Tigers Lose To A's 7-5

DETROIT -- Hideki Matsui hit his 500th professional homer and drove in three runs to lead the Oakland Athletics over the Detroit Tigers 7-5 Wednesday night.

Matsui led off the sixth inning with his milestone homer -- 168 in the majors and 332 for the Yomiuri Giants -- to put Oakland up 3-2 and end Duane Below's night. Below, making his major-league debut, allowed three runs -- one earned -- in five-plus innings.

Fellow rookie Lester Oliveros finished the inning, and Detroit took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera led off with singles off McCarthy, and Victor Martinez followed with a two-run double off reliever Joey Devine (1-1).

Tigers reliever David Purcey (1-2), though, walked the first three batters of the seventh before giving way to Joaquin Benoit.

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