KANSAS CITY – Willi Castro homered during a three-run attack in the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Wednesday night to complete the sweep in the three-game series.
The Royals have lost six in a row and 11 of their last 12. Kansas City starter Brady Singer came out of the game after just three innings with shoulder discomfort.
Tarik Skubal (4-7) clinched the victory by allowing three runs and six hits in six innings, in which he struck out seven.
Michael Fulmer made five saves in six chances.
Adalberto Mondesí homered in his first at-bat since coming off the disabled list. Salvador Perez also blew the wall for the Royals to hit 17 home runs on the season.
Greg Holland (2-2) allowed three runs and barely got one out.
Holland walked four pitches to the first man he faced, Niko Goodrum, in the seventh inning, and Castro homered to tie it 3-3. Holland left the game after giving up a one-out single to Robbie Grossman, and reliever Scott Barlow allowed Akil Baddoo’s single and launched a wild pitch that allowed the run of the gap.
The Tigers’ fifth touchdown also came with a wild pitch in the eighth inning and Detroit added a run in the ninth inning to lead 6-3.
Whit Merrifield sounded an RBI single with two outs in the ninth and Carlos Santana followed with a hit that brought one more run to the plate. Pérez struck out for the last out of the game.
Singer, who allowed one run and four hits, became the Royals’ first pitcher in the past five games not to concede a run in the first inning.
For the Tigers, Puerto Rican Castro 5-2 with two RBIs and one scored. The Dominicans Nomar Mazara 5-2 with an RBI and Jeimer Candelario 3-1 with an RBI and a run scored. The Venezuelan Harold Castro 5-1.
For the Royals, the Venezuelan Salvador Pérez 5-2 with two RBIs and one scored. The Dominicans Adalberto Mondesí 4-1 with one produced and one scored; Carlos Santana 5-2 with a RBI and a scored; Hanser Alberto 4-2 with a scored; Kelvin Gutierrez 4-0. The Cuban Jorge Soler of 2.0.
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