St. Petersburg, Fla. — A five-run third inning and an assembly line of relievers sent the Detroit Tigers to their third straight loss Tuesday, 5-2, to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The skidding Tigers have lost 17 of 21.
Detroit didn’t get its second hit until John Hicks’ two-out infield single in the seventh against Adam Kolarek, who allowed Nicholas Castellanos’ RBI double and a run-scoring single by Goodrum in ninth.
“We made a little bit of a run there at the end, but one inning cost us the ballgame,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said.