8/2 - Tigers (56-54) @ Rays (66-43): Game 2

Dontrelle Willis: (10 - 5), 4.66 ERA vs. Scott Kazmir: (6 - 5), 3.80 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have lost the second game of this three game series with an extra innings loss to the Tigers. Placido Polanco hit an RBI double in the second to give the Tigers a one-run lead, but Cliff Floyd tied it up in the fourth with a lead-off homer. The Tigers regained the lead in the sixth when Magglio Ordonez hit an RBI single, and the Rays tied it up again in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single off the bat of the hot Jason Bartlett. The Tigers finally broke through in the fourteenth when Curtis Granderson belted a solo shot as they hang on to win it.

Final Score:
Tigers: 3
Rays: 2
F/14


Dontrelle Willis: 7.1 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Joel Zumaya: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Todd Jones: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Denny Bautista (W, 3-1): 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Edgar Renteria: 2-6, 2B, R
Magglio Ordonez: 2-6, 2B, RBI, K
Curtis Granderson: 1-6, HR (21), RBI, R
Carlos Guillen: 1-6, R, K
Placido Polanco: 1-5, 2B, RBI


Scott Kazmir: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Al Reyes: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jason Hammel (L, 3-5): 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Cliff Floyd: 2-6, HR (13), RBI, R, K
Dioner Navarro: 1-3, R
Jason Bartlett: 3-5, RBI