Spencer Torkelson homered and drove in three runs and the red-hot Detroit Tigers moved closer to an American League wild-card berth with a 7-1 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.Parker Meadows had three hits, including a solo homer, as Detroit (84-74) won for the eighth time in nine games. Riley Greene and Dillon Dingler each added two hits and an RBI.Detroit starter Keider Montero gave up one run and four hits in 2 2/3 innings. Sean Guenther (3-0) tossed two innings of scoreless relief and collected the win. Top prospect Jackson Jobe recorded the last three outs in his major league debut.The Tigers are tied with the Royals, who defeated the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, for the AL’s second and third wild cards. The Mariners are 2 1/2 games back after beating the Houston Astros on Wednesday, and Minnesota was level with Seattle pending the Twins’ result against the Miami Marlins.Tampa Bay (78-80) had yielded three runs or fewer in eight consecutive games prior to Wednesday.Zack Littell (8-10) gave up three runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He fanned seven without issuing a walk. Junior Caminero homered for the Rays’ lone run.Littell carried a 20-inning scoreless streak into the game. Meadows ended that on Littell’s second pitch, drilling a slider over the right field wall for his ninth homer. The Tigers weren’t through scoring in the inning. Greene legged out a two-out double, then scored on Wenceel Perez’s single to right.Caminero put the Rays on the board leading off the third. He blasted Montero’s first-pitch fastball over the left-center field wall for his fifth homer.