ST. PETERSBURG -- Following back-to-back shutouts over the weekend, Rays pitchers experienced a lapse Monday night at Tropicana Field.
Fortunately, the offense saved the day in the Rays' 10-9 win over the Tigers in 10 innings.
Kevin Kiermaier stroked a one-out triple in the 10th off Blaine Hardy, who walked the next batter, Matt Duffy, to put runners at the corners. Daniel Robertson then singled through the drawn-in Tigers infield to drive home Kiermaier for the walk-off win.
Tampa Bay's offense built leads of 5-0 after the first, 7-3 after the third and 9-7 after the seventh, only to see Detroit come back to tie the game.