Tigers fuming following loss, pitch up by Miguel Cabrera's head

Tom Gage The Detroit NewsTom Gage Comments St. Petersburg, Fla. — “There’s a price to pay for that. There’s no free lunch.” The Tigers lost, 4-3, in 10 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night when Yunel Escobar lined a Bruce Rondon pitch over Austin Jackson in center for the winning single. That’s after Rondon gave up two singles and threw a wild pitch to get himself in a second-and-third jam with two outs in his first appearance back from Triple A Toledo. But by then, the Tigers were simmering anyway because of a 1-2 high-and-inside pitch that former Tiger Fernando Rodney threw to Miguel Cabrera in the top of the 10th — before striking him out on the next pitch. Cabrera gestured at...