Abraham Toro hit his first home run of the season Friday in a 5-4 loss for the Oakland Athletics against the Detroit Tigers, who continued their excellent start to the season with a sixth victory in seven games.
For the A’s, it’s a fourth loss in a row, a seventh in eight games to start the season.
Toro hit a solo homer off Detroit starter Tarik Skubal in the seventh inning. Brent Rooker also stretched his arms for Oakland, hitting a long ball good for two runs in the sixth.
Matt Vierling and Mark Canha hit solo homers while Spencer Torkelson and Gio Urshela had two doubles and an RBI each for the Tigers, who are off to their best start to a season since 2015.
Skubal allowed four runs on four hits and two walks with nine strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.
A’s starter JP Sears gave up four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Elsewhere in the MLB
Dodgers 7 – Cubs 9
LAD : Shohei Ohtani hit his 2nd home run in as many games. He also had a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
CHC : Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch hit home runs and the Cubs won their 5th straight game.
Rays – Rockies
TB :
COL :
Orioles – Pirates
BAL :
PIT :
Padres – Giants
SD :
SF :
Mets – Reds
NYM :
CIN :
Phillies – Nationals
PHI :
WAS :
Diamondbacks – Braves
ARI :
ATL :
White Sox – Royals
CHW :
KC :
Astros – Rangers
NEW :
TEX :
Mariners – Brewers
SEA :
MIL :
Red Sox – Angels
BOS :
LAA :
2024-04-05 20:49:08
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