Edwin Jackson makes history, helps A’s beat Tigers 5-4
DETROIT » Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday on a historic day for Athletics starter Edwin Jackson.
Jackson allowed a run and six hits in six innings in his first appearance for the A’s, tying a record by playing for his 13th major league team. Called up from Triple-A, the 34-year-old righty matched the mark for most clubs set by former reliever Octavio Dotel.
The A’s trailed 4-1 after Nicholas Castellanos hit a three-run homer in the seventh, but Oakland scored three in the eighth off Joe Jimenez. Then Lowrie connected for his 12th homer, barely fair down the line in right field off Shane Greene (2-4).
Lou Trivino (6-1) got the win in relief, and Blake Treinen pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances. The A’s have won seven of nine. ROYALS 2, ANGELS 0 » Brad Keller pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, helping the Royals beat the Angels in the makeup of a game that was frozen out in April.
Kevin McCarthy struck out Chris Young and retired Ian Kinsler to strand a runner on third base in the eighth, and Wily Peralta ended the three-hitter by working around Albert Pujols’ single in the ninth. It was the first save for the longtime starter in 136 career big league games.
Keller (2-2) struck out six and walked two in his fifth career big league start. Lucas Duda and Rosell Herrera each drove in a run for Kansas City.
Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs (6-5), who was scratched from his start last week with right hamstring tightness, allowed one run in seven innings.
Minor League Baseball
FIGHTIN PHILS 1, SEAWOLVES 0» Austin Listi hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning, driving in Drew Stankiewicz with the go-ahead run, as the Reading Fightin Phils defeated the Erie SeaWolves 1-0 in Monday night’s matchup.
Stankiewicz scored after he reached base on a walk, advanced to second on a single by Jiandido Tromp and then went to third on a flyout.
Reading starter Harold Arauz (5-4) picked up the win after scattering seven hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Opposing starter Sandy Baez (1-6) took the tough loss in the Eastern League game after allowing one run and two hits over 5 2/3 innings. Jeff Singer pitched two scoreless innings for his fourth save of the season.
Dominic Ficociello singled three times for the SeaWolves.
Erie was held off the scoreboard for the fourth time this season, while the Reading staff recorded its third shutout of the year.
Despite the loss, Erie is 8-4 against Reading this season. IRONPIGS 3, RAILRIDERS 2 » Trevor Plouffe hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, leading the Lehigh Valley IronPigs to a 3-2 win over the Scranton/WilkesBarre RailRiders on Monday.
After Lehigh Valley put up two runs in the first inning, Scranton/WB tied the game 2-2 after Bruce Caldwell and Rey Navarro hit solo home runs in the second and fifth innings.
Jake Thompson (1-1) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief while J.P. Feyereisen (3-2) took the loss in the International League game.