The Tigers made a valiant effort at a comeback, but a terrible outing from Matt Manning doomed them early in this one. The A’s hung on to win 8-6 and take the three-game set.
Things spiraled out of control almost as quickly as Matt Manning’s command in this one. He struck out Josh Harrison to start the game, but walked Starling Marte and Matt Chapman after getting to two strikes quickly against both. Jed Lowrie smoked a sinker at the bottom of the zone into the visitor’s bullpen for a three-run homer. Mark Canha followed with a solo shot over the out-of-town scoreboard, and the A’s never looked back.