Kevin Cash banked on the bullpen, and the Rays got bitten by the Tigers on Sunday afternoon, losing 9-3. Zack Littell had given the Rays a strong first five innings in Sunday’s swelter, allowing just one run and four hits,

Tampa Bay took two of three from Detroit over the weekend, but Sunday's 9-3 loss got ugly at the end when new reliever Forrest Whitley gave up six runs on 16 pitches without recording an out. The Rays are 2.

Riley Greene had three hits and Wenceel Pérez and Parker Meadows each homered and drove in three runs and Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-3 win at Tampa Bay at Steinbrenner Field.