"He can do without all this Welcome Back Magglio noise.

You could deduce as much from a taut, uneasy, and brief media session with Magglio Ordonez ahead of Monday night's Tigers-Rays game at Comerica Park.

Roughly the same message was communicated after the Tigers had made off with a 2-1, 10-inning victory over the Rays, sealed by Ramon Santiago's walk-off, RBI triple that drove in Victor Martinez.

Ordonez was gone by the time media arrived in the Tigers' postgame clubhouse. There was little to talk about if you were Ordonez, who made his first appearance in a Tigers uniform since May 10, the day before his troubled right ankle forced him onto the disabled list.

The Tigers' 37-year-old right-fielder was 0-for-2, officially, Monday after lining out to second base, third base, and being hit by an Alex Cobb pitch.

He also threw out Justin Ruggiano at home on a controversial play in the seventh inning.

"He did fine," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said, speaking for a man who batted sixth in Leyland's lineup Monday.

Monday's crowd (30,938) agreed. They lavished Ordonez with a lingering ovation when he came to bat in the second inning. If not quite a superstar, he has been one of the Tigers' more revered players during his seven seasons in Detroit."