Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics Box Score on May 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 6, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Michael Fulmer pitched eight strong innings, Jim Adduci went 2-for-4 with a bases-loaded triple and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland A's 7-2 on Friday night at Oakland Coliseum in the opener of a three-game series.

Fulmer (3-1) allowed two runs (one earned) and eight hits, struck out a season-high nine and walked two.

Victor Martinez went 3-for-4 with an intentional walk. He doubled, scored once and drove in Detroit's first two runs with a bases-loaded single in the third inning.

Adduci doubled, tripled, scored a run and drove in three. He also threw A's left fielder Khris Davis out from right field in the second inning when Davis tried to stretch a single into a double.

Jose Iglesias went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and scored twice for the Tigers.

A's right-hander Andrew Triggs (4-2) gave up five runs (three earned) and eight hits. He struck out five and walked one.

A's center fielder Rajai Davis went 3-for-5 and had his 1,000th career hit in the ninth with a two-out single.

Yonder Alonso went 2-for-4 with a double and drove in two runs for the A's, who have lost nine of their past 11 games.

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead into the top of the sixth and scored three more times off Triggs. Martinez hit an opposite-field double down the left field line with one out and moved to third on Justin Upton's infield single. Triggs walked Tyler Collins, loading the bases, and Adduci lined a three-run triple down the right field line.

Since having his contract selected from Triple-A Toledo on April 23, Adduci has hit .343 with four doubles, two triples and seven RBIs.

Oakland scored an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth as Alonso drove in Jed Lowrie with a single, cutting Detroit's lead to 5-1.

In the top of the eighth, Adduci hit a leadoff double and scored on Iglesias' triple. Iglesias came home on a sacrifice fly.

The A's answered with a run in the bottom of the inning on Alonso's RBI double.

NOTES: Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler missed the game with a strained left hamstring and is day to day. He left a game against Cleveland on Wednesday in the seventh inning. ... A's left-hander Sean Doolittle (strained left shoulder), who went on the 10-day disabled list Sunday, said an MRI showed "no structural damage" to his rotator cuff or labrum. "I haven't gotten a lot of MRIs that didn't show structural damage," Doolittle said, laughing. "I'm excited about that. It's kind of best-case scenario." ... Tigers OF J.D. Martinez (sprained right foot) went 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run in his first rehab game for Class A Lakeland. He served as Lakeland's DH. "If he feels all right, he'll play somewhere between five and seven innings in the field tomorrow," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.