{"id":53177,"date":"2026-07-10T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/53177\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:21:39","slug":"valencia-homers-in-1st-career-plate-appearance-in-the-tigers-4-1-victory-over-the-as-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/53177\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia homers in 1st career plate appearance in the Tigers’ 4-1 victory over the A’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2013 Eduardo Valencia became the 10th Detroit player to homer in his first career plate appearance, Framber Valdez pitched seven innings and the Tigers beat the Athletics 4-1 on Thursday night for a series sweep.<\/p>\n

Valencia entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh against Hogan Harris and sent a 425-foot shot<\/a> to center to cap the scoring and help the Tigers seal their third straight series victory. The 26-year-old Venezuelan catcher was called up from Triple-A Toledo on Thursday with fellow catcher Dillon Dingler recovering from a right hand contusion.<\/p>\n

Valdez (5-6) had a season-high nine strikeouts, while allowing one run on three hits. Kyle Finnegan worked the eighth, and Kenley Jansen the ninth for his 11th save.<\/p>\n

Detroit has won five in a row and is 21-12 since June 1. The Tigers have climbed within 4 1\/2 games of first place in the AL Central.<\/p>\n

Jake Rogers and Zach McKinstry also homered for Detroit.<\/p>\n

Rogers hit his third homer of the year, and second in two games, to left in the third to make it 1-0. McKinstry had a two-run shot to left in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Jack Perkins (2-5) allowed three runs on two hits in three inning for the Athletics.<\/p>\n

Henry Bolte drove in the Athletics’ only run in the fifth on a groundout. The Athletics’ Zack Gelof left the game in the third after injuring his knee crashing into the outfield wall.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (2-8. 4.60 ERA) was set to start Friday night at home against Philadelphia and RHP Aaron Nola (3-6, 5.87). The Athletics had not announced a starter for their game Friday night in Chicago opposite White Sox RHP Sean Burke (5-4, 3.56).<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n

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