Overview

• Tarik Skubal gave up back-to-back two-run homers to Brent Rooker and Denzel Clarke in the first two innings but settled to pitch six innings of four-run ball with eight strikeouts.
• Dillon Dingler’s three-run homer in the five-run third inning off the bullpen roof gave Detroit a lead it never relinquished.
• Riley Greene finished with four hits, scored twice and drove in two runs to extend his season-high four-hit games and raise his batting average to .299.
• Wenceel Pérez added two RBIs with a two-run double and threw out two runners at second base in the seventh inning.
• Kerry Carpenter’s 417-foot two-run homer in the first inning and Oakland starter Luis Severino’s seven runs allowed helped spark Detroit’s offensive surge.