Game Highlights: Canha Starts With a Bang, Skubal is Nasty, Báez Has a Night vs. Rays | 4/22/24

Game recap of the Tigers vs. Rays game at Tropicana Field. Tarik Skubal struck out 9 batters over 6 scoreless innings. Mark Canha got the scoring started early with a home run in the first inning. Kerry Carpenter extended his streak of games with an RBI to 7, Javy Báez extended his hit streak to 5 games and Parker Meadows went yard for the second time this season in the Tigers win vs. the Rays.

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Tampa Bay getting ready for the first of
three against the visiting Detroit
Tigers here tonight at Tropic field it
will be Zack latel for the Rays against
TK scoble the Lefty for the Tigers
little right on left in the series
opener as far as your Tampa Bay Rays are
concerned they will go out with a guy by
the name of Zack latel a guy we’ve all
gotten familiar with here the
28-year-old will Grace the mount at the
trop tonight a pitcher with an RA of
just 2.1 W four he has had a really
really good season for your rays the
Rays really couldn’t ask for much more
well Riley green steps in and the first
pitch of this game is popped up high
popper into foul territory and just
across the line one pinch one out Mark
canah is at one ball no strikes as the
Tigers come in at 12 and 10 that ball is
cranked to left field Ros Arena back at
the track and he could only watch T it
Fly Mark canah with cannon fire for a
one- nothing lead Mark canah wasting no
time Ray’s facing the 27y old native of
Hayward California off to a terrific
start Terk scoo making his fifth start
of the year yeah sco’s been Nails all
year long for this tiger rotation he
deals an 0 And1 grounded back through
the middle hits the mound and rolls into
center field no that seemed to happen in
slow motion Bas I guess couldn’t get
there neither could Colt Keith and a
slow rolling single and that’s what a 14
game hitting streak now for AED Rosario
all right here’s yandi Diaz hitting
number two in the
order a Fly ball lifted into
Center and Meadows is going to be there
to make the catch on that one one out
one on here’s Harold Ramirez and there’s
a Chase Ramirez out on strikes the race
by the way lead the American League or a
tied for the American League lead in
stolen bases guess who’s allowed the
fewest stolen bases in the American
League the opponent tonight the ti
chance for Rogers here and oh man is
that a laser just a Clos line to take
care of rasario Keith applies a tag and
the Tigers get out of any potential
first inning trouble we head of the
second inning first of three tigers and
rays and the Tigers have a one- nothing
lead after one line drive off the glove
of a leaping petus into the left field
Corner Beering around first heading to
Second over to get it to rosar a big
turn at second and hold Matt verling
rips a double to lead off the second
inning 22 latel got inside on him it’s
Sky High a short stop and cavayero
making the catch the2 back door slider
perfect and alen Porter paused and Rings
up Parker Meadows two outs still at
second is verling for certainly No
rookie Javier bayz he does a lot of
things that just doesn’t show up on the
scorecard like that laser to center
field down for a base hit series up with
it he launches a throw and it’s way too
strong way offline down to Second goes
bayz two out sizzling single to center
field scores verling and the Tigers take
a two nothing lead in the second now
Rogers with a base hit would make it 3
nothing 1-1 swinging the ground ball off
the Middle Lane ranging far to his left
cabalero 360 spin throws and got him no
out of the glove of the first basan Diaz
and in to score comes bayz it was a
spectacular play by cabalero but the
bounce throw to first Diaz couldn’t
handle it Rogers is safe and the Tigers
have a three nothing lead bottom of the
second inning in Tampa 3 nothing Tigers
over the Rays three and two is right
there strike three AR Ro Arena toppled
by scoble sco’s got that high oain fast
ball that he can use to both sides of
the plate swinging Miss Third change
that the pereta saw in that at bat but
that one came after 2 96 and 98 mph fast
balls the fast ball change up
combination on any given night can be
absolutely devastating three strikeouts
for scoel the one two swing in a Miss
got him with a f ball absolutely
overpowered him fourth strikeout for
scoble ends the second down to Second
goes yni Diaz three nothing Tigers were
in the bottom of the fourth inning 1-1
swing in a mighty pop Tolson into foul
territory through the first base coach’s
box will make the catch right by that
coach’s box for the third out after the
single three outs for Terk scubba we
head to the fifth inning tigers have a
three nothing lead after four 891
hitters bayz Rogers Riley green against
Zack latel line drive base hit into
center field and slider down and jav was
on it Rogers singled his first time up
one two ripped to left field Jake Rogers
has hit a couple of balls well as Javi
breaks it down and a good idea there a
Rosara got to it quickly two sharp
singles to start the fifth inning Tigers
already leading three
nothing ground ball chopped to Short
cabalero will flat-footed throw to first
and he threw it wide coming home jav
bayz throw to the plate not in time over
to third Jake Rogers Tigers bolting all
over Tropicana Field and it’s 4 nothing
that was beautiful that was good stuff
Jake Rogers never broke stride around
second no he didn’t that was a really
nice aggressive base good stuff right
there the2 swinging a line drive base
hit into left field Rogers in to score
Green down to second base five nothing
tigers in the fifth well you just have
to match the int you got to match their
style of play and the tigers are doing
that here tonight ter scubba working
with a five nothing lead as we go to the
bottom of the fifth
inning yep High fast ball see you later
me Strikes Out couple quick outs here
he’ll be on a nice low pitch count
through five the wind up in the two two
swinging the line drive softly backing
up to play as byas long throw to first
got him
wow wow he had no time time to really
plan and throw kind of flat footed He
got enough on the throw to get cabalero
at first that’s an outrageous play jav
Bas The onew Swinging a Miss he got him
with 99 in seven strikeout ends the
fifth we head to the sixth inning five
nothing Tigers pretty good first five
innings to this series in St Petersburg
Parker Meadows lays into this one right
center field and away it goes almost a
splash down oh baby under to the beach
parkam meows that’s a big fly there
right down the middle take a look how
quickly he gets through the Zone
catching that ball out in front that’s
what a big boys play it’s a party out
there out in front second of the year
six nothing Tigers we head to the bottom
of the sixth inning six nothing tigers
in the first of three with a Rays Terk
scoble state to a six nothing
lead easy catch easy 97 strike three
that is Punch Out number eight for scoel
three and two struck him out he turned
him inside out with a slider nine
strikeouts for scoble through six we
head to the seventh six nothing tigers
in the seventh brings up Carpenter line
drive to left center field Gap and
that’s going to head up the Gap all the
way to the wall canah is being waved
around third he’s coming home and he
will make it without a throw Carri
Carpenter extends his RBI streak to
seven consecutive games to give the
Tigers a 7 nothing lead in the seven
cavier 278 this time in after a strike
out and a ground out to
short High Fly ball left Center Meadows
to the Deep part and that baby is gone
home run off the bat of Jose ciero his
second of the year and the Rays get on
the board the Rays down now by six at 7
to1 joy wents out of that tiger Bullpen
get an opportunity to finish this game
off for seamer cutter change up in the
curve ball been really effective with
that for seamer and the change up this
year the on who was swinging a Miss he
got him with a change up and the tigers
with a very complete game from start to
finish take game one in St Petersburg