The Tigers had plenty of base runners, but the meaningful RBI’s fell short today as the Oakland A’s defeat the Tigers 5-3 from the O.co Coliseum in Oakland.

Detroit had 11 hits but were only able to muster the three runs as Tigers hitters often times hit the ball hard but unfortunately those hard hit balls went right to A’s defenders.

Tigers starter Rick Porcello ended up going 7 innings allowing 3 runs on 9 hits while walking three and striking out 4. He picked up his 9th loss of the season.

Even though the Tigers wrapped up the AL Central Friday night, the remaining games in the regular season still hold some importance. Currently the Tigers are in a fight with Boston, Tampa and Texas to host the ALDS.

Tomorrow in the series finale the Tigers will turn to 23 game winner Justin Verlander.

Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jackson, A, CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .246
Ordonez, RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .252
Dirks, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Raburn, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .249
Cabrera, Mi, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .333
Martinez, V, DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .326
Peralta, Jh, SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .302
Inge, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200
a-Guillen, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .234
Worth, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286
b-Kelly, PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .238
Santos, C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .176
c-Avila, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .297
Totals 34 3 11 3 2 7 14 .275

a-Singled for Inge in the 9th. b-Doubled for Worth in the 9th. c-Struck out for Santos in the 9th.

Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Weeks, 2B 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 .301
Crisp, CF 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .272
Matsui, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .255
Willingham, LF 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .256
DeJesus, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .236
Pennington, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .265
Allen, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .216
Suzuki, K, C 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 .243
Sizemore, S, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .240
Totals 33 5 12 5 4 5 18 .246
BATTING
2B: Kelly (6, Bailey, A).
TB: Ordonez 3; Raburn 2; Martinez, V 2; Peralta, Jh; Guillen; Kelly 2; Santos.
RBI: Peralta, Jh (81), Kelly 2 (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Raburn; Inge 2; Jackson, A.
SF: Peralta, Jh.
GIDP: Peralta, Jh; Jackson, A.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Cabrera, Mi (12, fielding).
Outfield assists: Raburn (Weeks at home).
DP: (Peralta, Jh-Worth-Cabrera, Mi).

BATTING
TB: Weeks 3; Crisp 2; Willingham 2; DeJesus; Pennington; Allen; Sizemore, S 2.
RBI: Sizemore, S (52), Crisp 2 (50), Suzuki, K (42), Weeks (30).
2-out RBI: Crisp 2; Weeks.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: DeJesus 2; Matsui 2; Sizemore, S.
SF: Suzuki, K.
GIDP: Matsui.
Team RISP: 5-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Crisp (42, 2nd base off Porcello/Santos).
CS: DeJesus (3, 2nd base by Porcello/Santos).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: DeJesus (Ordonez at 2nd base).
DP: 3 (Sizemore, S-Allen, Pennington-Weeks-Allen, DeJesus-Pennington).

Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Porcello(L, 14-9) 7.0 9 3 3 3 4 0 4.79
Coke 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.40
Perry 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 5.85
Totals 8.0 12 5 5 4 5 0 4.04
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gonzalez, G(W, 14-12) 7.0 8 1 1 2 4 0 3.33
Balfour(H, 25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.28
Bailey, A 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3.58
Totals 9.0 11 3 3 2 7 0 3.77

Pitches-strikes: Porcello 110-70, Coke 12-9, Perry 19-10, Gonzalez, G 101-59, Balfour 15-9, Bailey, A 27-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Porcello 7-8, Coke 0-0, Perry 0-0, Gonzalez, G 5-6, Balfour 2-0, Bailey, A 0-0.
Batters faced: Porcello 32, Coke 2, Perry 4, Gonzalez, G 28, Balfour 3, Bailey, A 6.
Umpires: HP: Jim Reynolds. 1B: Mike DiMuro. 2B: Andy Fletcher. 3B: Eric Cooper.
Weather: 63 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 9 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:46.
Att: 19,451.

Re: Detroit Free Press, MLB.com

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