DETROIT -- The Tigers completed a perfect homestand with a ninth-inning comeback to sweep the Royals. Riley Greene's game-tying two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning extended the game for Colt Keith's walk-off single, sending Detroit to a wild, waterlogged 10-9 win on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park. It was Detroit's sixth victory in a row.
The Tigers had a 6-1 lead after Dillon Dingler’s two-run home run in the fifth inning, and a 6-2 lead before the Royals put up a six-run seventh inning, capped by a three-run homer from Salvador Perez. Kevin McGonigle tripled and scored in the bottom of the seventh on Kerry Carpenter’s sacrifice fly to bring Detroit within a run, then Gleyber Torres’ leadoff single and McGonigle’s walk put the offense back in motion against Royals closer Lucas Erceg.
Erceg struck out Carpenter, then got a Dingler line out to second baseman Jonathan India. A strike away from the save, Erceg couldn’t finish off Greene, who tucked a ground ball just inside first base and down the right-field line to score Torres and McGonigle. Keith, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, sent a walk-off liner through the middle to finish the comeback.