ATHLETICS vs. TIGERS: Official Full Game Highlights (July 7) | 2026 MLB Season

July in the Motor City. That's where the road trip will begin for the athletics right here in the heart of Detroit at Comerica Park against the Detroit Tigers. Fans filing in to see the Tigers in the A's. It's Tarek Skubal bobblehead giveaway day. And of course, he's pitching today, right? They lined that one up nicely in the marketing department here for the Tigers. Always love seeing Skubal on the mound. I'm excited for this matchup. This is a team that hits the fastball pretty well. They love to hit the ball in the air. Skubal off a gem in New York. Six innings, one hit, one earned run. And he will face Zach Gelof first. As the two-two has swung through, it's a change up. And away with Gelof to lead off the game. That will bring up Nick Kurtz, the first baseman. How about a curve ball for you? Three pitches to a punch out for Skubal. That's a good looking pitch. Sure was. A couple of strikeouts. That brings up Shea Langeleers. Swing and a miss. Got him. Change up against Langeleers. The two most dangerous hitters, Kurtz and Langeleers to strike out. And Terry Skubal strikes out the side to start the game. Skubal struck out the first three batters of the game for just the second time in his career. And it'll be right hander JT Yen on the mound this evening for the green and gold, making his 17th start of the season. And we've talked so much about the consistency that you're looking to find, whether it's in the starting rotation or in the bullpen. And JT Yen, I think, has provided a lot of that consistency. Lead off walk for Kevin McGonigal. And that will bring up Colt Keith, the third baseman. Keith, 250. Six homers and 19 driven in. Fly ball for Keith. Deep right field. It is home. Tigers with a two-run bomb. Carried the big wall in right center. Number seven for Colt Keith. And the Tigers take a 2-0 lead. Kevin McGonigal works that walk. And then a cutter that stays right in the middle of the plate. Good job of the Tigers making sure to bring that ball up. That cutter was brought up. And it didn't last very long. That ball was hammered out to right center. Tigers get a couple of runs on the two-run homer from Keith. Two runs, one hit, a walk, nobody left. We're through an inning. It's the Tigers 2 in the A snatchers. With an out, Jonah Heim is at first after leading off the inning with an infield single. The score, 2-0 Detroit. Swing and a miss late on a slider that was going to wrap around and slither into the zone anyway. He's racking those punch outs up. A double for Corota-Grower. And two on. Now second and third with two outs. Up comes another righty, Max Muncy. 232, five home runs, 20 RBIs. Strike three called. Ah, fastball just nudged the zone. Fifth strikeout for Scoble. Ends the second and strands two in scoring position. We're in the top of the third inning. Henry Bolte, Gelof and Kurtz come up with the Tigers leading 2-0. Scoble already with five strikeouts in this game. Launched for Henry Bolte out towards left. This ball is long gone in Detroit. A solo shot for Henry Bolte. His third on the season. And how about that for the rookie? Pretty majestic homer here. It's a little breaking ball and Scoble knew it. I think Scoble knew it when he released it. There was no doubt about it off the bat. It's quite a blast for Henry Bolte. 411 feet, 108 off the bat. Up comes Langeleers with Gelof in scoring position and a chance to tie the game. Swing and a miss, goodbye Langeleers. A fastball from Scoble, Tommy knocking on his door. Six strikeouts for Scoble and up comes Jonah Heim. 0-1 to Heim is hit skyward. Left of center, James Outman is there and Scoble maintains the lead despite the home run from Bolte. Boy, that air just comes back to haunt him too. You're looking at two outs, nobody on that air and then you're facing Colt Keith who homered in his first at bat. You got to deal with Kevin McGonigal over at first and he ends up just trying to be too perfect. First and second one out and Riley Green coming up. And delivers strike three. Gets Riley Green looking. I mean, this is just a beautiful, beautiful paint job here by J.T. Ginn. So now Dingler is up. He grounded out to the third baseman Muncy his first time up. On the outside corner, a sinker got him and J.T. Ginn strands two runners. No runs, no hits in air, a walk, two left on base. The score, 2-1 Tigers. Zach McKinstry singles to put runners at the corners. Nobody out for Spencer Torkelson. Tigers trying to build on a 2-1 lead. Ground ball to third. Muncy's gonna go home with it and the tag applied. That'll be the first out. First and second. Good job by Muncy. You can get the 5-4-3 double play. Run's gonna score, but why not get that lead runner? So 5-2 on the fielder's choice. Now it's first and second. And now a double play gets you out of it unscathed. A line drive that Gelof handles. Two down and that'll bring on Matt Vierling, the right fielder. This would be a tough one to swallow if you couldn't pay off two on with nobody out. You said able to bear down. Trying to get that third out here. It'll be in the air. And Colby Thomas there to make the catch. J.T. Ginn doing J.T. Ginn-like things. Training runners as we go to the fifth. Gonna be keeping a close eye on Tarek Scouble and his pitch count here in the fifth. The athletics have made him throw 78 pitches through four. Swing and a miss, strike three. And one away in this fifth inning. And here's Nick Kurtz, the first baseman. Swing and a miss. Six pitches, two strikeouts. Nine strikeouts for Scouble. The Langoliers walks with two outs. Tying run at first base. That gives Jonah Heim a chance. Soft ground ball to third. Nice big waist-high bounce for Keith. Flips it to Tork. Heim grounds out. Walk does no harm. It's gonna be a shorter-than-usual start for Tarek Scouble, but still a gem. One run, nine strikeouts. Gets a nice hand as he goes down those dugout steps on the third-base side. A grounded single into center field. Another two-out knock for Joshua Corotta-Grower. All three of his hits have come with two outs, and boy, is this guy looking more and more impressive every time he comes up to the plate. Man, see, 12 for 25 now to start his career. That brings up Max Muncy. Got a big lead, and they got him. He had just leaned off the bag when Finnegan spun to first base. Unbelievable timing for Kyle Finnegan there. He's getting ready to go. Finnegan picks off just at the right moment as he was trying to get off the bat. And a two-hour rally cook-in for the Tigers. And the Tigers have made something out of nothing here. Now it's Outman, and he's gonna get pulled back. You have four righties on the bench, and it's gonna be Ben Malgiri in a big spot to add to the lead. Malgiri at .267, no home runs. Three runs batted in, and out comes Scott Emerson for another consultation on the mound. First pitch, swing, and a fly ball on the infield. It's a long run. Corona Grower will leave it, and it's down to the ground. No man's land is very close to the infield, evidently, and it's 3-1 Tigers. Goodness gracious, how did that find natural grass? That was as routine as it gets for the second baseman, and the right fielder coming in. And miscommunication rears its ugly head. A pinch-hit single for Malgiri. And that's Butler's ball all the way. That's frustrating. Now what you need is a big hit from Matt Fearling. Oh, you have to. Line drive, right field, big trouble. Down fair into the jackpot, Tigers. In Major League Baseball, when a team makes a mistake, you gotta make them pay. If you wanna win a lot of games, you gotta make them pay in spots where they made a mistake. Matt Fearling does a nice job. Stays on that pitch from a left. He takes it the other way down the line. Scored two more runs for the Tigers. These are the kind of runs they need against an offense on the other side that can score quickly and score a lot. The Tigers are pouring it on. So now McGonigal. All-star Kevin McGonigal, single to center. Run number six is home right now. There it is again, just falling behind. Two balls and one strike and trying to sneak a fastball by him. And that's just on the inner third and just with the same result as the last at-bat in the fifth, falling behind two and O, trying to get a fastball by him and the same result. Fastball hammered right back up the middle. This one only better drives in a run. Six-one, Tigers in the sixth. We'll take a second, two on. And now it's incumbent upon Drew Anderson to find this out against Langoliers, a fearsome hitter with 20 home runs this year. One hopper and through. In comes the speedy Bolte and the A's got one back, six to two. Well, nice to see Shea Langoliers back in the lineup, able to put the barrel on one there and sneak it past the diving shortstop. And it's just nice to see this team, even though it's been later in the game, continue to fight, continue to try to put at-bats together. He hit him. Second hit by pitch of the inning. Bases are now loaded in a six-two game and that means a potential tying run is striding to the plate in the form of Jacob Wilson. Strike three called. It's a challenge and a huge one coming. Ball four or strike three, the answer. He is out. Oh, I can barely breathe after that. What a pitch. Bases loaded, two outs. Got him on the corner. Ninth inning, six-two Tigers. Jacob Waggis back. He'll work the final two innings of a nine-three win over the Yankees in New York. Going to get a chance, you would think, to close this one out. So Gelof strikes out two downs and that'll bring up Nick Kurtz, the last chance for the A's on this night. And a first pitch swing, fly ball left side. Riley Green opens the homestand with a Tigers win. In his gloves, six to two. Tigers over the A's. Tarek Scubel was great. The offense piled on with a four-run sixth inning and the Tigers are climbing again. Road trip went five and one. One and O on this sixth game homestand.