Detroit Tigers at Athletics

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Keider Montero got the ball Sunday trying to erase a rough turn against Baltimore, where he lasted just 4.1 innings and allowed 4 earned runs. Across the mound stood Gage Jump, who'd been the best version of himself last time out — 6 shutout innings and 7 strikeouts against Boston. On paper it looked like Detroit's shakier arm against Oakland's hottest one.

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Tigers(53-58)

WWLWL

11

-1.5+138-115o10.5+120

Athletics(45-66)

LLLLW

0

+1.5-141+113u10.5-120

Best BetTigers -117

Postgame

Tigers won 11-0, never sweating it, and Montero delivered the bounce-back the pick banked on by blanking Oakland across 9 innings. The -118 price looks like a steal in hindsight against a team Detroit has outscored 32-7 this series. No surprises here — the form case just played out exactly as written.

Pregame

Detroit's priced as a modest favorite here, and given how the last two games went, that price still looks soft. The Tigers have scored 21 runs combined the last two nights against this same Oakland pitching staff, and even with their own rotation banged up, that kind of offensive form is hard to bet against for a third straight day.

Didn't matter. Montero found the form his 3.17 ERA says he actually has, working around 7 hits without letting a single Athletic cross the plate, while Jump couldn't replicate the Boston magic against a Detroit lineup that's given this pitching staff fits all weekend. Oakland trotted out a lineup without Jacob Wilson, who's dealing with knee tendinitis, and without Nick Kurtz, who's set to see a hand specialist in L.A. about a thumb that's had him hitting 1-for-18 since coming off the injured list. The Tigers, meanwhile, went off as road favorites and never looked back.

Keider Montero

(9-7)·3.22 ERA

Jul 27 vs Orioles

L

4.1IP

4ER

1K

1BB

80P

08/02 Lineup

Gage Jump

(5-7)·4.50 ERA

Jul 28 vs Red Sox

W

6.0IP

0ER

7K

4BB

90P

08/02 Lineup

There's also the matter of what Detroit's front office did earlier in the day. Hours before first pitch, the Tigers finalized a trade sending Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers for a package built around outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith — the kind of news that could rattle a clubhouse on most days. Instead, this group went out and dropped 11 runs on a team that's now lost 4 of its last 5.

Detroit Tigers

(53-58)

Aug 2W@ Athletics8-6

Aug 1W@ Athletics13-1

Jul 29Lvs Orioles9-10

Jul 28Wvs Orioles14-0

Jul 27Lvs Orioles5-8

Athletics

(45-66)

Aug 2Lvs Tigers6-8

Aug 1Lvs Tigers1-13

Jul 31Lvs Red Sox4-5

Jul 30Lvs Red Sox2-4

Jul 29Wvs Red Sox4-3

This is the third straight blowout Detroit's dropped on Oakland this stretch, and the math is getting ugly for the home dugout — the Tigers have outscored the Athletics 32-7 across the three meetings. Detroit's lineup stayed hot even with a fractured rotation picture, spreading out 4-run innings in the 4th and again in the 8th on Sunday to turn a competitive game into a laugher early.

Detroit Tigers

(13)

• 10-Day-ILMatt Vierling (CF) — The Tigers placed Vierling on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to Thursday, due to a left adductor strain.07/31
• 10-Day-ILKerry Carpenter (RF) — Carpenter (foot) received a cortisone injection Tuesday, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.07/28
• 15-Day-ILJack Flaherty (SP) — Manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday that he expects Flaherty (forearm) to be on the injured list beyond the 15-day minimum, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.07/28
• 60-Day-ILJackson Jobe (SP) — Jobe (elbow) will make a rehab start with High-A West Michigan on Sunday, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.08/01
• 60-Day-ILWenceel Perez (RF) — Perez (orbital) will embark on a rehab assignment with Single-A Lakeland on Friday, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.07/31
• 60-Day-ILWill Vest (RP) — Vest underwent elbow surgery Wednesday and will also undergo hip surgery, which will result in the 31-year-old reliever missing the rest of the 2026 season, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.07/31
• 60-Day-ILBrant Hurter (RP) — Hurter (spine) threw a bullpen session Friday, MLB.com reports.07/26
• 60-Day-ILBurch Smith (RP) — Smith is being evaluated after exiting a rehab appearance with Triple-A Toledo on Thursday with right shoulder/lat discomfort, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.07/24
• 60-Day-ILBailey Horn (RP) — Horn (elbow) will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILJustin Verlander (SP) — Verlander (hamstring/hip) announced Wednesday via social media that he will retire following the 2026 season.07/08
• 60-Day-ILParker Meadows (CF) — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday that Meadows (forearm) has yet to resume hitting and is without a timeline to return from the 60-day injured list, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.06/25
• 60-Day-ILTrey Sweeney (SS) — Sweeney will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery this week, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.06/05
• 60-Day-ILReese Olson (SP) — The Tigers placed Olson on the 60-day injured list Tuesday after he underwent a right shoulder labral repair Feb. 2 that will result in him missing the 2026 season.05/08

Athletics

(13)

• Day-To-DayJacob Wilson (SS) — Manager Mark Kotsay said that Wilson, who is out of the lineup Sunday against the Tigers, is dealing with patellar tendonitis in his knee, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.08/02
• Day-To-DayNick Kurtz (1B) — Kurtz, who is out of the lineup Sunday against the Tigers, is scheduled to visit a hand specialist Monday in Los Angeles, after which the A's are expected to make a roster decision, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILZack Gelof (3B) — Gelof (knee) will report to Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday to begin a rehab assignment, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILShea Langeliers (C) — The Athletics announced that Langeliers underwent a successful medial meniscectomy Tuesday in Los Angeles and also received a platelet-rich plasma injection for his right knee, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/28
• 10-Day-ILJoshua Kuroda-Grauer (3B) — Kuroda-Grauer was diagnosed with a testicular contusion after exiting Monday's 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/21
• 15-Day-ILJ.T. Ginn (SP) — Ginn (finger) will be reinstated from the 15-day injured list to start Tuesday's game at Cincinnati, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.08/02
• 15-Day-ILJustin Sterner (RP) — Sterner earned his first save of the season in Wednesday's extra-inning win over the Cubs. He tossed a perfect inning while striking out one.07/18
• 60-Day-ILMark Leiter Jr. (RP) — Leiter will undergo surgery Tuesday to address a right hip impingement and is expected to miss the remainder of the season, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/30
• 60-Day-ILLuis Severino (SP) — Severino (shoulder) began a throwing progression Saturday, per MLB.com.07/28
• 60-Day-ILDenzel Clarke (CF) — Manager Mark Kotsay said Saturday that Clarke (hamstring) is nearing a rehab assignment, Jason Burke of Roundtable.io reports.07/19
• 60-Day-ILBrent Rooker (DH) — Rooker will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a cartilage tear in his left knee, Jason Burke of Roundtable.io reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILBrooks Kriske (RP) — Kriske (shoulder) began a throwing progression Thursday, MLB.com reports.06/16
• 60-Day-ILGunnar Hoglund (SP) — Hoglund (knee/back) will be sidelined for the rest of the 2026 season after undergoing surgery on his left hip Monday.05/20

Oakland's issues go beyond the missing names in the lineup card. A staff that already ranks among the league's shakier ones lost another afternoon to a Tigers offense clicking at exactly the wrong time for a rebuilding club playing out a lost season. Mark Kotsay's group will regroup on the next stop, but Sunday did nothing to change the shape of this year for either side.