Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, August 9, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Tim McClelland, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 23932

David Price became the American League’s first 15-game winner as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Monday night.

Price (15-5) allowed two runs in five innings as Tampa Bay ended a five-game losing streak. He allowed five hits and four runs while fanning nine.

Matt Joyce homered and drove in a pair of runs. Evan Longoria had two hits and drove in one.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI double by Gerald Laird. Tampa Bay took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the third on Joyce’s sixth homer of the year and a sacrifice fly by Ben Zobrist.

Brennan Boesch hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to trim the deficit to 4-3 but Tampa Bay got RBI singles by John Jaso and Carl Crawford in the ninth to cap the scoring.

Rafael Soriano pitched a perfect ninth for his 32nd save.

Armando Galarraga (3-5) took the loss. He surrendered four runs on five hits and walks in five innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Detroit
David Price Player Armando Galarraga
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.0
9 Strikeouts 1
5 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 7.20
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Detroit
John Jaso Player Gerald Laird
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
4 TB 3
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 11 1 18 .333 17 4 6 4 0 0
Detroit 7 1 11 .206 17 13 3 5 0 0