Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Tim McClelland, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 23932
David Price became the American League’s first 15-game winner as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Monday night.
Price (15-5) allowed two runs in five innings as Tampa Bay ended a five-game losing streak. He allowed five hits and four runs while fanning nine.
Matt Joyce homered and drove in a pair of runs. Evan Longoria had two hits and drove in one.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI double by Gerald Laird. Tampa Bay took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the third on Joyce’s sixth homer of the year and a sacrifice fly by Ben Zobrist.
Brennan Boesch hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to trim the deficit to 4-3 but Tampa Bay got RBI singles by John Jaso and Carl Crawford in the ninth to cap the scoring.
Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect ninth for his 32nd save.
Armando Galarraga (3-5) took the loss. He surrendered four runs on five hits and walks in five innings.
| Tampa Bay | Detroit | |
| David Price | Player | Armando Galarraga |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 5.0 | IP | 5.0 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 1 |
| 5 | Hits | 5 |
| 3.60 | ERA | 7.20 |
| Tampa Bay | Detroit | |
| John Jaso | Player | Gerald Laird |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 3 |
| .600 | Avg | 1.000 |