OAK at DET — 2026-07-08 | The Game Network

OAK 1 — 6 DET

Final — 2026-07-08

MVP: Troy Melton 5.1 IP, 9 K, 0 ER

Detroit Tigers defeated Oakland Athletics 6-1. Troy Melton led the way with 5.1 IP, 9 K, 0 ER. Troy Melton earned the win and Jeffrey Springs took the loss.

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

WP Troy Melton (5-1)

LP Jeffrey Springs (3-9)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Greene singled to right, Dingler scored, Torkelson to second, McGonigle to third. (0-1)

Bot 2: Rogers homered to left center (376 feet), McKinstry scored. (0-3)

Top 4: Wilson reaches on throwing error by shortstop McKinstry, Soderstrom scored, Wilson to second. (1-3)

Bot 5: Torkelson homered to left (363 feet), Rogers scored and McGonigle scored. (1-6)

OAK — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Gelof	3B	5	0	0	0	0	3	.274	.328	.478	.806
Kurtz	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.409	.503	.912
Langeliers	C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.261	.326	.487	.813
Soderstrom	DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	.243	.345	.462	.807
Wilson	SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.303	.373	.676
Butler	RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.201	.293	.306	.599
Kuroda-Grauer	2B	4	0	3	0	0	0	.500	.516	.600	1.116
Cortes	LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.280	.356	.435	.791
Bolte	CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.279	.360	.370	.730
McNeil	1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.228	.293	.305	.598

DET — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Vierling	RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.198	.250	.335	.585
Dingler	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.264	.325	.516	.841
McGonigle	SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.287	.399	.422	.821
Torkelson	1B	3	1	1	1	3	1	2	.215	.315	.420	.735
Greene	LF	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	.292	.380	.470	.850
Lee	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.282	.387	.669
Malgeri	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.360	.300	.660
Jones	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.137	.219	.221	.440
McKinstry	2B	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	.201	.286	.294	.580
Rogers	C	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	.160	.239	.284	.523
Keith	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.298	.389	.687
Carpenter	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.228	.302	.472	.774
Outman	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.230	.287	.517

OAK — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Springs	4.1	6	6	6	4	4	2	92-49	6.08	1.42	L, 3-9
Sterner	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	3.92	1.14
Barnett	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26-13	3.54	1.20
Suarez	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	23-18	4.56	1.52

DET — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Melton	5.1	4	1	1	9	91-62	1.82	0.81	W, 5-1
Montero	1.2	2	0	1	1	32-21	3.15	0.98
Holton	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-10	3.29	1.34
Brieske	1.0	1	0	0	1	13-7	9.00	1.71

Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan (29,049)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Alex Mackay, First Base Umpire: Roberto Ortiz, Second Base Umpire: Alan Porter, Third Base Umpire: Jim Wolf

Broadcast: DSN | NSCA

Scoring Plays

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