Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene slides and scores during the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
DETROIT (AP) — Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday.
The Royals led 3-0 through four innings, fell behind after giving up four runs in the fifth before going back ahead on Massey’s blast to right.
Nate Pearson (2-0) threw a scoreless inning. Steven Cruz pitched the ninth for his second save after giving up a walk and hit to the first two batters, closing the game by striking out Riley Greene.
Drew Sommers (0-1) allowed two runs on two hits over 1 1/3 innings.
Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a four-run fifth inning for the Tigers, but they failed to maintain the lead and lost a second straight game to the last-place team in the AL Central.
The Tigers have a week to decide whether to keep ace Tarik Skubal or to trade him ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
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