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Detroit Tigers @ Oakland Athletics

2026-07-31 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 8926 · 95°F, Clear · Wind 6 mph, Out To CF · 2:41

Detroit Tigers defeated Athletics 13–1. Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Jonah Heim doubles (12) on a line drive to center fielder Max Clark, deflected by left fielder Riley Greene. Jacob Wilson scores. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 4th — Kevin McGonigle out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Spencer Torkelson scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Kevin McGonigle homers (10) on a fly ball to center field — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	4	13	14
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin McGonigle 3B	3	2	1	2	2	1
Gleyber Torres DH	5	0	0	0	1	1
Dillon Dingler C	6	1	2	4	0	1
Riley Greene LF	4	0	0	0	1	1
James Outman LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach McKinstry 2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hao-Yu Lee 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eduardo Valencia PH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Colt Keith 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	4	3	3	0	1	0
Max Clark CF	4	2	3	1	1	0
Javier Baez SS	5	2	3	3	0	0
Ben Malgeri RF	4	2	1	2	1	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Serven C	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Kurtz 1B	2	0	0	0	1	2
Jacob Wilson DH	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jonah Heim 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy White 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lawrence Butler RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Henry Bolte CF	2	0	1	0	0	1
Jeff McNeil 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Donovan Walton SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alika Williams SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Ornelas SS	1	0	0	0	0	0