Tigers Win Series Against The Royals
Pérez 1st HR Leads Detroit Over Kansas City
HC Magazine__ Wenceel Pérez hit a two-run homerun for his first major league homer, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday.
Jake Rogers also homered for the Tigers, who have won five of the last seven games. It was Detroit's 10th comeback in of the season.
The Royals have lost two in a row after a four-game winning streak.
Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal
pitched seven innings of one run ball.
Skubal struck out six while improving to 2-7 with a 4.65 ERA in 12 career games against the Royals.
Jason Foley pitched the ninth for his ninth save.
Royals right-hander Michael Wacha permitted four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Kansas City took a 1-0 lead on Bobby Witt Jr.'s RBI single in the first inning, but Pérez put Detroit in front with a drive to right in the bottom half.
The Tigers made it 3-1 in the second inning when Rogers singled, took third on Parker Meadows' double and scored on Riley Greene's sacrifice fly.
Rogers added his second homer of the season in the sixth inning, and Skubal stranded runners on first and third to close out the seventh.
Kansas City's Salvador Perez walked in the ninth, extending his on-base streak to 18 games.
Tigers: Start a three-game series Monday against St. Louis. RHP Kenta Maeda (0-1, 5.96 ERA) is scheduled to start against Cardinals LHP Steven Matz (1-2, 5.55 ERA
