Tigers

“We just didn’t put atbats together,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. “We weren’t able to piece anything together. I think we had one time today where we had back-to-back quality at-bats that ended in our favor . ... That’s two days in a row we haven’t

scored a run, so that’s not going to lead you to many wins.”

The club’s previous pair of consecutive shutouts was last Sept. 18-19 against the Giants.

During this unbeaten stretch, A’s starters are 5-0 with a 2.63 ERA compared to 0-7 with a 7.91 ERA over the initial eight games. Oakland (8-7) won for the eighth time in nine games to move above .500

for the first time this year.

“The boys are rolling right now, so it’s a lot of fun and a lot of excitement in the clubhouse,” Irvin said.

Olson hit a solo drive in the first on a full count for his third home run of the season, García connected for a two-run shot with two outs in the second and Canha immediately followed by clearing the fences.

Casey Mize (1-1) had surrendered only one run over 11 innings with nine strikeouts in his first two starts before running into a hot A’s lineup this time out. He gave up five runs on seven hits in five innings.

Dominating Detroit

Oakland has won 21 of its last 22 matchups against Detroit. The A’s improved to 27-6 versus Detroit dating to June 2, 2015.