No-Hitter on FieldTurf at Tropicana Field

Garza (11-5) walked one, struck out six and faced the minimum 27 hitters for the Rays, who have won three in a row and four out of five. Brennan Boesch was the only baserunner for Detroit and was erased on an inning-ending double play grounder in the second inning.

It's worth noting that the Rays entered Monday with the majors' best defense, according to two advanced defensive metrics. They had a defensive efficiency of .709, which means that they had converted 70.9 percent of all balls in play into outs, the highest rate in the majors. They had a plus-minus rating of +58, which estimates the number of plays above/below average made compared with the average fielder, also the highest in MLB.

Garza threw 120 pitches to etch his name in the record books and throw the fifth no-hitter in the major leagues this season. It's the first time since 1991 that at least five no-hitters have been thrown in a single season.

He set down Miguel Cabrera on a line drive to left to open the eighth and then retired Boesch on a called third strike and got Ryan Raburn on a swinging third strike to end the frame.

The right-hander set down Don Kelly on a ground ball to second to open the ninth and then got Gerald Laird on a called third strike to reach the brink of history. He completed the no-hitter by retiring pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago on a fly ball to shallow right field.