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- Updated: May 29, 2016
OAKLAND — Billy Butler hit a pinch-hit go-ahead single in the sixth before A’s starter Rich Hill departed with an apparent injury in Sunday’s 4-2 series-finale win over the Tigers at the Coliseum.
Hill left with a trainer after striking out James McCann in the top of the seventh inning, putting a damper on another quality outing, as he struck out nine and left in line for his eighth win of the season.
Hill’s departure came only a half-inning after Butler connected off Tigers reliever Justin Wilson to make it 3-2. A costly error by second baseman Ian Kinsler on a Yonder Alonso ground ball prolonged the inning and hurt Tigers right-hander Mike Pelfrey, who then walked Marcus Semien to load the bases before departing, saddled with three unearned runs.
Detroit got on the board first on RBI singles from McCann in the second and Victor Martinez in the third, but only two Tigers reached base over the game’s final six innings. The A’s tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on a Jake Smolinski sacrifice fly, and Sean Doolittle earned his third save of the season in the ninth.
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