Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed like Tuesday's game was following the same script from Monday night.
On that night, Royals rookie pitcher named Heath Fillmyer befuddled the Tigers for 5 2/3 innings, but they rallied against the Kansas City bullpen and stole the game in the ninth.
On Tuesday night, it was a 28-year-old rookie, a Rule 5 draftee who hadn’t pitched more than four innings in an outing all season who had them flailing away.
Burch Smith, making his third start of the season, allowed one hit, a Niko Goodrum single in the fourth, in six shutout innings.