by Jerry Feitelberg

I must be dreaming. Somebody wake me up and pinch me. I don’t believe what I am seeing. The A’s have won three games in a row for the first time this season. Not only did they beat the powerful Detroit Tigers, starting pitcher, Jesse Hahn, went nine innings and threw a shutout to ice the Tigers by a score of 4-0.

Hahn had all his pitches working for him and he limited to Tigers to just four hits. The A’s scored all the runs they would need in the bottom of the sixth when they scored four times to send Tigers pitcher Shane Greene to the showers.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth. Marcus Semien and Josh Reddick got the rally going with back-to-back singles to start the frame. A’s DH Billy Butler singled to drive in Semien with the A’s first run. Third baseman Max Muncy doubled to right-center to drive in Reddick with Butler taking third on the play. First baseman Mark Canha hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Butler with the third run. Sam Fuld doubled to drive in Muncy with run number four.

Notes- The A’s announced the Ben Zobrist was activated off the DL and Craig Gentry was sent down to Nashville to make room for Zobrist on the roster. Sean Dolittle will be activated Tuesday. Doolittle will not jump into the closer role immediately but probably be used as a setup man until he gets a little bit healthier. On the downside, the A’s made three more errors in the game, giving them 49 for the year

Hahn’s record improved to 2-4 while the Tigers’ Greene is now 4-3 for the year.

The A’s also welcomed back lead radio broadcaster, Ken Korach. Korach missed the beginning of the season due to problems with his knee.

Tuesday’s nights’ game will feature Jesse Chavez going for Oakland and he will be opposed by former Cy Young award winner, David Price. Game time will be 7:05pm at the O.co Coliseum.