Athletics crushed 11-0, Tigers pounce on Gage Jump for season-series sweep

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Keider Montero pitched six scoreless innings, Eduardo Valencia drove successful 4 runs and the Detroit Tigers completed their archetypal season-series expanse ever against an American League hostile with an 11-0 triumph implicit the Athletics connected Sunday.

The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.

One time aft trading ace Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for 3 prospects, the Tigers responded with their 3rd consecutive triumph to stay wrong 2 1/2 games of the past wild-card spot successful the AL.

Spencer Torkelson deed a two-run treble successful the archetypal inning against Gage Jump (4-7) to involvement Montero to the aboriginal lead. Gleyber Torres added a two-run azygous and Valencia had a two-run treble successful the 4th inning to interruption the crippled open. Valencia added a two-run treble successful a four-run eighth.

Montero (8-6) allowed conscionable 2 hits and 2 walks.

The Tigers followed up a three-game expanse astatine location successful aboriginal July against the A’s by winning each 3 games this play to decorativeness the play bid 6-0 for their archetypal expanse ever against an AL team. This marked the 5th clip the A’s went winless against an AL foe with it past happening erstwhile they went 0-6 against Toronto successful 2019.

Jump struggled to find the onslaught portion arsenic helium was incapable to physique connected the six scoreless innings helium threw Tuesday to bushed Boston and drawback a five-start losing streak. He walked six batters and allowed six runs successful 3 2/3 innings.

The last four-plus innings were played with lone 3 umpires aft location sheet ump Jeremie Rehak near the crippled aft taking a foul shot disconnected his mask. Second basal umpire Adam Beck took implicit down the plate.

On the mend

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz volition spot a manus specializer successful Los Angeles connected Monday astir his injured close thumb and could beryllium headed to the injured list.

Kurtz went connected the injured database with a sprained close thumb connected July 11 and returned 2 weeks later. But helium has struggled astatine the sheet since then, going 1 for 18 successful 7 games since returning to the lineup. Kurtz was besides deed connected the near forearm with a transportation connected Wednesday nighttime but was capable to instrumentality to the lineup for the adjacent 2 games.

Manager Mark Kotsay said connected Sunday that the squad volition find the adjacent steps for Kurtz aft helium visits the specialist.

The 23-year-old Kurtz is batting .256 with 21 homers and a team-high 69 RBIs. Kurtz ranks 3rd successful the majors with 79 walks and is 4th among qualifiers with a .396 on-base percent going into Sunday’s games. He besides ranks 12th successful the majors with an .879 OPS.

Kotsay said shortstop Jacob Wilson has been dealing with tendinitis successful his genu that has prevented him from playing successful the tract since Wednesday. Wilson was a designated hitter the past 3 games and was retired of the starting lineup connected Sunday but should beryllium backmost astatine shortstop for the bid opener astatine Cincinnati connected Tuesday. Wilson has gone 107 consecutive games without an error, 3 shy of Mike Bordick’s grounds for a shortstop acceptable successful 2002.

The A’s besides expect to get right-hander J.T. Ginn disconnected the injured database to commencement that crippled against the Reds. Ginn has been retired since July 19 with a blister connected his close mediate finger. Ginn is 8-6 with a 3.46 ERA this season.

Third baseman Zack Gelof volition statesman a rehab duty connected Tuesday astatine Triple-A Las Vegas aft being retired since July 10 aft suffering a chopped connected his close genu erstwhile helium slid into the partition making a catch.