A's shoot for fourth straight win
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(SportsNetwork.com) - The Oakland Athletics shoot for a fourth straight win on Tuesday when they continue a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at the Coliseum.
Jesse Hahn's first career shutout spurred Oakland to its longest win streak of the season after the Athletics downed Detroit, 4-0, in Monday's opener.
Hahn (2-4) yielded a mere four hits and one walk to halt a five-start winless stretch and carry the A's to a third consecutive triumph. The young right- hander kept Detroit's bats silent by recording 15 ground-ball outs, six of which came on three double plays.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oakland hadn't won three in a row since August 7-9 of last season.
The A's got all their runs during a sixth-inning outburst against Shane Greene highlighted by RBI doubles from Max Muncy and Sam Fuld. Billy Butler added a run-scoring single while finishing 2-for-4.
Greene (4-3) didn't make it out of the sixth, with five of his eight hits allowed coming during the pivotal frame.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}With star slugger Miguel Cabrera out of the lineup for rest purposes, Detroit didn't register an extra-base hit en route to a third straight loss.
"When we need a big inning offensively or defensively, it goes in the opposite direction," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "It's frustrating."
Heading to the hill for Detroit on Tuesday will be left-hander David Price, who is 3-1 with a 3.32 ERA. Price did not get a decision on Thursday against Houston, but pitched well, as he surrendered three runs (2 earned) in 6 2/3 innings. He also struck out a season-high 12 batters in his team's 6-5 win.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Detroit has won all but one of Price's nine starts this season.
Price has faced the A's six times and is 3-2 with a 2.89 ERA.
Oakland, meanwhile, will hand the ball to righty Jesse Chavez, who has alternated between the bullpen and starting rotation this season, but is 1-4 with a 3.41 ERA in six starts.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Chavez absorbed the loss on Thursday against Tampa Bay, as the Rays reached him for three runs and five hits in six innings.
The 31-year-old hurler is 0-3 in nine games (2 starts) versus the Tigers and has pitched to a 9.90 ERA.
Detroit won five of its seven matchups with the A's last season.