Tampa Bay Rays Shut Out Detroit Tigers 3-0, Improve to 79-54

Final result

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Detroit Tigers 3-0 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Tampa Bay Rays at 79-54 (.594).

MLB data listed Detroit Tigers at 62-71 (.466).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 2nd — Tampa Bay Rays 2 runs; 6th — Tampa Bay Rays 1 run.

Freddy Peralta (Tampa Bay Rays): 6.0 innings and 4 strikeouts, (W, 6-11). Troy Melton (Detroit Tigers): 7.0 innings and 4 strikeouts, (L, 7-3). Jonny DeLuca (Tampa Bay Rays): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 run. Cedric Mullins (Tampa Bay Rays): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Liam Hicks (Tampa Bay Rays): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 0 runs. Jonathan Aranda (Tampa Bay Rays): 2 hits, 0 RBI, 1 run.

No home-run entries were present in the stored game data.

Season and playoff context

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

In the 2026 standings, the Tampa Bay Rays were 79-54, 1st in the division, division leader, magic number 27.

In the 2026 standings, the Detroit Tigers were 62-71, 4th in the division, 7.5 games back in the division, 9th in the wild-card standings, 5.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 23, wild-card elimination number 24.

Official game sources

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