
Sizemore grounded out to shortstop.77
Nava struck out looking.77
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 11thSCORE
Brandon Gomes pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Gomes relieved Karns.77
Romine flied out to right.77
Davis reached on infield single to first.77
Davis to second on balk by Gomes.77
Gose grounded out to second, Davis to third.77
Kinsler flied out to left.77
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 12thSCORE
Drew VerHagen pitching for DetroitTBDET
Longoria flied out to right.77
Forsythe flied out to right.77
Cabrera singled to right.77
Ryan relieved VerHagen.77
Butler hit for Jaso.77
Butler grounded into fielder's choice to second, Cabrera out at second.77
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 12thSCORE
Andrew Bellatti pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
Bellatti relieved Gomes.77
Cabrera struck out swinging.77
J.D. Martinez struck out looking.77
Castellanos flied out to center.77
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Tampa Bay - Top of 13thSCORE
Kyle Ryan pitching for DetroitTBDET
Shaffer singled to left.77
Kiermaier lined into double play, to first, Shaffer doubled off first.77
Maile grounded out to third.77
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Detroit - Bottom of 13thSCORE
Andrew Bellatti pitching for Tampa BayTBDET
McCann reached on infield single to shortstop.77
Marte sacrificed to pitcher, McCann to second, Marte safe at first on error by pitcher Bellatti.77
Romine sacrificed to pitcher, McCann to third, Marte to second.77
Davis hit sacrifice fly to left, McCann scored.78
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors


Tampa Bay Rays
HittersABRHRBIBBSO#PAVGOBPSLG
Guyer LF2000004.269.363.404
a-Sizemore PH-LF
41110013.220.279.397
Mahtook RF3210019.239.314.522
b-Nava PH-RF
20111118.191.314.244
Longoria 3B40230119.273.335.437
Forsythe 2B51111027.286.361.445
Cabrera SS60100124.264.318.419
Beckham DH3011017.236.287.460
c-Jaso PH-DH
2000017.279.372.421
e-Butler PH-DH
1000001.270.323.393
Shaffer 1B60100219.250.368.469
Kiermaier CF42102128.262.298.419
Arencibia C31200116.379.367.793
0000000.180.214.280
d-Loney PH
1010004.268.314.354
0000000.139.205.250
2000016.000.000.000
Totals487137411202   
a-singled to left for B Guyer in the 6th
b-singled to left for M Mahtook in the 7th
c-grounded to first for T Beckham in the 8th
d-singled to center for R Rivera in the 9th
e-grounded into fielder's choice to second for J Jaso in the 12th
BATTING
2B: Arencibia (3, Feliz)
3B: Mahtook (1, Boyd)
RBI: Longoria 3 (67), Sizemore (17), Forsythe (55), Beckham (29), Nava (9)
SF: Longoria 2
2-out RBI: Beckham, Nava
GIDP: Beckham
Rays RISP: 5-13 (Shaffer 0-1, Sizemore 1-3, Mahtook 0-1, Longoria 1-1, Beckham 1-1, Cabrera 0-2, Nava 1-1, Forsythe 1-3)
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING
CS: Kiermaier (4, 2nd base by Boyd)
Picked Off: Kiermaier (1st base by Boyd)
FIELDING
E: Rivera (11, throw); Bellatti (1, bunt)
Outfield Assist: Sizemore (McCann at 3rd base).

Game Information

StadiumComerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance26,526 (63.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time5:03
Weather86 degrees, cloudy
Wind13 mph
UmpiresHome Plate - Chris Segal, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Tim Welke, Third Base - Todd Tichenor