Detroit Tigers at Athletics

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Detroit Tigers

52-58, 22-31 Away

Final
13 - 1

Athletics

45-65, 21-34 Home

Dillon Dingler's grand slam helps the Tigers beat A's 13-1 in Max Clark's debut

Detroit Tigers vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Kevin McGonigle homered and drove in two runs, and fellow 2023 draft pick Max Clark had three hits, including an RBI double in the big eighth inning to help Detroit get the win in his big-league debut.

The Tigers got a strong performance from their bullpen after deciding to scratch scheduled starter Casey Mize in case a trade develops before Monday’s deadline. Tyler Holton started and allowed one run in two innings. Ty Madden (1-0) allowed two hits in three scoreless innings to get the win.

The Tigers won for just the second time in six games to start a three-city West Coast swing and moved within 3 1/2 games of the final wild-card spot in the American League.

McGonigle tied the game with a solo homer off Jeffrey Springs (3-11) in the third inning, He added a sacrifice fly in the fourth in an inning aided by Clark's first career hit.

The 21-year-old Clark, one of the top prospects in baseball, then added the RBI double in the eighth and another double in the ninth. He became the third Tigers player ever with at least three hits and two extra-base hits in his debut. McGonigle did it earlier this year and Billy Bean did it in 1987.

Dingler broke the game open against Luis Morales when he hit his first career grand slam. Ben Malgeri hit his first career homer, a two-run shot in the ninth inning as the A's finished 5-19 in July.

Springs allowed four hits, five walks and two runs in four innings and fell to 0-11 in his last 18 starts.

Up next LH Framber Valdez (5-7, 4.53 ERA) was set to start Saturday for Detroit against RH Jack Perkins (2-6, 6.45).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Butler struck out looking.
	9th Inning	White grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Outman in left field.
	9th Inning	Dingler grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Torres grounded out to third.

Statistics

DET		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	7
12	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
13	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	29
3	Home Runs	0
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
183	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	3
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	4
48	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
10.9	Runs Created	0.1
.350	Batting Average	.103
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.650	Slugging Percentage	.138
.500	Secondary Average	.103
.438	On Base Percentage	.212
1.088	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.350
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
10.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.1
80.0	Batter Rating	9.0
13.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.300	Isolated Power	.034
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.150	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
25.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
118.0	MLB Rating	60.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0