Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays
Final
Recap
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Troy Melton allowed only two runs over a career-long eight innings, Dillon Dingler drove in four runs and the Detroit Tigers finished off a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday. Detroit scored 25 runs on 19 extra base hits in the three games at Tropicana Field. The road sweep for Detroit is the first since last July at Cleveland. Tampa Bay has dropped eight of the past 10 games. The Rays’ lead in the AL East dropped to 0.5 games heading into Wednesday night.
Team stats
13Hits4
2Home runs1
1Walks2
4Strikeouts6
0Stolen bases0
106Pitches thrown140
6Pitching strikeouts4
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake RogersC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gleyber Torres2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigleSS-3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt VierlingCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack ShortSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon DinglerDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry CarpenterRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley GreeneLF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew AndersonP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Troy MeltonP | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |