On a day which finally felt like summer — the temperature climbed to a balmy 68 F (20 C) by the late innings — the Tigers beat the Royals 5-2 in ten innings on Brandon Dixon’s walk-off three-run home run.
Spencer Turnbull was called upon to right the ship after Saturday’s lousy showing, but in the first couple of innings the Royals chipped away, getting on the board in the second with a double and a pair of singles with none out. But after everyone’s favourite play — an early-innings sacrifice bunt — and a lineout to left, Turnbull bore down and struck out Whit Merrifield to end the threat after a solitary run had scored.