Shea Langeliers hit a pinch-hit three-run home run in the sixth inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied to end their eight-game losing streak with an 8-2 win over Detroit on Friday night, spoiling another milestone for Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera.
All-Star Brent Rooker hit his 29th home run for the last-place A’s , who won for the first time since Sept. 12 and avoided tying the team's Oakland-era record for most losses in a season.
Cabrera, the two-time MVP who plans to retire at season’s end, hit his 624th career double off starter Ken Waldichuk in the fourth inning, tying Hank Aaron for the 13th most in major league history. It was the 3,168th hit of Cabrera’s career, 16th in majors history. Waldichuk tied his season-high with seven strikeouts and allowed two runs and four hits in six innings for his first win as a starter since May 6. Two of his other wins came in relief.The A’s scored a run in the first off Tigers starter Sawyer Gipson-Long but couldn’t manage much else offensively until Tigers' manager A.J. Hinch made a pitching change after five innings with Detroit ahead 2-1.
Rooker hit the first pitch from reliever Will Vest over the fence in center for a tying home run. Tony Kemp reached on a fielding error by shortstop Javier Báez, rolled his right ankle and slowly trotted to second on Lawrence Butler’s single to right. After a strikeout, Langeliers hit a 2-0 fastball from Tyler Holton into the left field stands.Gipson-Long worked around three walks and allowed one run and four hits in five innings of his third major league start.
Athletics: Kemp was removed from the game and diagnosed with a right ankle sprain. … OF J.J. Bleday began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas.Athletics rookie RHP Joe Boyle makes his second career start Saturday against Detroit. Acquired from the Reds at the trade deadline, Boyle had four strikeouts in three innings against the Padres on Sept. 17. The Tigers have not named a starter.
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