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Live blog: Zimmerman downs Rays 1-2-3 in 5th

Bottom 5th: Rays 5, Tigers 4

Jordan Zimmermann headed back out with a pitch count approaching 80 in the fifth.

He got Steven Souza Jr. to pop out to shallow right field. Logan Morrison followed that up with a strikeout and Derek Norris ended the inning with a high fly ball into left which nearly caused a collision between Andrew Romine and JaCoby Jones.

Top 5th: Rays 5, Tigers 4

After the Rays tacked on three runs in the fourth, the Tigers needed to get to Chris Archer. They did just that.