Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

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Tampa Bay Rays

78-79, 36-40 Away

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Detroit Tigers

83-74, 40-36 Home

Skubal allows two hits in seven scoreless as Tigers continue postseason push by beating Rays

Brandon Lowe rains on the Tigers' parade with a HR

Skubal (18-4), a leading candidate to win the AL Cy Young award, struck out seven batters while walking only one. He will get a chance for a 19th win on Sunday if the Tigers need him to beat the Chicago White Sox on the final day of the regular season to make the postseason.

The Tigers (83-74) began the day tied with Kansas City for the second and third wild-card spots — the Royals hold the tiebreaker — and one game ahead of the Minnesota Twins. Sellers at MLB’s trade deadline, Detroit is an MLB-best 28-11 since Aug. 11.

Reliever Beau Brieske retired the first five batters he faced before Brandon Lowe homered with two outs in the ninth, pulling the Rays to within 2-1, but he struck out Josh Lowe for his first save.

Tampa Bay (78-79) dropped five games behind the Tigers.

Wenceel Pérez reached base three times for Detroit, walking twice before hitting a two-run double in the fifth.

Tampa Bay starter Ryan Pepiot (8-7) allowed two runs on three hits and four walks in six innings.

The Tigers had the first good chance of the game, putting runners on the corners with one out in the fourth, but Pepiot got Colt Keith to pop out before striking out Spencer Torkelson.

Detroit loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, thanks to two walks and a single. Perez fell behind 0-2 but worked the count full before hitting a ground-rule double on the ninth pitch of the at-bat.

The game was moved up from 6:40 p.m. to 1:10 p.m because of a forecast for rain, then was delayed an hour by showers.

Detroit called up right-hander Jackson Jobe, one of baseball's best pitching prospects, to throw of the bullpen in the season's final week. They made room for him on the roster by designating righty Shelby Miller for assignment.

The teams play the second of three games on Wednesday, with Detroit RHP Keider Montero (6-6, 4.86 ERA) facing Tampa Bay RHP Zack Littell (8-9, 3.56).

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 68.8%

Rays: 31.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	J. Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	J. Lowe hit for DeLuca
	9th Inning	B. Lowe homered to right (363 feet).
	9th Inning	Díaz fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Aranda popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Aranda hit for Walls

Statistics

TB		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	12
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
3	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	4
30	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
-0.3	Runs Created	0.6
.103	Batting Average	.111
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.207	Slugging Percentage	.148
.103	Secondary Average	.185
.133	On Base Percentage	.226
.340	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.374
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
10.0	Batter Rating	13.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.103	Isolated Power	.037
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.033	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.129
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.0	MLB Rating	62.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0