Athletics at Detroit Tigers

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Athletics

33-49, 18-22 Away

Final
3 - 0

Detroit Tigers

50-31, 27-13 Home

Jacob Lopez continues hot stretch with 7 innings in the Athletics' 3-0 win over the Tigers

Athletics vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

Lopez (2-4) gave up three hits and a walk, striking out six to improve to 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in his last four starts.

Jack Flaherty (5-9) took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits and four walks in six innings. Flaherty struck out seven.

Flaherty walked two batters in the third before Kurtz hit a changeup to the top of the first row of shrubs above the 412-foot sign.

The Tigers didn't get a runner in scoring position until Jahmai Jones doubled with two out in the sixth. Lopez got Riley Greene to ground out to end the inning.

The Athletics got two singles to start the eighth, putting runners on the corners, but Matt Gage and Dylan Smith escaped the inning.

Michael Kelly pitched the eighth, aided by running catches by Tyler Soderstrom in left and Denzel Clarke in center. Mason Miller threw a perfect ninth for his 15th save.

Key moment Wenceel Pérez threatened Lopez's shutout with a one-out triple in the seventh, but he bounced back to strike out Zach McKinstry. That brought Mark Kotsay out of the dugout and Kelly out of the bullpen, but Kotsay decided to stick with his starter for one more batter.

As Kelly reversed his steps, Lopez got Dillon Dingler to pop out to shortstop Jacob Wilson.

Key stat Kurtz has homered six times in his last 10 games and ranks second in the majors among rookies with 11 homers.

Up next The teams finish the three-game series Thursday, with Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (5-5, 4.52) facing LHP Dietrich Enns (season debut), who will be making his first MLB appearance since 2021. He spent 2022 and 2023 with the Seibu Lions in Japan and 2024 with the LG Twins in South Korea.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pérez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Torkelson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Kelly
	9th Inning	Wilson grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Clarke out at second.
	9th Inning	Butler lined out to left.

Statistics

ATH		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	8
38	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
3.4	Runs Created	0.8
.219	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.267
.250	Secondary Average	.167
.342	On Base Percentage	.188
.655	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.454
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
23.0	Batter Rating	10.5
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.16
.094	Isolated Power	.133
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.033
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
75.0	MLB Rating	62.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0