Game Report - June 1, 2026 - Tigers 10, Rays 9
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Steve Bielawski
Jun 4, 2026, 10:50:11 PM (8 days ago) Jun 4
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> Detroit Tigers 10, Tampa Bay Rays 9 - final
After a weekend sweep by the White Sox, the Tigers went into Tampa Bay and their offense came alive.
In the top of the first, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler singled, and Riley Greene doubled to drive in Mr. McGonigle and Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the third, Kevin McGonigle walked, and Dillon Dingler homered to drive in Mr, McGonigle. Then, Kerry Carpenbter homered, and Riley Greene homered. Yes, those home runs came back-t0-back-to-back.
In the bottom of the fourth, Richie Palacios walked, and Junior Caminero homered.
Dillon Dingler led off the top of the fifth with a home run.
Hao-Yu Lee led off the top of the sixth with a home run. The Tigers led, 8-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Richie Palacios walked, Junior Caminero walked, and Ryan Vilade homered to drive in Mr. Palacios and Mr. Caminero.
In the top of the eighth, Hao-Yu Lee singled, and scored on a double by Dillon Dingler. Mr. Dingler then scored on a double by Kerry Capenter. The Tigers had a 10-5 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, Junior Caminero walked, Victor Mesa Jr. walked, Cedric Mullins walked to load the bases, Nick Fortes doubled to drive in Mr. Caminero and Mr. Mesa, and Ben Williamson singled to drive in Mr. Mullins and Mr. Fortes.
The Tigers continued to score, and continued to win. They swept the Rays in St. Petersburg.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 .285 .390 .407
Singled to right in the first and scored.
Walked in the third and scored.
> D. Dingler C 5 4 4 4 2 0 0 .241 .324 .503
Singled to left in the first and scored.
Homered to centre in the third
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Homered to centre in the fifth.
Doubled to centre in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Lee;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter LF 5 1 3 2 1 0 1 .239 .315 .495
Homered to right-centre in the third.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Doubled to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .281 .349
> R. Greene DH 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 .309 .399 .450
Doubled to right in the first
to drive in Mr. McGonigle and Mr. Dingler.
Homeredf to cventre in the third.
Singled to left in the fifth.
Walked in the seventh.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .210 .315 .395
Was hit by a pitch in the fifth.
> C. Keith 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .316 .333
nothing.
> J. Jones PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .155 .241 .268
Walked in the ninth.
> Z. Short SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 .324 .160
> W. Perez CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .161 .221 .294
nothing, with three strikeouts.
> H. Lee 2B 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 .205 .241 .337
Homered to right in the sixth.
Singled up the middle in the eighth and scored.
> Z. McKinstry RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .162 .246 .216
Singled up the centre in the second, but was caught stealing.
> team 39 10 14 10 5 3 8
It's hard to beat ten runs.
> 2B: Greene (16, Jax); Carpenter (3, Sulser); Dingler (12, Sulser)
> HR: Dingler 2 (13, 3rd inning off Jax 1 on, 0 Out, 5th inning off Martin 0 on, 0 Out);
> Carpenter (7, 3rd inning off Jax 0 on, 0 Out);
> Greene (5, 3rd inning off Jax 0 on, 0 Out);
> Lee (2, 6th inning off Martin 0 on, 0 Out)
Nice to see the Tigers use the long ball.
> RBI: Greene 3 (28), Carpenter 2 (19), Dingler 4 (38), Lee (9)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler; Carpenter.
> SH: McKinstry
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-13 (Pérez 0-2, Greene 1-2, Carpenter 1-2,
> Dingler 1-1, Torkelson 0-2, Keith 0-3, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: McKinstry (3, 2nd base by Jax/Feduccia)
> SB: Keith (2, 2nd base off Martin/Fortes)
> DP: 2 (Lee-McGonigle-Torkelson 2)
> E: Lee (2, fielding)
> Tampa Bay Rays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> Y. Diaz DH 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .317 .397 .534
> J. Aranda 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 .386 .488
Collared.
> R. Palacios 2B 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 .248 .371 .321
Contained to two walks and two runs scored.
> J. Caminero 3B 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 .279 .381 .512
> C. Simpson LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 .318 .338
> R. Vilade PR-LF 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 .278 .352 .456
> V. Mesa Jr. RF 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .211 .318 .368
Curtailed to two walks and one run scored.
> C. Mullins CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 .184 .267 .270
Corralled.
Four Rays wee abouard the 0-fer Express,
which is surprising, given that they scored nine runs.
> H. Feduccia C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .351 .343
> N. Fortes PH-C 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .285 .324
> T. Walls SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .313 .285
> O. Dunn PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
> B. Williamson PH-SS 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .273 .353 .339
> team 34 9 8 9 2 8 8
Nine runs are quite a lot, and often enough to win.
> 2B: Díaz (10, Madden); Fortes (7, Vest)
> HR: Vilade (3, 6th inning off Hanifee 2 on, 0 Out); Caminero (14, 4th inning off Madden 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Vilade 3 (20), Fortes 2 (13), Williamson 2 (17), Caminero 2 (30)
> GIDP: Aranda; Palacios
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 3-11 (Mullins 0-1, Aranda 0-2, Vilade 1-1, Palacios 0-2,
> Fortes 1-2, Williamson 1-2, Caminero 0-1)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (23-38, 9-24 road) 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 - 10 14 1
> Tampa Bay Rays (36-21, 21-7 home) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 - 9 8 0
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
It ended up being close, but the Tigers won.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Madden 3.1 3 2 2 2 4 1 48-28 3.07
He did well for three innings, but had trouble in the fourth.
> T. Holton (W, 1-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 23-12 4.23
Did his job.
> B. Hanifee 0.0 1 3 3 2 0 1 13-4 3.65
Not what the Tigers wanted.
> D. Sommers (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 18-10 0.00
> K. Finnegan (H, 7) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 19-10 1.93
Did their jobs.
> B. Brieske 0.1 0 3 3 3 0 0 25-10 32.40
> W. Vest (S, 1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 40-27 7.23
Not what I consider "relief."
> team 9.0 8 9 9 8 8 2 186-101
> WP: Madde
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Madden 7/15;
> Holton 1/5; Hanifee 2/3; Sommers 1/3;
> Finnegan 2/4; Brieske 2/4; Vest 7/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Madden-4-8-7-9;
> Holton-2-4-2-3; Hanifee-3-0-0-1; Sommers-2-0-6-2;
> Finnegan-3-2-2-3; Brieske-2-2-5-1; Vest-8-3-10-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Madden 1-5;
> Holton 2-1; Sommers 2-0;
> Finnegan 2-0; Brieske 0-1; Vest 3-1
> Game Scores: T Madden 48
> Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> G. Jax (L, 1-4) 4.0 7 6 6 1 5 3 72-50 4.76
He had some good moments, but he gave up six earned runs.
> T. Martin 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 2 43-27 4.35
> C. Sulser 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 20-13 5.01
They got hit rather hard at times as well.
> G. Cleavinger 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21-11 3.65
Did his job, but the damage had been done.
> team 9.0 14 10 10 3 8 5 156-101
> HBP: Torkelson (by Martin)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Cleavinger 2/4; Sulser 4/6; Jax 13/19; Martin 10/15
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Cleavinger-4-3-2-1; Sulser-3-4-1-5; Jax-7-14-16-13; Martin-7-4-4-12
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Cleavinger 0-2; Sulser 1-1; Jax 1-5; Martin 3-5
> Game Scores: G Jax 28
> Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
> Attendance: 13,695
> Time of Game: 3:08
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Tigers hit 5 home runs and hold off Rays 10-9 to halt skid behind Dingler, Carpenter and Greene
By AP
Updated: Jun 1, 2026, 10:54 pm
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- — Dillon Dingler hit two of Detroit's season-high five homers, Riley Greene was a triple shy of the cycle and the Tigers stopped a four-game skid by holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 10-9 on Monday night.
Dingler had four hits and drove in four runs. Kerry Carpenter also went deep and finished with three hits and two RBI. Greene was 3 for 4 with a walk and three RBI.
That trio combined to hit three consecutive homers in the third inning. The previous time Detroit launched three straight home runs was Aug. 8, 2020, when Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario connected at Pittsburgh.
Hao-Yu Lee also homered for the Tigers (23-38), who avoided falling 17 games under .500. The most games under .500 for a team rebounding to make the playoffs was 16 by the 1914 Boston Braves, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Detroit opened a 6-0 cushion in the third but Ryan Vilade’s three-run homer shaved it to 8-5 in the sixth. Carpenter’s two-run double with two outs in the eighth provided critical insurance when the Rays batted around in the bottom half and scored four times to make it 10-9.
Tyler Holton (1-4) won in relief and Will Vest got five outs for his first save this season.
Yandy Díaz had three hits and Junior Caminero also homered for the Rays, who entered the day with the best home record in the majors.
Greene got the Tigers on the board with a two-run double off Griffin Jax (1-4) in the first.
Dingler homered to center field against Trevor Martin leading off the fifth to extend Detroit's lead to 7-2.
In the fourth, Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson exited under his own power after a headfirst slide into second base. He appeared to injure his face when his helmet was jarred loose. Vilade entered as a pinch runner.
Tampa Bay shortstop Taylor Walls was removed in the second with left hamstring tightness.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-7, 5.81 ERA) faces Rays LHP Steven Matz (4-2, 4.67) on Tuesday.
After a weekend sweep by the White Sox, the Tigers went into Tampa Bay and their offense came alive.
In the top of the first, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler singled, and Riley Greene doubled to drive in Mr. McGonigle and Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the third, Kevin McGonigle walked, and Dillon Dingler homered to drive in Mr, McGonigle. Then, Kerry Carpenbter homered, and Riley Greene homered. Yes, those home runs came back-t0-back-to-back.
In the bottom of the fourth, Richie Palacios walked, and Junior Caminero homered.
Dillon Dingler led off the top of the fifth with a home run.
Hao-Yu Lee led off the top of the sixth with a home run. The Tigers led, 8-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Richie Palacios walked, Junior Caminero walked, and Ryan Vilade homered to drive in Mr. Palacios and Mr. Caminero.
In the top of the eighth, Hao-Yu Lee singled, and scored on a double by Dillon Dingler. Mr. Dingler then scored on a double by Kerry Capenter. The Tigers had a 10-5 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, Junior Caminero walked, Victor Mesa Jr. walked, Cedric Mullins walked to load the bases, Nick Fortes doubled to drive in Mr. Caminero and Mr. Mesa, and Ben Williamson singled to drive in Mr. Mullins and Mr. Fortes.
The Tigers continued to score, and continued to win. They swept the Rays in St. Petersburg.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 .285 .390 .407
Singled to right in the first and scored.
Walked in the third and scored.
> D. Dingler C 5 4 4 4 2 0 0 .241 .324 .503
Singled to left in the first and scored.
Homered to centre in the third
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Homered to centre in the fifth.
Doubled to centre in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Lee;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter LF 5 1 3 2 1 0 1 .239 .315 .495
Homered to right-centre in the third.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Doubled to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .281 .349
> R. Greene DH 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 .309 .399 .450
Doubled to right in the first
to drive in Mr. McGonigle and Mr. Dingler.
Homeredf to cventre in the third.
Singled to left in the fifth.
Walked in the seventh.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .210 .315 .395
Was hit by a pitch in the fifth.
> C. Keith 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .316 .333
nothing.
> J. Jones PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .155 .241 .268
Walked in the ninth.
> Z. Short SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 .324 .160
> W. Perez CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .161 .221 .294
nothing, with three strikeouts.
> H. Lee 2B 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 .205 .241 .337
Homered to right in the sixth.
Singled up the middle in the eighth and scored.
> Z. McKinstry RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .162 .246 .216
Singled up the centre in the second, but was caught stealing.
> team 39 10 14 10 5 3 8
It's hard to beat ten runs.
> 2B: Greene (16, Jax); Carpenter (3, Sulser); Dingler (12, Sulser)
> HR: Dingler 2 (13, 3rd inning off Jax 1 on, 0 Out, 5th inning off Martin 0 on, 0 Out);
> Carpenter (7, 3rd inning off Jax 0 on, 0 Out);
> Greene (5, 3rd inning off Jax 0 on, 0 Out);
> Lee (2, 6th inning off Martin 0 on, 0 Out)
Nice to see the Tigers use the long ball.
> RBI: Greene 3 (28), Carpenter 2 (19), Dingler 4 (38), Lee (9)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler; Carpenter.
> SH: McKinstry
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-13 (Pérez 0-2, Greene 1-2, Carpenter 1-2,
> Dingler 1-1, Torkelson 0-2, Keith 0-3, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: McKinstry (3, 2nd base by Jax/Feduccia)
> SB: Keith (2, 2nd base off Martin/Fortes)
> DP: 2 (Lee-McGonigle-Torkelson 2)
> E: Lee (2, fielding)
> Tampa Bay Rays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> Y. Diaz DH 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .317 .397 .534
> J. Aranda 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 .386 .488
Collared.
> R. Palacios 2B 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 .248 .371 .321
Contained to two walks and two runs scored.
> J. Caminero 3B 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 .279 .381 .512
> C. Simpson LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 .318 .338
> R. Vilade PR-LF 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 .278 .352 .456
> V. Mesa Jr. RF 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .211 .318 .368
Curtailed to two walks and one run scored.
> C. Mullins CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 .184 .267 .270
Corralled.
Four Rays wee abouard the 0-fer Express,
which is surprising, given that they scored nine runs.
> H. Feduccia C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .351 .343
> N. Fortes PH-C 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .285 .324
> T. Walls SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .313 .285
> O. Dunn PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
> B. Williamson PH-SS 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .273 .353 .339
> team 34 9 8 9 2 8 8
Nine runs are quite a lot, and often enough to win.
> 2B: Díaz (10, Madden); Fortes (7, Vest)
> HR: Vilade (3, 6th inning off Hanifee 2 on, 0 Out); Caminero (14, 4th inning off Madden 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Vilade 3 (20), Fortes 2 (13), Williamson 2 (17), Caminero 2 (30)
> GIDP: Aranda; Palacios
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 3-11 (Mullins 0-1, Aranda 0-2, Vilade 1-1, Palacios 0-2,
> Fortes 1-2, Williamson 1-2, Caminero 0-1)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (23-38, 9-24 road) 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 - 10 14 1
> Tampa Bay Rays (36-21, 21-7 home) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 - 9 8 0
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
It ended up being close, but the Tigers won.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Madden 3.1 3 2 2 2 4 1 48-28 3.07
He did well for three innings, but had trouble in the fourth.
> T. Holton (W, 1-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 23-12 4.23
Did his job.
> B. Hanifee 0.0 1 3 3 2 0 1 13-4 3.65
Not what the Tigers wanted.
> D. Sommers (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 18-10 0.00
> K. Finnegan (H, 7) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 19-10 1.93
Did their jobs.
> B. Brieske 0.1 0 3 3 3 0 0 25-10 32.40
> W. Vest (S, 1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 0 40-27 7.23
Not what I consider "relief."
> team 9.0 8 9 9 8 8 2 186-101
> WP: Madde
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Madden 7/15;
> Holton 1/5; Hanifee 2/3; Sommers 1/3;
> Finnegan 2/4; Brieske 2/4; Vest 7/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Madden-4-8-7-9;
> Holton-2-4-2-3; Hanifee-3-0-0-1; Sommers-2-0-6-2;
> Finnegan-3-2-2-3; Brieske-2-2-5-1; Vest-8-3-10-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Madden 1-5;
> Holton 2-1; Sommers 2-0;
> Finnegan 2-0; Brieske 0-1; Vest 3-1
> Game Scores: T Madden 48
> Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> G. Jax (L, 1-4) 4.0 7 6 6 1 5 3 72-50 4.76
He had some good moments, but he gave up six earned runs.
> T. Martin 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 2 43-27 4.35
> C. Sulser 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 20-13 5.01
They got hit rather hard at times as well.
> G. Cleavinger 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21-11 3.65
Did his job, but the damage had been done.
> team 9.0 14 10 10 3 8 5 156-101
> HBP: Torkelson (by Martin)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Cleavinger 2/4; Sulser 4/6; Jax 13/19; Martin 10/15
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Cleavinger-4-3-2-1; Sulser-3-4-1-5; Jax-7-14-16-13; Martin-7-4-4-12
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Cleavinger 0-2; Sulser 1-1; Jax 1-5; Martin 3-5
> Game Scores: G Jax 28
> Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
> Attendance: 13,695
> Time of Game: 3:08
This game report is brought to you by Salt Shack On The Bay.
A seafood restaurant with fairly reasonable prices.
More of a bar than a restaurant, with happy hour food and cocktails.
After a game like this, Tigers fans could use cocktails.
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Tigers hit 5 home runs and hold off Rays 10-9 to halt skid behind Dingler, Carpenter and Greene
By AP
Updated: Jun 1, 2026, 10:54 pm
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- — Dillon Dingler hit two of Detroit's season-high five homers, Riley Greene was a triple shy of the cycle and the Tigers stopped a four-game skid by holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 10-9 on Monday night.
Dingler had four hits and drove in four runs. Kerry Carpenter also went deep and finished with three hits and two RBI. Greene was 3 for 4 with a walk and three RBI.
That trio combined to hit three consecutive homers in the third inning. The previous time Detroit launched three straight home runs was Aug. 8, 2020, when Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario connected at Pittsburgh.
Hao-Yu Lee also homered for the Tigers (23-38), who avoided falling 17 games under .500. The most games under .500 for a team rebounding to make the playoffs was 16 by the 1914 Boston Braves, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Detroit opened a 6-0 cushion in the third but Ryan Vilade’s three-run homer shaved it to 8-5 in the sixth. Carpenter’s two-run double with two outs in the eighth provided critical insurance when the Rays batted around in the bottom half and scored four times to make it 10-9.
Tyler Holton (1-4) won in relief and Will Vest got five outs for his first save this season.
Yandy Díaz had three hits and Junior Caminero also homered for the Rays, who entered the day with the best home record in the majors.
Greene got the Tigers on the board with a two-run double off Griffin Jax (1-4) in the first.
Dingler homered to center field against Trevor Martin leading off the fifth to extend Detroit's lead to 7-2.
In the fourth, Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson exited under his own power after a headfirst slide into second base. He appeared to injure his face when his helmet was jarred loose. Vilade entered as a pinch runner.
Tampa Bay shortstop Taylor Walls was removed in the second with left hamstring tightness.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-7, 5.81 ERA) faces Rays LHP Steven Matz (4-2, 4.67) on Tuesday.
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