Tampa Bay Rays snap four-game losing streak beating Detroit Tigers 4-2 – MLB Update
Tampa Bay Rays snapped their four-game losing streak in great style as they beat Detroit Tigers 4-2 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on Friday, June 29 in the second game of their four match series of the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season.
Rays’ starting pitcher David Price had an excellent time on the mound as he outpitched Tigers’ ace Justin Verlander for his 11th win of the season. Allowing just two runs and five hits in seven plus innings, he played a big part in deciding the
result of the clash.
Price struck-out seven and walked one on 78 pitches. Delmon Young homered to left and Prince Fielder got a hit of in the seventh against the starter.
"It just tightened up on me a little bit," Price added. "It's something we need to be careful with."
Luke Scott provided the Rays with the kind of start they desperately needed as he grounded out to first in the first inning. Desmond Jennings stepped in to take the responsibility. He homered twice to lead his side to a deserving win. Tigers’ starting pitcher
Justin Verlander took his fifth loss of the season despite putting up a decent show.
"Not very good. You know the old saying, solo homers don't hurt you does not apply tonight, not when you give up three of them," Verlander said. "Just fell behind some guys and put them in fastball counts and they were able to take advantage of it."
"Two outstanding pitchers going at it," Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland said in a post game interview. "Tonight, their guy got the best of it."
Joe Maddon and company, who had looked completely out of sorts in their last four games, finally managed to put things back on the track on Friday evening as they levelled the series 1-1.
Right now, the Rays are placed fourth on the American League East Division standings table, five games behind the leaders New York Yankees and it will be very exciting to see if they can give consistent results over the next couple of months to make it to
the playoffs.
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