Royals 3, Tigers 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jeremy Guthrie and four Kansas City relievers combined to beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Monday night as the Royals won their sixth straight.
Guthrie (7-3) limited the Tigers to six hits and two runs over 6 1/3 innings. He walked three without striking out a batter.
Relievers Aaron Crow, Tim Collins, Kelvin Herrera and Greg Holland held the Tigers to one hit over 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Holland struck out two of three batters he faced to log his 13th save in 15 chances.
Doug Fister (5-4) took the loss despite throwing a complete game. Fister, who threw 103 pitches, allowed three runs on nine hits, walked none and struck out three. He is winless in his past five starts.
All of the game's scoring came in the third innings.
The Tigers got on the board first when Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer with Torii Hunter aboard. Hunter had doubled for his second hit of the game. It was Cabrera's 11th career home run at Kauffman Stadium and his 18th this season.
Cabrera tops the majors with 50 runs, 90 hits and 69 RBIs.
The Royals answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Alcides Escobar started the rally with his 12th infield single. Eric Hosmer grounded a single to right field, and Salvador Perez extended his hitting streak to six games with a triple to right-center, scoring both. Lorenzo Cain beat out a slow roller to deep shortstop for a two-out single to bring home Perez.
NOTES: Tigers RHP Anibal Sanchez, who missed a Sunday start with shoulder tightness, likely will return to the rotation for the weekend series at Minnesota. ... Detroit CF Austin Jackson, who is on the disabled list with a pulled left hamstring, began a rehab assignment Monday with Triple-A Toledo. ... The Royals signed first-round pick SS Hunter Dozier to $2.2 million, which is about $940,000 less than the allotted signing bonus for an eighth overall pick. ... The Tigers recalled RHP Evan Reed, who struck out 38 in 32 innings with Toledo. This is his second stint with Detroit, which claimed him April 3 off waivers from the Marlins. ... Cabrera hiked his RBI total to 770 as a Tiger, passing Kyle Gibson for 18th place on Detroit's all-time list.
