{"id":2517541,"date":"2026-07-26T03:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2517541"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:49:18","slug":"two-late-swings-erase-tigers-lead-in-frustrating-loss-to-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/two-late-swings-erase-tigers-lead-in-frustrating-loss-to-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Two late swings erase Tigers lead in frustrating loss to Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DETROIT — The Kansas City Royals<\/a> hit solo home runs in the seventh and ninth innings to come back and beat the Detroit Tigers<\/a> 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n

The Tigers (50-55) had their three-game winning streak snapped. They will wrap up the four-game series against the Royals (44-62) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Tigers<\/a> rookie Hao-Yu Lee extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI double in the second inning.<\/p>\n

He accounted for the Tigers\u2019 second run with a solo shot in the fourth off Royals<\/a> starter Michael Wacha.<\/p>\n

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Tigers starter Casey Mize<\/a> allowed just a run on three hits in six innings. He struck out three without a walk. The Royals had some well-struck balls early in the game, and were able to manufacture a run with the help of a wild pitch in the second inning, but Mize finished his outing by retiring 13 of 14 batters and left with a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

The Royals mounted a comeback against the Tigers\u2019 bullpen.<\/p>\n

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Salvador Perez<\/a> led off the seventh by greeting reliever Kyle Finnegan<\/a> with a 401-foot shot to left field. It was his 15th homer of the season and the 318th of his career, moving him past George Brett for the most in Royals history.<\/p>\n

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In the ninth, Nick Loftin<\/a> drove a fastball from Jacob Waguespack<\/a> into the left-field seats to put the Royals ahead.<\/p>\n

The Tigers collected a pair of singles in the bottom of the ninth, but former Tigers closer Alex Lange<\/a> entered for the Royals and struck out Lee and Matt Vierling<\/a> before getting pinch-hitter Spencer Torkelson<\/a> to pop out to end the game.<\/p>\n

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Up next<\/b>: The Tigers and Royals wrap up their four-game series on Sunday at 1:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Lefty Framber Valdez (5-7, 4.57 ERA) will pitch for the Tigers. Right-hander Luinder Avila<\/a> (5-3, 4.86) will start for Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Valdez is coming off an awful outing on July 21 in Chicago<\/a> that matched the shortest of his career. Valdez<\/a> faced 10 batters and retired only two of them.<\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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