Keider Montero strikes out Junior Caminero looking to end the top of the 1st inning, notching his first strikeout against the Rays

DETROIT – Keider Montero and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Monday night.

Javier Báez, Colt Keith and Zach McKinstry all homered for the Tigers in a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.

Javier Báez hit a two-run home run to reach double digits in homers for the first time since 2022, and Keider Montero returned from Triple-A Toledo to deliver six innings of one-run ball -- helped in

DETROIT – Keider Montero and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Monday night.

Montero will start for the Tigers in Monday's series opener versus the Rays. The righty has posted a 4.02 ERA, 1.39 WHIP and 39:20 K:BB over 56 frames with the big club this season. Montero could be headed back to Toledo after Monday's outing.

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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-handed pitcher Keider Montero from Triple-A Toledo to start Monday’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. Left-hander Bailey Horn was optioned to Toledo in a corresponding move.