Royals 1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS 2. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF 3. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B 4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 5. Alex Gordon (L) LF 6. Omar Infante (R) 2B 7. Christian Colon (R) 3B 8. Jarrod Dyson (L) RF 9. Drew Butera (R) C _____________________________Jeremy Guthrie vs Anibal Sanchez Tigers 1. Anthony Gose (L) CF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF 6. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) SS Alex Avila on the DL.
David Price underwent MRI this am that showed mild right hamstring strain. Tigers do not plan to put him on DL.
Nationally televised 8pm game on ESPN; Royals 1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS 2. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF 3. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B 4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 5. Alex Gordon (L) LF 6. Salvador Perez (R) C 7. Omar Infante (R) 2B 8. Christian Colon (R) 3B 9. Jarrod Dyson (L) RF ____________________________Chris Young vs Shane Greene Tigers 1. Anthony Gose (L) CF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF 6. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Andrew Romine (S) SS
DETROIT -- The weekend showdown between the Tigers and Royals lasted into Monday morning before Omar Infante's 10th-inning sacrifice fly decided the rubber match of their three-game set, sending Kansas City to a 2-1 win at Comerica Park. Aside from an early run apiece, Shane Greene and Chris Young took an unlikely pitching duel into the late innings. While Greene pounded the ball on the ground, Young got early contact to frustrate Tigers hitters for the second time in just over a week. Neither had a strikeout until Young fanned Nick Castellanos leading off the fifth. Greene didn't have a swing and miss until the top of the fifth, and no strikeout until the seventh. It took a one-hour, 43-minute rain delay to stop the Sunday night pitching display, turning it into a Monday morning marathon. Alex Gordon was ruled to have been hit by Angel Nesbitt's first pitch of the 10th, took second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on Salvador Perez's groundout to the right side and scored when Infante drove a ball to deep center field. (MLB)
AL CENTRAL Kansas City 20-11 -- Detroit 19-13 1.5 Minnesota 18-14 2.5 Chicago 12-16 6.5 Cleveland 11-19 8.5
While Detroit is keeping an eye on AL Central leading Kansas City, they had also be aware of one red hot Minnesota club.
Texas 8 -2 over Kansas City. Way to go Rangers. AL CENTRAL Kansas City 20-12 -- Detroit 19-13 1.0 Minnesota 18-14 2.0 Chicago 12-17 6.5 Cleveland 11-19 8.0
Twins vs Tigers - 3 game set starts tonight (AP) -- Although they're off to their best start since their last AL Central title five years ago, the surprising Minnesota Twins haven't been able to solve the team that has won the past four crowns. Minnesota hopes to change that in the opener of their road series against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night, when the surprisingly successful Kyle Gibson will try to make up for his dismal outing at Comerica Park last month. The Twins (18-14) have soared to their best record after 32 games since 2010, but hope to avoid their first back-to-back losses since April 20-21 after their four-game winning streak ended with Sunday's 8-2 loss at Cleveland.
Twins 1. Brian Dozier (R) 2B 2. Torii Hunter (R) RF 3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe (R) 3B 5. Kurt Suzuki (R) C 6. Kennys Vargas (S) DH 7. Eduardo Escobar (S) LF 8. Aaron Hicks (S) CF 9. Danny Santana (S) SS ________________________________Kyle Gibson vs Alfredo Simon Tigers 1. Anthony Gose (L) CF 2. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 3. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 4. Victor Martinez (S) DH 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF 7. Nick Castellanos (R) 3B 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS 1st pitch 7:08pm et.
