Athletics vs Detroit Tigers Starting Lineup — Wednesday, Jul 8, 2026

Oakland’s lineup has no MLB history against Troy Melton. Zack Gelof, Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom, Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, Carlos Cortes, and Henry Bolte are all seeing him for the first time at the major league level. That leaves the Athletics with a completely unfamiliar matchup across the board tonight.

Detroit’s lineup is in the same spot against Jeffrey Springs, with no MLB history for any of its projected starters. Matt Vierling, Dillon Dingler, Kevin McGonigle, Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Hao-Yu Lee, Ben Malgeri, Jahmai Jones, and Zach McKinstry have not faced Springs in the majors. There are no prior head-to-head results to lean on anywhere in this group.

Takeaway: neither side brings any established batter-versus-pitcher history into this game. Both starters will be working against lineups that have not seen them in MLB action.