Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch was at a loss to explain closer Gregory Soto's collapse in the top of the ninth Sunday.
"I've had him on both sides," he said. "He's escaped so many of them you always think he's one-pitch away, and he literally was ... But there are no alarm bells, no exact reason why it happens.
"But it frustrates everyone, including Gregory."
Soto was one out away from sending the game to the bottom of the ninth scoreless when things unraveled. He walked Yu Chang and Yandy Diaz with the bases loaded and the Rays went on to score seven two-out runs, taking the finale of the series 7-0 at Comerica Park.