DETROIT — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Freddy Peralta allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, earning his first victory since being traded to the club on Aug. 3.

Peralta struck out four with no walks, surrendering only opposite-field singles to Dillon Dingler in the second inning and Brett Callahan in the sixth. The performance was a sharp departure from his 0-2 record and 7.17 ERA across four previous Rays starts — and from the 5-11 mark and 5.33 ERA he carried between Tampa Bay and the New York Mets entering the game.

“Mechanically, I had everything working today,” said Peralta. “It gave me more confidence earlier and Liam [Hicks] did a great job behind the plate of calling the pitches. He was awesome from the first pitch to the last one.”

Rays manager Kevin Cash said he saw a pitcher building toward a breakthrough. “Encouraged by everything he did. I think he’s built off every outing, but certainly the last two innings in Baltimore [on Friday]. More impressive, and it carried into today’s start. Big, big win and he set the tone early on,” Cash said.

The Rays scored all three runs in the second inning against Detroit starter Troy Melton, who entered with a 1.70 ERA. Chandler Simpson beat out an infield single and scored from first on a double pulled to the left-field corner by Jonny DeLuca. Cedric Mullins drove in DeLuca with a two-out single before being thrown out at second.

Relievers Kevin Kelly and Tyler Wells locked down the final three innings. Kelly pitched two perfect frames before Wells recorded a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save as a Ray — and a fitting way to celebrate his 32nd birthday. Wells had four saves for Baltimore before being traded to Tampa Bay on Aug. 3, and his save afforded consecutive days off for All-Star closer Bryan Baker.

Peralta, 30, was dominant last August for the Milwaukee Brewers, going 4-0 with a 0.32 ERA before being traded with his 2.70 ERA to the Mets in January. The Mets dealt him to Tampa Bay on Aug. 2 for three prospects. Cash credited Peralta’s work with pitching coach Kyle Snyder and bullpen coach Jorge Moncada for the turnaround. “He’s fully invested,” Cash said. “But this is a guy who’s been a really good pitcher for quite some time now. So, I’m just happy to see him have a big game like today.”

Tampa Bay left-hander Shane McClanahan offered a pregame endorsement that proved prophetic. “Great person. Great competitor. A great teammate and he’s been a workhorse so far, taking the ball,” McClanahan said. “And, you know, he’s only going to get better for us. That relationship with Snydes is going to grow and get deeper, and he’s going to be the best version of himself very soon.”

Peralta finished his outing after 81 pitches, walking slowly to the dugout where Snyder greeted him with a high-five. “He came [over to me] and I didn’t know that I was going to [be done],” said Peralta. “But I felt really good with everything today, with the decision [to come out after 81 pitches]. It was amazing.”

The 30-year-old, who has 76 wins in 189 career starts over nine seasons without a complete-game shutout, said he sees more ahead. “I know that I’m going to take it from here,” said Peralta. “I hope to get five or six more [wins]. Why not?”