Mead hits 1st homer of the season and Rays beat Tigers 7-5 to avoid the 3-game sweep

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — Curtis Mead hit his first home run of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Wednesay night to avoid a three-game sweep. Related Articles Detroit Tigers | Riley Greene homers twice and Mark Canha goes deep to power Tigers past Rays 4-2 Detroit Tigers | Skubal has 9 strikeouts in 6 innings, Canha and Meadows homer as Tigers beat Rays 7-1 Detroit Tigers | Casey Mize throws 6 shutout innings for 1st win since 2021 as Tigers beat Twins 6-1 Detroit Tigers | Ober throws 6 solid innings as Twins stop 5-game slide by edging Tigers 4-3 Detroit Tigers | Tigers hand Twins season-worst 5th straight loss on Wenceel Pérez's RBI single in 9th Ben Rortvedt