St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers beat up the vaunted Rays bullpen in Detroit over the weekend, scoring 15 runs in three games.
Different story at Tropicana Field Thursday.
Niko Goodrum’s seventh home run of the year, and first since July 10, was the only scratch against Rays relievers who covered eight innings in Tampa Bay’s 5-2 win.
After manager Kevin Cash deployed right-hander Louis Head as an opener, pitching a clean first inning, a quintet of relievers locked down the Tigers hitters the rest of the way.
Central Michigan University product Dietrich Enns, who blanked the Tigers over four innings to earn his first big-league win on Saturday, went four more Thursday to earn his second big-league win.