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Tarik Skubal had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven strong innings for his fourth consecutive win, and the Detroit Tigers handed the Athletics their eighth consecutive loss, beating Oakland 7-3. Kerry Carpenter had his ninth multi-hit game this month and the 34th of the season for Detroit.
The Tigers held a tenuous lead all game, but couldn’t expand it, and the Dodgers are the Dodgers.
Sawyer-Gipson Long was brilliant once again in his second major league start, but things got dicey in the ninth inning.
DETROIT -- As much as he’d probably hate to admit it, whether Connor Phillips sticks around for the rest of the Reds’ postseason push depends on a lot of things beyond his control. Where Cincinnati is in the NL Wild Card standings. When Alex Young and Ben Lively are activated.
If you’re a weirdo that enjoys bases-on-balls, then you were in heaven tonight ‘cause you saw fourteen of ‘em. The rest of us weren’t that impressed.