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Merrifield hit an inside-the-park home run to center on a 2-2 count.

Hit an inside-the-park home run to center on a 2-2 count.

Lugo singled to center, Goodrum scored, Cabrera scored.

Singled to center, Goodrum scored, Cabrera scored.

On Keller's wild pitch, Mercer scored, Reyes to second.

Royals first.  Merrifield hit an inside-the-park home run to center on a 2-2 count.  Gordon lined out to shortstop Mercer.  Dozier struck out.  Soler struck out.

Tigers first.  Reyes grounded out, shortstop Lopez to first baseman O'Hearn.  Goodrum walked on four pitches.  Cabrera walked on four pitches, Goodrum to second.  On Keller's wild pitch, Goodrum to third, Cabrera to second.  Dixon struck out.  Lugo singled to center, Goodrum scored, Cabrera scored.  Castro singled to left, Lugo to second.  Demeritte struck out.

Tigers fifth.  Goodrum tripled to right.  Cabrera singled to left, Goodrum scored.  Dixon struck out.  Lugo grounded into a double play, shortstop Lopez to second baseman Merrifield to first baseman O'Hearn, Cabrera out.

Tigers sixth.  Castro struck out.  Demeritte struck out.  Rogers homered to left on a 1-2 count.  Mercer singled to center.  Reyes singled to center, Mercer to third.  On Keller's wild pitch, Mercer scored, Reyes to second.  Goodrum grounded out, shortstop Lopez to first baseman O'Hearn.

Royals ninth.  Schreiber pitching.  Soler homered to left on a 3-1 count.  Cuthbert lined out to second baseman Goodrum.  O'Hearn singled to center.  Starling lined out to left fielder Castro.  Viloria singled to center, O'Hearn to second.  Jiménez pitching.  Lopez flied out to left fielder Castro.

The Royals are 4-2 at home against the Tigers but have lost five of six meetings in Detroit this season. They've lost or split their last three series in Detroit dating back to last season, last winning a series at Comerica from April 20-22, 2018.

Kansas City split the first two games of a three-game set in Boston, but the finale was suspended in the top of the 10th inning and will be completed on August 22. Including the suspended game, the Royals are slugging just .360 since July 20, the lowest mark in MLB in that span.

Detroit dropped three of four against the White Sox and are an AL-worst 5-21 (.192) since the All-Star Break -- only the Pirates (4-21) are worse. The Tigers have not won consecutive games since May 28-31, 2019 - their 57 games without consecutive wins is the third-longest such streak in franchise history, behind a 65-game streak in 2002-2003 and a 60-gamer in 2017-2018.

Whit Merrifield has a hit in each of his last six games against Detroit and is batting .335 in 59 career games against the Tigers. That ranks fifth among active players with at least 100 career plate appearances against Detroit.

Miguel Cabrera is hitting .357 (15-for-42) over his last 10 games after batting just .205 in his previous 20 games dating back to June 26. The veteran has 27 home runs against the Royals, second-most among active players; only Carlos Santana (30) has more.

This will mark the third-earliest date in MLB history that two teams with 70+ losses square off. Last season, the Royals faced the White Sox on August 2; in 1970, the Brewers played the White Sox on August 6.

HP - Diaz, 1B - Carapazza, 2B - Rehak, 3B - Wendelstedt

Unlike the NBA and NFL, the notion of tanking is a hard one to fathom when it comes to Major League Baseball.
With the uncertainty of the draft (even at the very top of it), September call-ups playing hard in an attempt to impress for the following season, and veterans knowing their jobs for next season could be on the line, even the worst teams in the majors will rarely -- if ever -- ease off the throttle as summer enters fall.

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DETROIT (AP)  Ten years later, Edwin Jackson still loves Detroit and Comerica Park.
Friday night, the feeling was mutual.

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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers on August 9, 2019

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