Rays Complete Season Opening Sweep Defeat Tigers 51 Sports Talk Florida N

St. Petersburg, FL – The Tampa Bay Rays completed their season opening sweep defeating the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. Jeffrey Springs (1-0-, 0.00 ERA) picked up the win for the Rays who improve to 3-0 on the season. It marks the fourth time the Rays have swept a season opening series. They swept the Baltimore Orioles in 2022, the New York Yankees in 2012, and the Detroit Tigers in 2002. Joey Wentz (0-1, 5.06 ERA) allowed three earned runs in 5.1 innings on four hits while striking out three and walking one. Detroit falls to…