Athletics starter Jesse Chavez tossed a quality start in a losing effort on Thursday against the Tigers, dropping to 4-3 on the year.

Chavez allowed a run to score on a Miguel Cabrera ground out in the third and two more in the fifth, including a run-scoring double to Ian Kinsler. He pitched six innings and yielded three runs on eight hits, with two walks and three strikeouts. Of his 107 pitches, 70 were strikes in a 5-4 defeat.

Chavez dropped back-to-back decisions, allowing five earned runs in 11 1/3 innings over that span. He will look to get back on the win column Wednesday against the Yankees in New York. In six starts away from home, Chavez is 2-1 with a 2.48 ERA and a 41:7 K:BB ratio in 36 1/3 innings.