The Tigers (48-30) have now lost eight consecutive games played on Saturdays. They’ll try to avoid a sweep in Sunday’s series finale, which would mark their first since the season-opening series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles (March 27–29).

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays MLB game to be played on June 22, 2025 on ESPN.

The Rays continued their month-long rampage through opposing pitching staffs, scoring a second straight victory, this time 8-3 over a Tigers team that came to Tampa with the best record in the majors. Tampa Bay moved to a season-high nine games over .500 at 43-34, having won a majors-best 22 of 30 games since May 20.