Tigers 8, Rays 7 (13 innings)
DETROIT -- Rajai Davis' one-out, sacrifice fly brought home James McCann with the game-winning run as the Detroit Tigers edged the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 in the 13th inning on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.
McCann, Detroit's catcher, reached on a leadoff single and advanced on two sacrifices before Davis knocked him in to end the 5-hour, 3-minute marathon. The left fielder also hit his third home run in the last two games during the third inning, while right fielder J.D. Martinez added his 36th homer.
Third baseman Andrew Romine drove in two runs and Kyle Ryan (2-3) got the victory with 1 1/3 of scoreless relief for Detroit (64-74).
Third baseman Evan Longoria knocked in three runs for the Rays (67-71), who lost for the fifth time in six games and dropped four games below .500 for the first time this season. Tampa Bay starter Erasmo Ramirez struck out a season-high nine batters in five-plus innings. Andrew Bellatti (2-1) took the loss.
The Rays batted around in the sixth, scoring four runs to break a 1-1 tie. Pinch-hitter Grady Sizemore, Longoria, second baseman Logan Forsythe and designated hitter Tim Beckham had run-scoring singles during the outburst.
Detroit answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning to tie it at 5. A bases-loaded walk and a hit batter brought in the first two runs and Romine knotted it with a two-out, two-run single.
Tampa Bay regained the lead at 6-5 on pinch-hitter Daniel Nava's RBI single off Blaine Hardy. The Tigers tied it in the bottom of the seventh when center fielder Anthony Gose scored on catcher Rene Rivera's throwing error.
Martinez blasted a go-ahead, leadoff home run in the eighth. Longoria's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth against Detroit closer Bruce Rondon tied it again at 7.
Davis led off the third with his seventh homer of the season, driving a 92-mph fastball from Ramirez over the left-field wall.
The Rays tied it in the fourth when right fielder Mikie Mahtook tripled off the right-field wall and scored on third baseman Evan Longoria's deep sacrifice fly.
Ramirez reached his season high in strikeouts by striking out the side in the fifth. His previous season high was seven, reached on two occasions.
NOTES: Detroit DH Victor Martinez was out of the lineup for the second straight game because of an illness. ... The Tigers recalled OF Steven Moya, INFs Jefry Marte and Josh Wilson and LHP Ian Krol from Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday. All but Moya had previous stints with the Tigers this season. The Mud Hens' season ended on Monday. ... The Rays recalled INF Nick Franklin and RHP Andrew Bellatti from Triple-A Durham, which also completed its season on Monday. ... Tampa Bay 2B Logan Forsythe was named the American League Player of the Week for Aug. 31-Sept. 6 after hitting .545. "I went through a stretch where the swing was just feeling right," Forsythe said.