Overview

• Kansas City opened a 3-0 first-inning lead on Mike Yastrzemski’s leadoff homer and a Maikel Garcia two-run shot before Kerry Carpenter’s two-run single pulled Detroit within one.
• Riley Greene’s go-ahead double in the fourth delivered RBI No. 100 and chased Royals starter Seth Lugo.
• After Chris Paddack lasted 3 1/3 innings with three runs allowed and no strikeouts, four Tigers relievers combined to blank the Royals the rest of the way.
• Kyle Finnegan recorded 1 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and Will Vest secured his 20th save.
• Dillon Dingler added an eighth-inning solo homer for insurance and Carpenter preserved the lead with a leaping catch, as Detroit snapped a four-game slide and extended its division lead to 9.5 games.