Detroit Tigers at Athletics

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Detroit Tigers

78-57, 34-32 Away

Final
0 - 7

Athletics

63-72, 29-37 Home

Morales pitches 7 sharp innings and Gelof powers A's past Tigers 7-0 for 3-game sweep

Detroit Tigers vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Making his fourth career start, Morales (2-0) allowed two hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. The 22-year-old rookie from Cuba lowered his ERA to 1.19 in five major league appearances.

The AL Central-leading Tigers lost their fourth in a row and fell a half-game behind AL East-leading Toronto for the best record in the American League.

Brett Harris and Nick Kurtz each had two hits and scored two runs.

Harris doubled off Detroit starter Casey Mize leading off the fourth and scored when a throwing error by Mize allowed Gelof to reach safely, making it 5-0.

Mize (12-5) permitted five runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Kurtz singled leading off the first, moved to second when Shea Langeliers walked and scored on a single by Tyler Soderstrom.

Spencer Torkelson tripled in the second and Dillon Dingler singled in the fifth for Detroit's only hits.

Key moment Harris reached on an infield single in the second and Gelof hit the next pitch over the left-center wall. Kurtz followed with a single, advanced to third on Langeliers' double and then scored on Brent Rooker's sacrifice fly to make it 4-0.

Key stats Gelof entered batting .063 (2 for 32) with one RBI this season. ... Harris had his fourth career multihit game and first since July 13, 2024.

Up next Detroit's Chris Paddack (5-11, 4.98 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Friday against Kansas City's Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.99) in the opener of a three-game series.

The Athletics hadn't announced their starter for Friday, the first of three games against Texas. Jack Leiter (8-7, 3.81 ERA) is set to pitch for the Rangers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ibáñez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez hit for Greene
	9th Inning	Jones grounded into double play, third to second to first, Torres out at second.
	9th Inning	Jones hit for Carpenter
	9th Inning	Torres walked.
	9th Inning	Basso relieved Sterner

Statistics

DET		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
28	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	13
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	2
119	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	17
31	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
-0.5	Runs Created	5.8
.071	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.143	Slugging Percentage	.531
.179	Secondary Average	.250
.161	On Base Percentage	.405
.304	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.937
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
-0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
4.5	Batter Rating	46.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.071	Isolated Power	.188
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.097	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.107	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
0.0	Runs Produced	13.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.5
56.8	MLB Rating	93.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0