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Maybin grounded into a double play, shortstop Mondesi to second baseman Merrifield to first baseman O'Hearn, Reyes out.

Candelario flied out to center fielder Phillips.

Grounded into a double play, shortstop Mondesi to second baseman Merrifield to first baseman O'Hearn, Reyes out.

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Merrifield homered to left on a 0-1 count, Ó.Hernández scored, Phillips scored.

Homered to left on a 0-1 count, Ó.Hernández scored, Phillips scored.

Schoop homered to center on a 0-1 count, Jones scored.

Homered to center on a 0-1 count, Jones scored.

Stewart homered to center on the first pitch, Cron scored.

Homered to center on the first pitch, Cron scored.

Royals third.  Gordon flied out to center fielder Jones.  Ó.Hernández singled to center.  Phillips safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Cron, Ó.Hernández to second.  On pitcher García's throwing error, Ó.Hernández to third, Phillips to second.  Merrifield homered to left on a 0-1 count, Ó.Hernández scored, Phillips scored.  Soler struck out.  Mondesi struck out.

Tigers third.  Jones was hit by a pitch.  Zuber pitching.  Goodrum flied out to center fielder Phillips.  Schoop homered to center on a 0-1 count, Jones scored.  Cabrera flied out to right fielder Soler.  Cron walked on four pitches.  Stewart homered to center on the first pitch, Cron scored.  Candelario struck out.

 The Tigers open their home schedule against the Royals for the second straight season. In 2019, Detroit swept Kansas City in a three-game series to open its home schedule, en route to a 7-3 mark versus the Royals at Comerica Park.

 The Royals had the lowest batting average in MLB over the season's opening weekend, hitting just .158; their five runs tied for the lowest total among all teams (matched by the Mets and Rangers). Whit Merrifield (.300) and Salvador Perez (.273) were the only KC players to hit as high as .200.

 After a season-opening loss at Cincinnati, the Tigers defeated the Reds on Saturday and Sunday. Detroit hit only .186 in the three-game series but got six home runs from five different players. Detroit seeks its first three-game winning streak since its last three games of May 2019.

 C.J. Cron collected four hits over the weekend, three of them for extra bases -- including a pair of home runs. He was on base in six of 13 plate appearances and drove in four of Detroit's 10 runs. Cron is a career .302 hitter against KC pitching, with a .952 OPS.

 Mike Montgomery allowed a .315 batting average in 2019, highest among the 142 pitchers who worked at least 90 innings. He worked exclusively in relief as a Cub, pitching to a 5.67 ERA; in 13 outings with the Royals, all of them starts, he posted a 4.64 mark.

 Michael Fulmer's start on Monday will come 50 days shy of two years since his last big league outing on September 15, 2018. Fulmer had Tommy John surgery in March 2019 after a disastrous finish to his 2018 campaign: 0-7, 5.57 over his final 10 starts, all of which the Tigers lost.

HP - Welke, 1B - Hoberg, 2B - De Jesus, 3B - Livensparger

The Kansas City Royals found their power strokes after arriving in Detroit. They'll look to keep the balls flying into the empty Comerica Park stands when the American League Central Division teams play the second game of a four-game series on Tuesday.
After scoring a total of five runs in a three-game series against Cleveland, the Royals blasted six homers in a 14-6 thumping of the Tigers on Monday.

Tigers turn to vet in effort to cool off Royals

DETROIT (AP)  Jonathan Schoop and Christin Stewart each hit a two-run homer in the third inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Whit Merrifield launched a three-run shot in the top of the third for Kansas City, but the Tigers answered quickly and held on from there. Tyler Alexander (1-0) and four other relievers kept the Royals scoreless for the final six innings, with Joe Jimenez pitching the ninth for his third save.

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KC	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	X

Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers on July 28, 2020

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