St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays came home but didn’t bring their bats.
Daniel Norris, Drew VerHagen and Joe Jimenez combined on a five-hitter to outpitch Charlie Morton, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Rays 2-0 on Friday night.
“We didn’t hit,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “You’re not going to win if you don’t score and we didn’t score.”
Norris went the first three innings, VerHagen pitched five and Jimenez earned his third save by striking out Eric Sogard with two men on base to end the game.