The chance for a sweep of the top team in the majors is lost with the game, as Garrett Cleavinger allows a key homer.

The Tigers’ lead atop the American League Central over the Cleveland Guardians has shrunk to 8.5 games. The Rays remain second in the AL East, 1.5 games back of the New York Yankees for first. Time: 12:10 p.m. ET Where: George M. Steinbrenner Field (Tampa, Fla.)

Heavy ninth-inning rain jump-started the Tigers’ offense. Through the storm, Detroit hit for the cycle in the six-run inning, breaking open a 3-1 game with six consecutive hits. Greene and Spencer Torkelson led off with doubles, Javier Báez tripled and Meadows blasted a three-run homer.