Detroit Tigers will travel on the road to the state of California to face off against Oakland on Thursday for the second game of the doubleheader with a scheduled first pitch time of 7:07 PM Eastern. This game will be available on MLB extra innings. Detroit comes into this game with a record on the season of 37-55, and have lost their last four consecutive games including a sweep on the road against Cleveland. The previous loss was on the road against Kansas City by the score 5-2.
Oakland comes into this game with a record on the season of 32-61, and have played decent as of late winning three out of the last five games including a series of victory on the road against the Houston Astros and a series victory on the road against the Texas Rangers once by the score of 14-7 in extra innings.
Garrett Hill will take the mound for the Detroit Tigers in this match up with a record on the season of one win, one loss, to go along with a dismal earned run average of 5.73 and four strikeouts on the season. Garrett Hill has 11 innings pitched, and has given up three walks, and two home runs.