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'We fight the fight:' Tigers claw back to beat Athletics, 8-6

Detroit — Circle this one.

After four straight losses and falling behind 6-3 against a suddenly rampaging Oakland team that hadn’t lost a game in Comerica Park since 2016, the Tigers got off the mat, scored six runs over the final five innings and beat the Athletics 8-6 Wednesday night.

"I don't talk a lot about character wins," manager AJ Hinch said afterward. "But this is an example of a lot of things working for us. We did a lot of really good things. We chipped away. We bounced back from their big innings...

"There is so much to character wins when you are playing against a good team.