COREY KLUBER

Harold Castro hit his first home run of the year with two outs in the ninth inning, a tiebreaking shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 for their season-best fourth straight victory.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Harold Castro hit a go-ahead home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night at Tropicana Field. The Tigers (13-23) have won four games in a row and have two more this week against the Rays (21-15). Hammerin’ Harold Hits Huge Homer pic.twitter.com/dIcjdJO7bY — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) May 17, 2022Gregory Soto pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to earn the save. pic.twitter.com/jySSDULT0g — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) May 16, 2022As is often the case at Tropicana, there were just as many visiting fans as those rooting for the team. Box scoreUp nextThe Tigers and Rays meet again on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. at Tropicana Field.

Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays oddsSportsbooks are not taking too much from the Tigers’ weekend series sweep of the Orioles, as Detroit’s money line odds sit at +165, while the Rays are -200 to win. The Tigers’ run line (+1.5) carries odds of -125, while the Rays’ run line (-1.5) has odds of +105 at BetMGM Sportsbook. Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays run line prediction: Rays -1.5 (+105)After sweeping the Orioles over the weekend, the Detroit Tigers take on a much stronger opponent in the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. When making a pick for this game, we are tempted to back the Tampa Bay Rays. Click here to jump in and use it on the Tigers vs. Rays game on Monday night!

Shohei Ohtani hit his first grand slam in professional baseball on a two-homer night, and the surging Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-3.

Shohei Ohtani hit his first grand slam in professional baseball on a two-homer night, and the surging Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-3 on Monday. Ohtani had a solo shot in the sixth inning off Jalen Beeks. In the eighth, he connected on a 3-1 cutter from Calvin Faucher, who was making his big-league debut, and sent it over the wall in left field for his sixth homer and the Angels' third grand slam this season.

Kevin Gausman took a shutout into the ninth inning and Jordan Romano escaped with a save as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber looked good in his debut with the Tampa Bay Rays, pitching into the fifth inning to help the defending AL East champions beat Baltimore 8-0 and complete a season-opening sweep of the Orioles.

Reds right-hander Hunter Greene will make his much-anticipated major league debut when he faces the World Series champion Braves in Atlanta.

Joe West has made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after umpiring a record 5,460 regular-season games.

Major League Baseball teams committed to an unprecedented $1.4 billion in salaries Wednesday, hours before the league locked out players following the 11:59 p.m. expiration of the sport's collective bargaining agreement.

Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves might have represented a historic moment for Major League Baseball.

Yankees reliever Clay Holmes threw a wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning that let the tying run score, then Austin Hays chopped an RBI single in the 10th that lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 win and dropped New York back in the AL wild-card race.

Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes combined with reliever Josh Hader to pitch baseball’s record ninth no-hitter this season, breaking a mark set when pitchers began throwing overhand in 1884 as the Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0.

Minnesota Twins rookie Joe Ryan is pitching a perfect game through six innings against the Cleveland Indians in just his second major league start.

Gary Sánchez hit a grand slam and a two-run homer, but the New York Yankees blew a late lead and lost to the last-place Baltimore Orioles 8-7.

Rookie Frank Schwindel is hitting.

Aroldis Chapman gave up Pedro Severino’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees lost to Baltimore 4-3 after the last-place Orioles took a no-hitter into the seventh.

The Baltimore Orioles are nine outs away from finishing a record ninth no-hitter in the majors this season in a game at Yankee Stadium.

Blake Snell threw seven hitless innings before being pulled for a reliever, and San Diego lost its bid for a combined no-hitter in the eighth inning when Arizona’s David Peralta dropped a bloop single into shallow left field in the Padres' 3-0 win.

San Diego’s Blake Snell has thrown seven hitless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Shohei Ohtani hit his major-league leading 42nd home run, Jack Mayfield connected for his first grand slam and the Los Angeles Angels were able to defeat the New York Yankees 8-7.

Shohei Ohtani has received plenty of attention for his home runs, but the Los Angeles Angels have also been getting power lately from a most unlikely source. While Ohtani hit his major-league leading 42nd home run Monday night, Jack Mayfield connected for his first career grand slam as the Angels were able to defeat the New York Yankees 8-7. Ohtani and Mayfield are tied for the team lead with nine home runs since the All-Star break.

Javier Báez and his New York Mets teammates get a day to cool off after the derogatory gestures they directed toward frustrated fans at Citi Field angered club management.

Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth inning, Giancarlo Stanton homered for the third consecutive game and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 for their 12th straight victory and longest winning streak in nearly 60 years.

Wandy Peralta retired Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded for the final out, and the New York Yankees held off the Atlanta Braves 5-4 in a thriller to extend their longest winning streak in 36 years to 11 games.

Joey Gallo hit a two-run shot in the 10th inning for his second homer of the game, Aaron Judge went deep again and had four RBIs, and the New York Yankees outlasted the Chicago White Sox 7-5 in another back-and-forth thriller.

Diamondbacks rookie Tyler Gilbert has thrown seven hitless innings in his first big league start against the San Diego Padres.

The Philadelphia Phillies are six outs from completing the eighth no-hitter in the majors this year, which would be the most in a season since 1900.

In a game delayed for several minutes while a bevy of groundskeepers tried to corral a scaredy cat in the outfield, the Baltimore Orioles hit four solo homers off Yankees newcomer Andrew Heaney to beat New York 7-1.

Framber Valdez and the Houston bullpen took a no-hit try into the eighth inning and Astros beat Texas 4-1, sending the Rangers to their season-worst 11th straight loss.

San Francisco right-hander Kevin Gausman hasn’t allowed a hit through six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, closing in on what would be the record-tying eighth no-hitter in the majors this season.

Kevin Kiermaier broke up a combined no-hit bid by the Boston Red Sox with a one-out double in the eighth inning and Manuel Margot scored on a wild pitch in the ninth to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 1-0 victory.

Maikel Franco hit a two-run homer with one out in the eighth inning, denying the Houston Astros in their attempt to throw a combined no-hitter at Baltimore.

Walker Buehler has pitched seven hitless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks.

Braves starter Charlie Morton has not allowed a hit through six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Padres left-hander Blake Snell has thrown six no-hit innings against the New York Mets.

Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Michael King, Marwin González added a two-run double and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-2 in the first of the rivals’ 19 meetings this season.

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta is celebrating his 25th birthday with a no-hit bid through six innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Ryan Yarbrough ended a 24-start winless skid with Tampa Bay’s first complete game in more than five years, Austin Meadows homered off shaky Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and drove in five and the Rays beat New York 9-2.

The major league batting average rose slightly in May, though it remained at its lowest level in 53 years.

The finale of an entertaining four-game series between longtime rivals features an excellent pitching matchup Sunday at Dodger Stadium between Giants right-hander Kevin Gausman and Los Angeles lefty Clayton Kershaw.

St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez has a no-hitter through six innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Both the Yankees and Mets are set to host doubleheaders in New York on Thursday after their games were postponed by lousy weather Wednesday night.

Noah Syndergaard was pulled from his minor league rehabilitation outing because of soreness in his pitching elbow Tuesday night, the latest setback for a New York Mets team ravaged by injuries.

Francisco Mejía hit a tiebreaking, two-run single during a seven-run burst in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays won their 11th straight game, outlasting the Toronto Blue Jays 14-8.

Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa will see plenty of familiar faces when his AL Central leaders host his longtime team, the St. Louis Cardinals.

Jameson Taillon tries to extend a streak of dominant starting pitching by the New York Yankees when he opposes Dallas Keuchel and the White Sox in the Bronx.

MLB pitchers have thrown six no-hitters in a span of just 41 days this season.

Fewer balls in play equals fewer chances for the baseball gods to play a role in outcomes. And of the six no-hitters this year, four of them were either or two batters away from being a perfect game. That’s one oddity that is more difficult to figure out: Despite the glut of no-hitters, perfect games are rarer than ever. It’s been almost nine years since Mariners starter Felix Hernandez threw the last perfect game on Aug. 15, 2012. That’s the longest gap since the 13 years between Catfish Hunter’s perfect game in 1968 and Len Barker’s legendary game in 1981.

Tossing a major league no-hitter should be a monumental achievement. But is it losing its glamour after a sixth no-hitter was thrown in 41 days?

After no-hitters on consecutive nights by Detroit right-hander Spencer Turnbull and Yankees newcomer Corey Kluber, is there a pitcher on the docket who can make it three days in a row.

Corey Kluber threw the major leagues’ sixth no-hitter this season and second in two nights, leading the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-0.

Two-time Cy Young award winner Corey Kluber blanks the Texas Rangers, striking out nine and allowing only one baserunner.

New York Yankees right-hander Corey Kluber has not allowed a hit through eight innings against the Texas Rangers.

Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the valid one: The number of hits per game in the major leagues has plummeted, so no-hitters are on the rise.

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani makes his sixth pitching start of the season Wednesday when the Angels face Aaron Civale and the Indians.

Angels star Mike Trout could be out past the All-Star break after straining his right calf on the bases Monday night.

Gleyber Torres’ tying single in the ninth inning and a winning infield single in the 11th helped the New York Yankees overcame Max Scherzer’s commanding 14-strikeout performance to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3.

Jose Urena gave up just two runs on three hits, one walk and seven strikeouts, but the Detroit Tigers were shutout for the sixth time in 2021.

Right-hander Jose Urena pitched seven innings for the fourth time in a row, but despite his success, Detroit Tigers couldn't avoid getting swept.

The Tigers hitters were befuddled by Corey Kluber's change-up. Seven of the 10 strikeouts came on that pitch.

The month of May has not been any kinder to the Detroit Tigers than April. Corey Kluber breezed through eighth shutout innings to lead the New York Yankees to a 2-0 win and series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Tigers starter Jose Ureña followed the script he has used for much of the season: He threw strikes and kept the ball on the ground. Gio Urshela singled and Aaron Hicks drew a walk, the only one of the game by Ureña. Yankees starter Corey Kluber pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just two hits.

The Detroit Tigers take on the New York Yankees on May 2, 2021. The game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Detroit

Today, he’s 34 years old and has made only eight starts in the last two seasons due to injuries. Kluber, currently a free agent, will throw a bullpen today in Florida in front of scouts to demonstrate his progress. If Kluber looks like he’s on track, he’ll probably command a salary higher than the Tigers want to pay. Kluber will turn 35 in April, and it’s likely he’d prefer to play for a contender, all things being equal. From the Tigers’ perspective, there’s plenty of affordable starting pitching on the market without Kluber’s injury baggage.