The Oakland A’s Seth Brown (15) who connected for a go ahead two run home run in the top of the eighth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Thu May 12, 2022 (AP News photo)

A’s Take four of five from Tigers In a 5-3 Win

By Barbara Mason

Thursday afternoon the Oakland A’s (14-19) took on the Detroit Tigers (9-23) in the fifth and final game of their series. Oakland took their hot bats into this game winning their third game in a row and took four out of five at Comerica Park with a 5-3 win.

Lately the A’s have been scoring in the early innings and this game was no exception. In the first inning a single by Jed Lowrie drove in Tony Kemp for an early 1-0 lead. Christian Bethany who is on a hot streak had a single and drove in Jed Lowrie and Sheldon Neuse now leading 3-0.

It was a quiet second, third and fourth inning for both teams. In the fifth inning the Tigers scored a couple of runs trailing Oakland 3-2. Tucker Barnhart doubled and Willi Castro would score followed by Robbie Grossman who grounded out to first and Torkelson would score.

In the sixth inning the Tigers would tie up the game 3-3. Miguel Cabrera doubled and Candeloria scored .

After a quiet seventh inning the A’s broke this game open. Seth Brown came through for Oakland hitting a tie breaking home run in the eighth inning giving them a 5-3 lead which would be the final score.

Oakland will now head back to the Bay Area where they will meet the red hot second place Los Angeles Angels Friday night. This wil be a huge challenge for the A’s but the good news for Oakland is that they are hitting again and scoring in the early innings.

Dalton Jeffries will take the mound for the A’s and the Angels will send Chase Silseth to start the game. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM.