Detroit Tigers Defeat Tampa Bay Rays 4-1, Improve to 62-70

Final result

Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Tampa Bay Rays at 78-54 (.591).

MLB data listed Detroit Tigers at 62-70 (.470).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 4th — Tampa Bay Rays 1 run; 5th — Detroit Tigers 3 runs; 7th — Detroit Tigers 1 run.

Max Clark (Detroit Tigers): 1 hit, 2 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Ian Seymour (Tampa Bay Rays): 5.2 innings and 5 strikeouts, (L, 9-5). Jackson Jobe (Detroit Tigers): 4.1 innings and 4 strikeouts. Hao-Yu Lee (Detroit Tigers): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Jonny DeLuca (Tampa Bay Rays): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Casey Legumina (Tampa Bay Rays): 2.1 innings and 2 strikeouts.

Max Clark hit a home run for Detroit Tigers in the bottom of the 5th (2 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 2 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Tampa Bay Rays were 78-54, 1st in the division, division leader, magic number 28.

In the 2026 standings, the Detroit Tigers were 62-70, 4th in the division, 7.0 games back in the division, 9th in the wild-card standings, 4.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 24, wild-card elimination number 26.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings