DETROIT (Interstat) — Spencer Torkelson launched a three-run homer and Jake Rogers added a two-run blast as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Athletics 6-1 on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Comerica Park before a crowd of 29,049.

The game was completed in 2 hours, 45 minutes.

Detroit improved to 42-50, while fell to 41-51. The victory gave the Tigers a sweep of the two-game series after they won 6-2 on Tuesday.

Troy Melton earned the win for Detroit, pitching four innings in relief and allowing two hits and no earned runs while striking out one. Melton improved to 5-1 on the season. Jeffrey Springs took the loss for Oakland, dropping to 3-9. Springs worked four-plus innings, giving up six runs on six hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

The Tigers struck first in the bottom of the first. Dillon Dingler reached on a soft ground ball to third baseman Zack Gelof and advanced to second on a throwing error by Gelof. Kevin McGonigle walked and Spencer Torkelson also walked to load the bases. Riley Greene then lined a single to right field, scoring Dingler to put Detroit ahead 1-0. The Tigers loaded the bases again on Greene’s hit, but Hao-Yu Lee grounded into a force out at home and Ben Malgeri struck out to end the inning.

Detroit expanded the lead in the second. With one out, Zach McKinstry walked. Matt Vierling popped out for the second out, but Rogers then crushed a two-run homer to left-center field, his second of the season, scoring McKinstry to make it 3-0.

Oakland got on the board in the fourth. Tyler Soderstrom led off with a double to right. Jacob Wilson then reached on a throwing error by shortstop McKinstry, allowing Soderstrom to score and Wilson to move to second. But the Athletics could not capitalize further as Lawrence Butler struck out, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer singled but Wilson was thrown out trying to advance? Actually the play-by-play shows Wilson on third after the single, then Carlos Cortes struck out to end the inning. Oakland’s run made it 3-1.

The decisive moment came in the bottom of the fifth. After Matt Vierling grounded out, Rogers singled to center. McGonigle singled to right, putting runners at the corners. Torkelson then drove a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for his 15th home run of the season, a three-run shot that extended Detroit’s lead to 6-1.

From there, the Tigers’ bullpen shut down Oakland. Keider Montero worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. Beau Brieske pitched a perfect eighth with one strikeout. Tyler Holton retired the side in order in the seventh, striking out one. The Athletics managed only two more hits after the fourth, both in the seventh and ninth innings.

Oakland finished with seven hits, matching Detroit’s total. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer went 3-for-4 for the Athletics. Riley Greene had two hits and an RBI for the Tigers. Torkelson drove in three runs with his homer. Rogers added two hits, including the homer.

Defensively, both teams committed one error. McKinstry’s throwing error in the fourth allowed Oakland’s only run.

The Athletics visit the Tigers again on Thursday for the final game of the series before traveling to Chicago to face the White Sox. The Tigers host the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit 5, 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Detroit a 58.80 percent probability to win. Detroit entered the game as the pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of seven runs went over the over-under line of 8.5.