Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics Match Player Stats On May 06, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 7, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Adam Rosales hit a two-run, walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning off Francisco Rodriguez, and the Oakland A's rallied for 6-5 victory against the Detroit Tigers at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday night.

Rodriguez (1-3) retired the first two batters he faced, but Bruce Maxwell walked, and Matt Joyce doubled him to third. That set the stage for Rosales, who grounded a sharp single to left.

The walk-off win was Oakland's first of the season.

Yonder Alonso had his first career two-homer game and drove in three runs, and Ryon Healy hit a solo home run for the A's. Alonso hit a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run blast in the sixth, giving him eight for the year and surpassing his total of seven in 2016. He's two shy of his career-high of nine blasts in 2012 for San Diego.

A's rookie Frankie Montas (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for his first major league victory.

Andrew Romine and Nicholas Castellanos each drove in two runs for the Tigers. Romine went 2-for-4 with a two-run double in the second inning when the Tigers built a 3-0 lead. Castellanos had two hits, including a double. Jose Iglesias had two hits and scored twice.

Tigers relievers Blaine Hardy, Alex Wilson and Justin Wilson combined to hold the A's hitless over 2 1/3 innings.

Tigers right-hander Jordan Zimmermann gave up four runs on five hits, including three home runs, over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one.

A's right-hander Jesse Hahn gave up four runs (three earned) on six hits over 3 2/3 innings. Hahn struck out four but also walked four and struggled with his command. He left the game after throwing 101 pitches.

The Tigers led 5-2 through five innings, but the A's cut that lead to 5-4 in the sixth when Alonso lined a two-run shot off Zimmermann over the right-center field fence with two outs. Second baseman Jed Lowrie was aboard after a one-out single to center.

A's relievers Daniel Coulombe, Liam Hendriks, Ryan Dull, Ryan Madson and Montas combined to hold Detroit to one run over the final 5 1/3 innings.

The Tigers left the bases loaded in the first but scored three times in the second to take a 3-0 lead. With one out, Jim Adduci reached safely when Healy booted his hard-hit ground ball to third for his first of two errors in the inning. Iglesias followed with an infield single on a hard comebacker that Hahn couldn't handle.

Romine launched a two-run triple to the right-center alley, hitting Hahn's 94 mph fastball. Castellanos lined a single to left, driving in Romine.

Healy led off the bottom of the second with his fifth home run of the season, a blast over the left-field wall on a 2-2 fastball from Zimmermann to cut Detroit's lead to 3-1.

The Tigers used singles by Romine and Miguel Cabrera and a walk by Justin Upton to load the bases with two outs in the fourth off Hahn. Coulombe walked Alex Avila to force in a run and make it 4-1.

Alonso crushed a solo home run into the right-center field seats with one out in the bottom of the fourth. He hit Zimmermann's belt-high fastball on a 2-2 count.

Castellanos doubled home Iglesias in the fifth, increasing Detroit's lead to 5-2.

NOTES: Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler (strained left hamstring) missed his second straight game, and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he's leaning toward leaving Kinsler on the bench for the series finale Sunday. The Tigers have an off day Monday. ... Tigers OF J.D. Martinez (sprained right foot) started and played seven innings in right field and went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in his second rehab game for Class A Lakeland on Saturday. Ausmus said Martinez will likely have a day off Sunday and resume his rehab stint Monday with Triple-A Toledo. ... A's LHP Sean Manaea (strained left shoulder) threw a 38-pitch bullpen session and will likely be activated from the disabled list after one minor league rehab game Tuesday with Triple-A Nashville. "No pain or soreness or anything like that," an upbeat Manaea said. "I felt like I was trying to go 100 percent and everything felt really, really good." ... A's C Josh Phegley, who went on the seven-day concussion disabled list Thursday, took part in extensive baseball activities Saturday and appears headed for activation Thursday, the first day he's eligible.