Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics Match Player Stats On Sep 08, 2019

Sean Manaea held the visiting Detroit Tigers to one run on two hits in seven innings, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 3-1 win Sunday afternoon.

Manaea, making just his second start of the season and first at home in more than a year, struck out 10 and walked two for his first win since Aug. 24, 2018.

Manaea (1-0) had shoulder surgery last September and it took the left-hander almost a full calendar year to return to a major league mound.

The A's (84-59) have won five of six and are 1 1/2 games up on Cleveland for the second wild card in the American League, while only a game out of the top wild card spot behind the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Tigers (42-100) became the first team in major league baseball to reach 100 losses this season, and are 2-7 in September. They hadn't lost 100 games since the 2003 season.

Khris Davis doubled in two runs with a line drive off the wall in left-center field in the bottom of the fourth, giving the A's a 3-0 lead. Mark Canha drove in the game's first run with a ground ball that scored Marcus Semien.

Christin Stewart homered in the top of the fifth for Detroit, his ninth of the year. Tigers starter Daniel Norris (3-12) allowed a run on one hit in three innings, then gave way to right-hander Drew VerHagen, who allowed two runs on six hits with three strikeouts.

Yusmeiro Petit pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Liam Hendriks worked a perfect ninth for his 19th save of the season. Oakland outscored Detroit 52-17 in the seven meetings between the two teams this season.

--Field Level Media