Lowrie, Canha Help A’s Start Fast In 8-6 Win Over Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — Jed Lowrie deed a three-run homer successful the archetypal inning for the archetypal of Oakland’s 8 two-out runs against Matt Manning successful the Athletics’ 8-6 triumph implicit the Tigers connected Thursday.

Mark Canha followed Lowrie’s changeable with different homer for 4-0 lead. It was the 14th homer of the play for some Lowrie and Canha, and each went to the other tract to scope the seats. Lowrie drilled a 411-foot changeable to left-center, and Canha drove 1 retired to right-center.

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Khris Davis’ RBI treble successful the 4th made it 8-0 earlier the Tigers battled backmost by scoring six runs. Oakland manager Bob Melvin inserted Davis for the switch-hitting Lowrie that inning aft Detroit left-hander Miguel Del Pozo relieved Manning.

“Jed’s got a small wrist happening going on,” Melvin said. “Hopefully, time it’s OK for him to deed right-handed. But helium was lone left-handed disposable today.”

Oakland starter Frankie Montas (11-9) had a one-hit shutout done 4 innings. Victor Reyes’ one-out triple successful the 4th was the lone deed allowed until Harold Castro led disconnected the 5th with a agelong location run.

Castro’s towering changeable into the 2nd enactment of shrubs beyond the halfway tract partition was estimated astatine 447 feet. It was lone his 3rd of the season, but 2nd homer successful 2 days. Castro, who had 60 singles among 70 hits entering the game, precocious decided to effort generating much power, and has experienced speedy occurrence successful that regard.

His homer was the longest by a Tiger astatine location this season. The lone deeper changeable by a Detroit hitter this play was Akil Baddoo’s 450-footer successful Houston.

Baddoo’s two-run homer, his 12th of the season, ignited the Tigers successful the seventh and Montas was relieved by Deolis Guerra. Jeimer Candelario’s three-run homer aft a brace of singles chopped the pb to 2 runs.

Detroit turned the tables connected Oakland that inning, scoring each 5 runs with 2 outs.

Montas was coming disconnected a brace of seven-inning, two-hit shutout starts against 2 of the astir productive offenses successful shot — the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees. However, the Tigers deed the archetypal homers he’d allowed since July 23 astatine Seattle to equine a comeback.

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“I’ve already got 3 walks,” Montas said, “and truthful I’ve got to situation them. They enactment bully swings connected the ball. You’ve got to springiness them immoderate recognition connected that.

“But the cardinal for maine has conscionable been attacking the portion and hitting my spots. When I’m throwing strikes and not falling down successful counts, those are the days erstwhile I transportation truly good.”

Manning (3-6), a 6-foot-6 rookie right-hander, was coming disconnected 3 consecutive awesome starts. He posted a 3.24 ERA successful those outings, but was relieved with 2 outs successful the 4th inning aft allowing 8 runs connected 8 hits.

Detroit relievers Miguel Del Pozo, Derek Holland and Alex Lange combined for 5 1/3 innings of shutout relief.

Sergio Romo closed retired the ninth for his 136th vocation save.

Candelario made a bid to necktie the game, but his thrust disconnected Romo went foul earlier helium was retired for the 2nd retired connected a thrust to the informing way successful left. Eric Haase grounded retired to extremity the game.

“Great at-bats by Jeimer,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We had immoderate really, truly bully at-bats erstwhile we were down, which is simply a (sign of) maturity successful a squad that I truly appreciate.”

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Oakland continues its six-game travel Friday successful Toronto with left-hander Sean Manaea (8-9, 3.97 ERA) facing Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah (5-2, 3.15). Detroit begins a six-game roadworthy travel Friday successful Cincinnati with lefty Tyler Alexander (2-2, 4.34) going against Reds righty Vladimir Gutierrez (9-5, 4.03).