Mize continued his dominant performance in his fourth start of the season, cruising through six innings before allowing a solo home run to Freddy Fermin in the seventh inning. Torkelson's home run was enough for the Tigers (13-8),

Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fifth inning off Seth Lugo, and the Detroit Tigers extended the Kansas City Royals' losing streak to six with a 3-1 win Saturday. Detroit won the first three games of the four-game series and is 8-1 at Comerica Park,

A trip home helped the Detroit Tigers snap out of a two-game offensive rut. After scoring one run in the final 18 innings of the road series against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Tigers' bats had a renewed verve at the plate to take the series opener at home against the Kansas City Royals, 6-1, on Thursday night.