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07/07 20:39 CDT Tarik Skubal and Colt Keith lead the Tigers to a 6-2 victory
over the Athletics
Tarik Skubal and Colt Keith lead the Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics
DETROIT (AP) --- Tarik Skubal struck out nine over five innings and Colt Keith
hit a two-run homer to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the
Athletics on Tuesday night.
Skubal (5-4) struck out the side in the first inning for the second time in his
career and left after 96 pitches. The left-hander allowed five hits and walked
two. His only blemish came on rookie Henry Bolte's third homer, a leadoff shot
in the third that cut it to 2-1.
Kevin McGonigle, headed to the All-Star Game as a rookie, drew an eight-pitch
walk from J.T. Ginn (7-5) leading off the first and Keith hit his next pitch
for his seventh homer and a lead the Tigers never relinquished. Detroit (41-50)
has won three straight and six of its last seven games.
Kyle Finnegan pitched a scoreless sixth following Skubal, and Drew Anderson
allowed Shea Langeliers' RBI single for an unearned run in the seventh. Jacob
Waguespack closed it out with two perfect innings.
Ginn left in favor of Jacob Lopez after allowing two runs on two hits in four
innings.
Detroit broke it open with a four-run sixth after Lopez retired the first two
batters.
Zach McKinstry drew a walk to start the rally and Spencer Torkelson singled to
put runners on the corners. McKinstry scored when Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and
Lawrence Butler let pinch hitter Ben Melgeri's pop-up in short right field fall
between them for a double. Matt Vierling drove in two with a double and
McGonigle added an RBI single for a 6-1 lead.
Lopez was charged with four runs on five hits for the Athletics, who have lost
four straight and eight of nine.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch announced before the game that the team was parting
ways with third base coach Joey Cora over "philosophical differences."
Up next Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-8, 5.79) starts Wednesday opposite Tigers RHP Troy Melton (4-1, 2.05). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-8, 5.79) starts Wednesday opposite Tigers RHP Troy Melton (4-1, 2.05). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
