Error costly in Rays' walk-off loss to Tigers

Steven Souza Jr. launches a solo home run to left field, tying the game at 3 in the top of the 8th inningDETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera hit a long-awaited and much-needed home run on Thursday night to lift Detroit to a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. In the bottom of the ninth, on a 2-1 count, Cabrera smacked a two-run homer to right field for the Tigers' second walk-off win of the season. It was Cabrera's sixth home run of the year and first since May 20.

Alex Avila got the rally started with a one-out single, his first hit of the game after striking out three times in the first four innings. Then Cabrera clubbed his seventh career walk-off and fifth extra-base hit in the past three games to give…