The Tigers beat the Royals 4-3 on Tuesday night in Detroit to earn their first home win of the 2020 season. Making his major league debut, Rule-5 selection Rony Garcia gave up all three runs the Tigers surrendered, but showed promise during his short start. The Tigers are now 3-2 in this young season.
Garcia started and cruised through his first two innings of work, getting back-to-back one-two-three innings to start his career, but then ran into trouble in the third. With one out and one on, Brett Phillips hit a rocket on the ground to first base that ricocheted off the glove of C.