DETROIT -- Alex Colome made it clear before Saturday's game: He wanted to pitch, regardless of the situation.
"I don't know if he wanted to pitch that much," Rays manager Kevin Cash quipped after Colome's five-out save in a win against the Tigers. "But we got him to pitch, and he got a lot of big outs for us."
Colome, 28, has gotten a lot of big outs for Tampa Bay this season, his second as the team's closer. He was an All-Star with 37 saves in 2016 and already has 19 saves in '17, tied for the most in the American League and tied for second in MLB.