The Tigers tried for the threegame sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays at home on late Wednesday afternoon, the game being pushed back a few hours due to a forecast of inclement weather in southeast Michigan during the early afternoon. However, soon after taking a lead, the Rays surged ahead fast enough to make your head spin and ended up taking the series finale Olson made his second start after returning from the Injured List with ringfinger problems. His previous start, on July 4 against the Guardians, saw him go 4 8531; innings; he gave up a run and some other assorted long fly balls early before settling down and pitching into the the Tigers late on a Wednesday afternoon was Zack Littell, who pitched five onerun innings against the Tigers on June 22. Hes been good recently, only giving up one run in each of his previous three starts. However, coming into todays game he was leading the American League in home runs surrendered; that has to be partially due to pitching half his games in a minorleague park in Rays got on the board with a pair of runs in the first: after a oneout single and a double, a Josh Lowe groundout scored pesky Jonathan Aranda. Jake Mangum followed with a single to right, scoring Junior Caminero for a 20 score, and yes, two things about those names: one, its hard not tread Mangums name as Magnum and wonder if he wears Hawaiian shirts and solves crims, and two, every time Ive heard Camineros name in this series, Ive thought about that Simpsons bit involving a gigantic SUV called Canyonero. A leadoff double by Gleyber Torres and a Wenceel P eacute;rez infield single put runners on the corners for the Tigers in the fourth with none out. But Riley Greene struck out and you had to wonder if the Squander Squid was going to be out today. Not this time, though although hed resurface later in the game: Spencer Torkelson singled to left to score Torres with P eacute;rez advancing to third, and Zach McKinstrymore on him belowdoubled to score P eacute;rez and push Torkelson up to third and tie the Vierling walked to load the bases, and Parker Meadows bashed a ground ball into the dirt to first. Aranda, the first baseman, fielded it and fired to second, hoping for the inningending double play; instead, Meadows beat the throw to first, avoiding making the third out and allowing Torkelson to score for a 32 Tigers the top of the fifth, Olson walked Danny Jansen to lead things off, and after a lineout he walked Aranda Manuel Margot Jersey. Would his day end in the fifth like it did in his previous start? It would not! He induced a ground ball to McKinstry at shortstop, which was turned into a nifty 643 double play, ending the inning. That was the end of Olsons day, and his final line went thusly: 5 IP, H, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 Hurterthe old one, the fixed one, the one we likedcame on to start the sixth. After facing three batters and retiring two of them, Chase Lee entered with Mangum on second and two outs with the Tigers up 32. That move backfired spectacularly: a double, single, double and single in eleven pitches put the Rays up 63, and that essentially sealed up the game Willie Horton Jersey. A grounder to first ended the inning but the damage had been carried on into the seventh and threw two pitches; the second was deposited into the leftfield seats by Caminero for a 73 lead. Dietrech Enns was brought into put out the fire, which he the bottom half of the inning the Tigers looked to get some of those runs back: with one out Jake Rogers walked and Colt Keith singled, pushing Rogers up to third. After a popout, pinchhitter Jahmai Jones walked to load the bases with two outs and Greene strode to the plate only to strike out and strand three. Squander Squiiiiiiiiid!!!Old Friend trade; Mason Englert came on for the Rays in the bottom of the eighth and had a 123 inning. Detroit couldnt get much going against Pete Fairbanks in the ninth either, and that was the game. The Tigers have Thursday off before taking on the Seattle Mariners at home for a threegame series leading up to the AllStar score: Rays 7, Tigers 3Dr. Steve Brule in the HouseIts not often you see a ceremonial first pitch include a checking of a runner back to first, but hey, its not often that John C. Reilly takes the mound. He also later sang Happy Birthday to Jack White, who turned 50 today, and holy mackerel, Jack White is 50?! Time aint slowing down, , Numbers and RemembrancesEarly in the game, Zach McKinstry was named as an injury replacement for the AllStar Game. Hooray!Colt Keith OPS by month:. 580,. 838,. 770 and, in 2plate appearances in July before today game, 1. word yet on whether or not Keith is going to ever endorse a brand of beard oil, given how his recent power surge has been accompanied by some stylish stubble. Wel be sure to keep you you see how the PhilliesGiants game ended on Tuesday night? Runners at the corners, bottom of the ninth, one out, Giants down by two Lance Parrish Jersey. Patrick Bailey, a catcher, smashed a long drive to rightcentre; it hit high off the brick wall and bounced all the way to leftcentre, eluding the outfielders as Bailey chugged his way around the bases for a walkoff, insidethepark threerun home run. That posthumus birthday to English neurologist Oliver Sacks. He also wrote several popular books about various neurological conditions, including prosopagnosia, or ace blindness from which Sacks suffered, in his bestseller The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat.