Tigers bounce back from blowout loss with scrappy victory over Rays

Detroit – The Tigers are an imperfect team, certainly. The 28-3 run differential in the four previous games against the Tampa Bay Rays is a fair barometer of the gap between the two teams.

But say this for them, they don’t wallow. They scrap. When they get sand kicked in their faces like they did Friday night, they generally bounce back strong the next day.

The Tigers flushed the 8-0 loss Friday with a hard-earned 4-2 victory over the Rays Saturday at Comerica Park. Not only did the win get them off the schneid against the Rays (they’d lost all four this season and nine of the last 10), it was also the first time they beat right-hander Aaron Civale.

The former Cleveland Guardians pitcher had…