When: Friday, 9:40 p.m.

Where: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California.

TV: Bally Sports Detroit.

Radio: Radio radio station WXYT (97.1).

Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (16-4, 2.51 ERA) vs. A’s RHP Mitch Spence (7-9, 4.50).

Weather: Partly cloudy, 72 degrees on first pitch, 9 mph wind.

∎ Match report

Tigers lineup: To be announced.

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Game notes: The Tigers will face the Athletics for the last time in Oakland. The three-game series begins Friday. The Tigers won a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory over San Diego 24 hours earlier when Parker Meadows hit a two-out, two-strike grand slam in the ninth inning. That puts the Tigers five games out of the final wild-card spot in the American League and faces one of the worst teams in MLB.

Now it’s time to take a big step.

Now the Tigers turn to Cy Young favorite Tarik Skubal, who is credited with more than a fifth of the Tigers’ wins this year.

After this weekend’s series, the Tigers host another lousy team, the Colorado Rockies (Tuesday-Thursday), and then host AL East leader Baltimore (Friday-Sunday).