The finale of a four-game weekend series in Oakland saw the Tigers shut out the A’s with a 2-0 score, the only runs coming on a blooper in the third. They finished their west coast road trip with a 6-4 record, not a trivial achievement by any means.
Eduardo Rodriguez, who had a lousy previous outing against the Dodgers in which he had to exit early due to back spasms (probably?), was apparently fine enough to make his scheduled start today. He’s had a rough go of it the past month, with the only decent start being on September 1 on the south side of Chicago.