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Royals

Candelario flied out to center fielder Starling.

Cabrera grounded out, shortstop Mondesi to first baseman O'Hearn.

Grounded out, shortstop Mondesi to first baseman O'Hearn.

Cron fouled out to first baseman O'Hearn.

Tigers

Franco doubled to right, Merrifield scored.

Starling hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Stewart, Mondesi scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Stewart, Mondesi scored.

Franco singled to right, Merrifield scored, Soler to third.

Singled to right, Merrifield scored, Soler to third.

McBroom singled to left, Soler scored, Franco to second.

Singled to left, Soler scored, Franco to second.

Schoop hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Merrifield, Greiner scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Merrifield, Greiner scored.

Goodrum hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Cordero, Reyes scored, Jones to third.

Hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Cordero, Reyes scored, Jones to third.

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

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

Royals first.  Merrifield doubled to center.  Soler struck out.  Perez flied out to center fielder Jones, Merrifield to third.  Franco doubled to right, Merrifield scored.  McBroom struck out.

Royals second.  Mondesi tripled to center.  Cordero flied out to right fielder Reyes.  Starling hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Stewart, Mondesi scored.  Lopez struck out.

Royals third.  Merrifield singled to left.  Soler singled to left, Merrifield to second.  Perez popped out to center fielder Jones.  Franco singled to right, Merrifield scored, Soler to third.  McBroom singled to left, Soler scored, Franco to second.  Mondesi struck out.  On Boyd's wild pitch, Franco to third, McBroom to second.  Cordero grounded out, second baseman Schoop to first baseman Cron.

Tigers third.  Greiner was hit by a pitch.  Jones doubled to left, Greiner to third.  Goodrum grounded out, third baseman Franco to first baseman McBroom.  Schoop hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Merrifield, Greiner scored.  Cabrera lined out to shortstop Mondesi.

Tigers fifth.  Reyes walked.  Greiner struck out.  Jones doubled to left, Reyes to third.  Goodrum hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Cordero, Reyes scored, Jones to third.  Schoop homered to right on a 0-1 count, Jones scored.  Cabrera lined out to left fielder Cordero.

Tigers seventh.  Kennedy pitching.  Greiner struck out.  Jones homered to right on a full count.  Goodrum struck out.  Schoop flied out to right fielder Merrifield.

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

The season is only five games old, but there's already a different vibe around the Detroit Tigers.
The team with the worst record in baseball last season has gotten off to a 3-2 start, including a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. The same clubs play the third game of the four-game series on Wednesday night in Detroit.

Optimistic Tigers aim for another win over Royals

DETROIT (AP)  JaCoby Jones hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and Detroit's bullpen came through again in a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
A night after pitching six scoreless innings in a win over the Royals, the Tigers' relievers held Kansas City without a baserunner for four. Detroit rallied from a 4-0 deficit thanks in large part to Jones, who doubled twice before connecting off Ian Kennedy (0-1) for his third homer of the year.

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KC	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	X

Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers on July 29, 2020

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