TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Jack Flaherty pitched five innings of five-hit ball with six strikeouts and the Detroit Tigers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 8-0 on Tuesday, June 2, at George Steinbrenner Field.

Flaherty (1-7) earned his first win, scattering five hits and allowing no earned runs. Enmanuel De Jesus followed with four hitless innings and four strikeouts for his first save.

Detroit jumped ahead early. Matt Vierling scored on a first-inning sacrifice fly. Wenceel Pérez hit a two-run homer in the second, his sixth, and Vierling added an RBI double. The Tigers tacked on three more runs in the sixth on sacrifice flies by Zack Short and Vierling, and a run in the seventh.

Steven Matz (4-3) took the loss for Tampa Bay, which managed five hits. The Rays fell to 36-22 while the Tigers improved to 24-38.

Attendance was 14,010 with a time of 2:29.