Detroit Tigers at Athletics

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

53-58, 23-31 Away

Final
8 - 6

Athletics

45-66, 21-35 Home

Max Clark hits his first career homer to lead the Tigers past the A's 8-6

After the game, the Dodgers acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Skubal for three minor league prospects.

Clark was called up from the minors Friday and the No. 3 overall pick from the 2023 draft has made an immediate impact. He had three hits and an RBI in his debut and then broke the game open with a two-run shot in the sixth inning against Jack Perkins (2-7) in his second game.

Kevin McGonigle homered for a second straight game and Gleyber Torres also went deep to help the Tigers move within 2 1/2 games of the final wild-card spot two days before the trade deadline.

The homers by Clark and fellow 2023 draft pick McGonigle marked the first time the Tigers ever got homers from two players age 21 or younger in the same game.

Framber Valdez (6-7) allowed two runs and nine hits in seven innings to get his 10th win of his career against the A's.

Perkins allowed six runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings as the A's have lost 11th straight series for just the third time in the last 110 seasons. They also did it in 2008 and 1960.

Henry Bolte hit a three-run homer for the A's.

After Torres broke a tie with a two-run shot in the fifth, Clark delivered his big blow the following inning. His drive to right field went over the Tigers bullpen and was retrieved by a fan on the lawn. Kenley Jansen reacted quickly and got the souvenir ball for Clark in exchange for some swag for the fan.

Up next RH Keider Montero (7-6, 3.34 ERA) was set start the series finale for Detroit on Sunday against LH Gage Jump (4-6, 4.00). With a win the Tigers will finish the season 6-0 against the A's and go undefeated in the season series for the first time ever.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bolte flied out to left.
	9th Inning	McNeil reached on bunt single to third, Soderstrom scored.
	9th Inning	Butler struck out looking. Detroit Tigers challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Cortes struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom to third on wild pitch by Jansen.
	9th Inning	Cortes hit for White

Statistics

DET		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	19
11	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	15
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	40
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
183	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	3
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
25	Total Bases	20
44	Plate Appearances	43
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
9.1	Runs Created	7.4
.357	Batting Average	.375
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.595	Slugging Percentage	.500
.286	Secondary Average	.200
.386	On Base Percentage	.419
.982	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.919
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
9.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
58.0	Batter Rating	46.0
14.0	At Bats Per Home Run	40.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.37
.238	Isolated Power	.125
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.045	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.070
-.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.175
16.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.5
106.0	MLB Rating	98.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0