Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 8,
Detroit 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 20, 2017
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 13267
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 13267
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .217 |
| Tyler Collins | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .262 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
| Alex Avila | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .412 |
| James McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .147 |
| Andrew Romine | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .219 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Ian Kinsler (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Ian Kinsler 4, Nicholas Castellanos 2, James McCann, Dixon Machado | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Kinsler (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tyler Collins (7), Andrew Romine (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Dixon Machado (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Norris (L 1-1) | 4.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Warwick Saupold | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.23 |
| HBP - Rickie Weeks Jr. (by Saupold) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Norris 101-63, Warwick Saupold 55-34 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Norris 6-3, Warwick Saupold 0-5 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Norris 25, Warwick Saupold 14 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Warwick Saupold 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .349 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Evan Longoria | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .234 |
| Rickie Weeks Jr. | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Brad Miller | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
| Daniel Robertson | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .192 |
| Jesus Sucre | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Peter Bourjos | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .176 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Steven Souza Jr. (5), Brad Miller (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Steven Souza Jr. (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Steven Souza Jr. (3), Kevin Kiermaier (1), Daniel Robertson (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Steven Souza Jr. 9, Kevin Kiermaier 5, Evan Longoria, Brad Miller 2, Tim Beckham, Daniel Robertson 4, Jesus Sucre, Peter Bourjos | |||||||||
| RBI - Steven Souza Jr. 3 (15), Kevin Kiermaier 2 (3), Tim Beckham (4), Daniel Robertson (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Steven Souza Jr. 3 (7), Kevin Kiermaier (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rickie Weeks Jr. (7) | |||||||||
| S - Kevin Kiermaier (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Erasmo Ramirez (W 2-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.07 |
| Chase Whitley | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tommy Hunter | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Erasmo Ramirez 66-47, Chase Whitley 47-27, Tommy Hunter 19-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Erasmo Ramirez 4-2, Chase Whitley 1-2, Tommy Hunter 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Erasmo Ramirez 17, Chase Whitley 12, Tommy Hunter 5 | ||||||||