American League Game Summary - Detroit at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Chris Young struck out nine in five no- hit innings and the Kansas City Royals held off the Detroit Tigers 4-1 to win their second straight to begin a four-game series.
Young (2-0) made his first start of the season for the suspended Edinson Volquez and made his claim to be a full-time starter. He allowed just three baserunners on three walks and left after throwing 81 pitches, giving way to Ryan Madson, who didn't allow a hit over two innings of relief.
Kelvin Herrera entered in the eighth with a 4-0 lead and nearly imploded. After walking Alex Avila, Nick Castellanos got Detroit's first hit of the game with a single to left and Jose Iglesias reached on an infield single to load the bases with no outs.
Anthony Gose made it 4-1 with an RBI ground out and Ian Kinsler drew a walk to reload the bags before Herrera fanned Miguel Cabrera and got Victor Martinez to fly out to left.
Wade Davis put runners on the corners in the ninth before inducing a soft grounder back to the mound off the bat of Iglesias to record his fifth save.
Kyle Lobstein (2-2) was responsible for all four runs on 10 hits over 7 1/3 innings for the Tigers.
The Royals jumped all over Lobstein in the first inning, with Lorenzo Cain's single to left jump-starting a two-out rally. Eric Hosmer surprised the defense by laying down a bunt single and Kendrys Morales plated both players with a double to right. Salvador Perez then singled home Morales.
Morales drove Hosmer in again in the third inning with a single to center for an early 4-0 cushion.