Royals wrapped up their road trip, yesterday afternoon with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, as they got on the board early with an RBI double in the first inning off of Royals firstbaseman, Eric Hosmer's bat.
Royals later added another run in the sixth inning to take a 2-0 lead. Starter, Jonathan Sanchez pitched five shutouts innings for the Royals before turning the game over to the bullpen. It was the Royals bullpen that conceded the Tigers runs in the game, as the Tigers plated two runs in the eighth to tie the game going into the ninth inning.
In the ninth, Royals thirdbaseman, Mike Moustakas hit a one-out double, advancing to third off a Bryan Pena ground out to the secondbaseman. With two-outs Royals secondbaseman, Chris Getz came to the plate and hit an infield single, beating out the throw at first allowing what would be the winning run to score in Moustakas from third. The Tigers would threaten in the bottom of the ninth getting the tying run on first, but Jonathan Broxton came in from the bullpen for the ninth and forced the Tigers into a game ending double-play, earning the Royals the win and himself his fourth save of the season.
Royals finished the road trip 4-3 with two games postponed to later dates due to weather; they head home 7-16 on the season in search of their first home victory of the year after going 0-10 in their first homestand. Kansas City starts a four-game series tonight against the New York Yankees, before the Boston Red Sox's come to town for three-games. Danny Duffy (1-2) with his 3.63 ERA will start for Kansas City tonight, while the Yankees will counter with long reliever David Phelps who has a 3.57 ERA in six appearances out of the bullpen this season.
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