DETROIT -- C.J. Cron's two-run home run in the ninth inning ended a scoreless duel Monday night at Comerica Park before Jose Alvarado ended a furious Detroit rally with a bases-loaded strikeout of Dixon Machado, sending the Tigers to their fifth loss in six games with a 3-2 defeat to the Rays.
Tampa Bay has won nine of its last 10 games.
Jordan Zimmermann and Jake Faria took an unlikely pitching duel deep into the seasonably warmer Michigan night before the teams traded rallies in the ninth.