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Rays' Price toes rubber vs. Tigers
Aug 23, 2011 - 3:06 PMVideo
The Tigers stretched their Central lead to 5 1/2 games over both Cleveland and Chicago and ended the Rays' five-game win streak Monday night, as Alex Avila's two-run homer backed seven strong innings by Justin Verlander in a 5-2 win.
Verlander (19-5) allowed one run on three hits and three walks while fanning eight in the right-hander's seventh consecutive victory. He also tied his career-high in wins with his major league-leading 19th victory.
Don Kelly added a solo shot in Detroit's fourth straight win. The Tigers lead both the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians by 5 1/2 games.
Jeff Niemann (8-5) gave up four runs on six hits and three walks in 7 1/3 innings. He had won his previous seven decisions prior to the loss, his first since May 4 against Toronto.
Matt Joyce and Evan Longoria went deep for the Rays.
Price, who'll turn 26 Friday, has won two straight decisions in three starts since dropping a 3-1 verdict to Toronto on Aug. 2.
He won road games at New York and Boston to improve to 11-10 on the season while allowing a combined nine hits and one run in 16 innings against the Yankees and Red Sox.
The Nashville native is 3-0 in five career meetings with the Tigers, having given up just five runs and struck out 25 batters in 21 1/3 innings.
Tampa Bay is 4-6 in his last 10 starts.
Veteran righty Brad Penny makes the 313th appearance of his big-league career for Detroit and aims for a second straight win.
The 33-year-old Oklahoman is 2-4 in seven meetings with the Rays with a 5.45 earned run average and 25 strikeouts in 38 innings.
He beat Baltimore, 5-4, on Aug. 12 for his last decision, the 116th win of his career against 97 losses.
Detroit is 4-6 in his last 10 starts.
- DETROIT: 2
TAMPA BAY: 1
Final
Aug 23 10:47 PM - Jhonny Peralta sacrifice fly out to center scored Victor Martinez. On the play, Alex Avila advances to second. Runner on second with two outs and Ryan Raburn due up.
Tigers 2, Rays 1 Top 7, 2 OutsAug 23 9:26 PM - DETROIT: 0
TAMPA BAY: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Aug 23 7:30 PM
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