Detroit TigersvsKansas City Royals
DET 7/KC 11
Things to say
Kansas City beat Detroit 11-7 at Kauffman Stadium.
01
opener
Royals jumped on Detroit early and never looked back. Eleven runs, man. That's a laugher by baseball standards.
02
key player
The heart of the KC order just wrecked the ball all night. When they're squaring up like that, forget it, the game's over.
03
hot take
Detroit's pitching is the problem. You give up eleven, I don't care how you're hitting, you're not winning that one.
04
deep cut
Tigers manager went to the pen way too early and it blew up on him. Once that bullpen door swung open, KC feasted.
05
exit
Anyway, getaway day nonsense. Let's see if Detroit can actually stop the bleeding next series.
The recap
The Royals turned Kauffman into a launching pad on getaway day, hanging up 11 on Detroit in a game that stopped being close in the middle innings. Kansas City's lineup kept the line moving from top to bottom, and once they got into the Tigers' bullpen the floodgates opened.
Detroit's seven runs looked respectable on paper, but they were chasing all afternoon and never got the big hit to climb back into it. Chalk this one up as a laugher — the home crowd got their money's worth and then some.