Sweeney has 4 hits, Madden strikes out 7 in Tigers' 9-1 win over Athletics

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Trey Sweeney had four hits, including a home run, Ty Madden struck out seven and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday.

The Tigers, looking to make a late rally in the AL Wild Card race, took two out of three in Oakland and are two games above .500.

The A’s, who will play their home games in Sacramento next season ahead of a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028, drew 11,250 fans.

Madden (1-0) and Beau Brieske combined to take a no-hit bid into the fifth, with Madden recording his first career win after Brieske served as an opener in the first. The 24-year-old struck out seven in five innings and held the A’s to one run in his third major league appearance.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that Madden was “calm” and a “huge competitor,” delivering when the bullpen was taxed from a 13-inning game earlier in the series.

“He came in and was pounding the strike zone. ... It's nice when he could step up and put up zeros while we were sort of sorting our way through the day,” Hinch said.

Madden's splitter, which he said was a new pitch for him that he developed in spring training, was zipping Sunday.

“I have a lot of confidence in it right now,” Madden said.

Lawrence Butler’s fifth-inning single was the A’s first hit, and it also extended his career-best hit streak to 18 games. Zack Gelof drove in Oakland’s lone run with a sixth inning single.

Sweeney, who went 4 for 4 with a walk, hit a leadoff homer in the third off A’s starter J.T. Ginn (0-1). Kerry Carpenter drove in Jace Jung later in the inning to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead. In the fourth, Sweeney singled home Spencer Torkelson. Detroit tacked on six runs in the eighth charged to Ross Stripling, who gave up four consecutive RBI hits.

Sweeney, who made his major league debut on Aug. 16, said he's always had confidence at the plate but having four hits certainly helps.

“I was still confident in myself even when I was 0 for 6 the other day,” Sweeney said. “It’s just the way the game goes. I feels good. It was nice to have some fall for me today.”

Ginn, in his second big league start, allowed three runs in five innings, giving up seven hits.

“I definitely didn’t have my best stuff out there today but made some competitive pitches when I had to, left some pitches up in the zone I got hurt on,” Ginn said. “Some days you’re going to have those days, just try to compete and stay in the game as long as you can.”

The A’s have six games remaining at the Coliseum after wrapping up the final game of their second-to-last homestand.

“The closer it gets, the more it comes to realization,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said, adding that the last homestand — from Sept. 20 to 26 — will be “tough.”

Hinch, who made his big league debut with the A’s in 1998, walked up to Mt. Davis — the tarped-off third deck — before the game and called his final moments managing at the Coliseum “bittersweet.” There are no plans so far to open up Mt. Davis for the last game, which is sold out.

“There’s a lot of energy in this ballpark,” Hinch said. “There’s a lot of pride in this ballpark. There’s a lot of history with or without me, but it’s a special place because it was the first time I ever called myself a big leaguer. And there’s only one place that I’ll ever feel that way.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: Shortstop Javier Báez, who underwent season-ending hip surgery last week, will rehab in Detroit but plans to spend time around the team the remainder of the season.

UP NEXT

Athletics: RHP Osvaldo Bido (5-3, 3.41 ERA) is scheduled to start the first game of a three-game series at Houston.

Tigers: After a day off, RHP Keider Montero (4-6, 5.47) is scheduled to start on Tuesday at home against the Rockies, who counter with Bradley Blalock (1-2, 5.40).

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Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter, left, argues with home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott, right, after striking out during the first inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Detroit Tigers' Trey Sweeney celebrates after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Oakland Athletics' Zack Gelof, right, slides into second base on a stolen base as Detroit Tigers shortstop Trey Sweeney, left, applies the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Oakland Athletics' Zack Gelof, right, slides into second base on a stolen base as Detroit Tigers shortstop Trey Sweeney, left, applies the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Detroit Tigers' Trey Sweeney watches his single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Oakland Athletics' Zack Gelof, right, hits an RBI single in front of Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers, left, during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda (18) throws against the Oakland Athletics during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson (20) catches a pop-up hit by Oakland Athletics' Max Schuemann during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Oakland Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler (4) catches a fly ball hit by Detroit Tigers' Spencer Torkelson during fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Oakland Athletics' Brent Rooker (25) walks back to the dugout after striking out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Detroit Tigers' Matt Vierling (8) celebrates after scoring on an RBI single by Riley Greene during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported Monday in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Romania.

The flooding has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania as a low-pressure system crossing the region has unleashed record-high rains for days, and it was expected to affect Slovakia and Hungary later in the week. So far 16 people have been reported killed — seven people in Romania, five in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Austria.

In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk held an emergency meeting and later declared a disaster in flooded areas, a government measure to facilitate evacuation and rescues. He also said the government would provide 1 billion zlotys ($258,000) in immediate payouts to victims.

The flooding in Poland has burst dams and embankments while receding waters left streets covered in piles of debris and mud. It prompted a hospital in the southwestern Polish city of Nysa to evacuate about 40 patients.

Schools and offices in the affected areas were closed Monday and drinking water and food were being delivered by trucks. Many Polish cities, including Warsaw, have called for food donations for flood survivors.

Experts warned of flood threats due to the cresting Oder River in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, and Wroclaw, home to about 640,000 residents and where disastrous flooding happened in 1997.

Firefighters in southwestern Poland said flood victims included a surgeon whose body was found Monday morning in Nysa after he returned from hospital duty. The bodies of two women and two other men have been found in other communities in the region.

Police in the Czech Republic said that a woman and two men drowned in the northeast, which has been pounded by record rainfall since Thursday. The woman was found in the water in the town of Krasov and the men were found dead at different locations after water receded in the town of Krnov which was almost completely submerged on Sunday

Romanian authorities said Monday that another person died in the eastern county of Galati, bringing the total number of deaths there to seven.

One death previously was reported in Austria.

Authorities in the Czech Republic declared an emergency in two northeastern regions, including in the Jeseniky mountains near the Polish border.

A number of towns and cities had been submerged in the northeast, with thousands evacuated. Military helicopters joined rescuers on boats in efforts to transport people to safety. Waters were receding from the mountainous areas on Monday, leaving behind destroyed houses and bridges and damaged roads.

In most parts of the country, conditions were expected to improve later Monday.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visited the town of Jesenik, one of the hardest hit places.

“The worst is behind us and now, we have to deal with all the damage,” Fiala said following the visit.

In Hungary, the mayor of Budapest warned residents that the largest floods in a decade were expected to hit the capital later in the week, with the waters of the Danube River set to breach the city’s lower quays by Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán canceled his planned foreign engagements, including an address to a plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday where heated debates were expected over his conduct since Hungary took over the European Union’s rotating presidency in July.

“Until we reach the peak and get past the worst of it, I naturally won’t be leaving the country, I’ll be here at home,” he said.

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote on Facebook that the city would use 1 million sandbags to bolster flood defenses, and asked residents to take extra care when near the river.

Karel Janicek reported from Prague. Justin Spike contributed to this report from Budapest, Hungary.

Residents ride bicycles through a flooded street in Litovel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A resident walks through a flooded street in Liotvel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A resident rides a bicycle through a flooded street in Litovel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A car is stucked on a river bank after recent floods in Domasov, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Soldiers build barriers with sandbags against flood water at the bank of Danube River in Pilismarot, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Soldiers build barriers with sandbags against flood water at the bank of Danube River in Pilismarot, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

View of the river Elbe in flood, in Rathen, Germany, Monday Sept. 16, 2024. The water levels continue to rise in Saxony. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)

An electricity pylon stands in the flood waters of the Neisse, in the Hagenwerder district of Görlitz, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)

A view of the southern Görlitz district of Weinhübel and the Neiße river overflowing its banks, in Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)

Dark clouds are seen over the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, during the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

A dam is built to protect Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, due to the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Dark clouds are seen over the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, during the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

View of the Bratislava castle as the water level of the Danube river rises during recent floods in Slovakia, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Tomas Hrivnak)

An aerial view of the River Neisse overflowing its banks, south of Görlitz, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)

An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)

This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)

This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)

A resident struggles through mud to his house after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Residents look at the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Residents walk through debris after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Residents look at the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A resident rides a motorcycle after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

View of the destroyed bridge after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A resident struggles through mud to his house after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Resident struggle through mud after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A resident looks at his damaged car after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Two German Federal Police officers patrol at the border crossing to Poland in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)