A's vs. Tigers Game Highlights (4/7/24) | MLB Highlights

Jack Flaherty again. We talked about it really good start against the White Sox. Last time out, there's a line drive base hit in the right field by Toro right away. The hits for the Oakland A as Abraham Toro reaches base. Here's a 22 tap the third base. It is a fair ball just inside the bag pasta heading to the left field corner, Toros the third to be way in and he's going to score. The ball goes all the way into the corner and up to third base and standing there with a triple is Zack Goff one nothing athletics as they strike early again on the Tigers and Goff gets the job done with a smash into the left field corner. His first RB I of the season CEO was not on the line, went hard to his backhand as it rattled around into the left field corner and actually got by Green as he was hoping for a different car. And that allowed the extra 90 ft for Toro to score and for Goff to get to third base swing the second pitch he sees and the hit today for Oakland two strike early in on Flaherty at Comerica JJ RB I of the season you look for the slider and you get the heater down there. You take it. He does that right here. That will do fastball. Perfect down and away and Rooker knew it just about the minute the ball left the hand swinging a soft little pop up on fouled territory first base side and Jack Flier racing over to make the catch by the dirt track by the Tigers dugout swing and a miss strike out of 32, score, two Tigers trying to respond 6 ft in right hander Joe Boyle out of Notre Dame goes to work for the a second start of the year. He worked on Monday and struggled against the Red Sox. That's four straight to park Meadows, a leadoff base on balls against Joe Boys do not want to let this start to snowball. That is a base hit Riley Green on a 31 fastball and the Tigers have two on with nobody out in the four people a day up and head over to third throw, cut off and keeps the runners at 1st and 3rd to the first out. It was productive as he got Meadows 90 ft closer. Carpenter. The batter broken bat ball in the air foul territory toro over and what a break for joe Boy and crew pitch on the ground and get off to make the final out. So after allowing a couple runners, joe Boyle settles in quite nicely. 22 de Noda on the ground for at second base and it's going to get past a diving Keith for it and instead a single for Noda, there's a leadoff base hit and Noda is aboard now in nine straight games. His base happily keep the alive for Goff two. It's whack to deep left field back is green and out, it goes a zack attack for Zack Y off. It's number one of the year. It comes with two men on and just like that, it is five nothing Oakland, five runs for the Oakland A here in the second inning is the most runs they've scored in a campaign so far this year. Strike three J JB frozen. He doesn't agree. He thought he had a walk but Oakland picks up three more. Thanks to Tigers. Got their first two out in the first inning. Couldn't make him pay for his wildness as this one hits plunking king to lead off the second. She zero for four yesterday after two doubles in game one, he delivers a sweeper and a swung on and missed by gave him a different look. Strikeout of the day. The 32 a swing and a miss got him on the breaking ball and down on strikes goes Mckinstry. So back to back here for Boyle was one for six in the series is boy to the plate. The 12 fastball got him swinging elevated there and Boyle has his third strikeout. He's retired four straight and seven of 81 on one out. Right hander delivers in the pitch. That's a ground ball on the left side. Might be too scooping it up to the second for one on to first. And they get the double play on a 543 inning ending double play , no runs to walk. Nobody left. We through three complete a no followed by Lang and Allen. It will be 78 nine for being patient in his plate appearance. Puts him on with no one pitch is swung on that's hit into center for a base hit rounding second base and digging for three is not to the throw to third base on one hop and he is safe. He just did get to third base before the tag was applied. Effort from Ryan Noda but it's the right hand that hits the back of third base bag fantastic Toro singled and scored in the first hit with a pitch and scored in the second, the ground backhanded or shell of it but not in time run scores 1st and 2nd 1 out infield single for Toro. He's been on base three times as Noah comes in to score Allen to second in the have a six run lead up the middle and it's going to stay near the infield. Keith will have a play at home and they have Nick Allen caught in a run down. He is out. So maybe this is the moment Allen was rounding third thinking that ball is getting through heads up play by Colt Keith and a strong throw home joe Boyle will face carry Carpenter towards right and right away, the ball will find you a diving, get it. Let's go. The game will find you. And law says I don't mind being foul. You'll be big fan can hit with a pitch in the second inning and the pitched a strike three call , excuse me, delayed call with a from Chad Fairchild but can strikes out. And that is the fourth strikeout for Boyle on the day. There's a line drive leaping grab by gel off the second baseman in the inning is over outstanding play by goffle on the hill check swing strikeout here for Joe Boyle bearing down when he needs it. Most swing. And a Miss Boyle was on the deal and he's dealing out the business five innings, no runs, six punch outs, 87 pitches pretty good afternoon for Joe Boyle. We've seen some really good sliders and curveballs today, especially the curveball, 11 swinging a ground ball to second base and Jack Flaherty is going to give his team some innings today and that's important after the way it started. And after giving up five early, Flaherty works six with an RB I triple down the third base line and Then the homer a pitch on the letters. So four RBS which is a career high for zack. There's a line drive base hit to right field. That's his third hit. First three hit game of the season for Gello. He singles the lead off the seventh inning. I got to my early and today how about another hit for in the series in 2nd, 1st to third for and now runners on the corners for JD Davis, the one swinging a soft ground ball to third charging, he'll take a basket catch on the knee high bounce. Davis bounces out and the A's are done in the top of the seventh makes it two balls and two strikes to first base. What a nice that ball was scorched was heading into right field. Torkelson takes a hit away green swings and it's a fly ball right center field deep. Butler back to the fence looking up and it's gone. A home run, gets it up and out and the Tigers are on the board for the first time today. A home run and one on the board for the Tigers here in the bottom of the eighth to left field and over they had a brown out there that caught a thermal and veering has a two out double play. Matt smokes his baseball shots, holds it at the belt checks 12 soft ground ball deep first backhanded by Noah. He flips to the pitcher. Irsay covering Keith grounds out Tigers settle for one on the green home run. Patience at the plate into an aggressive approach today and that is going to hit the outfield. Is he going to go for it? You cannot love it. Another knock will be great. He'll be just fine with a four hit, four RB I day butler with a base hit to left field down the line hustling for his ABA stops it from getting deep into the corner in the second though. Gliding with a double is Butler over to third base is go off. So the A is looking to make sure they can nail this down with some insurance runs. That's another hit. Bring him on down. Seth Brown keeps it rolling as Gello comes home and it is 7 to 1 Oakland two days in a row. The Oakland A's pitching staff has just shut down this Tigers offense, reach for tap to third base in between hop picked up by davis. Spins throws the first. Actually, that's her. That's DNA at third base making a nice play to his left that retires K for the out left side smothered by Allen. He's up to throw one out for zack Mckinstry swinging a line drive base hit one up off the dirt into left field a couple more. Couple of on for the first time since the first inning on the ground. A possibility, nick Allen over to get off and he gets the out at second time to get it over to first. This is a team that didn't have a series win year through any of their 1st 10 series. The third series of the season looking to get it done on the ground. Her with the pick up over to Noda and complete the Oakland A have won back to back games and take the series here in Detroit 7 to 1 the final and that feels good. It sure does.