Tigers suffer rough night in 9-5 loss to Kansas City

Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar hit back-to-back homeruns as the Kansas City Royals beat the first-place Detroit Tigers, 9-5.

Max Scherzer (13-8 ) allowed seven runs on 10 hits and a walk in three-plus innings to drop to 2-2 in August. Both losses were to the Royals.

The Tigers made it 5-3 in the bottom of the 3rd inning on an RBI groundout by Ramon Santiago and run-scoring singles by Delmon Young and Victor Martinez, but Scherzer couldn’t keep the Tigers in the game.

Miguel Cabrera had three hits including a double and an RBI. Both Chicago and Cleveland won so the Tigers lost a game in the standings.


POSTGAME COMMENTS FROM THE TIGERS

Catcher Victor Martinez

Pitcher Max Scherzer