Kansas City, Mo. — Wily Peralta had allowed one earned run in 26.2 innings coming into his start Friday night. He gave up three in one fatal swing as the Kansas City Royals stopped the Tigers’ seven-game winning steak with a 5-3 win at Kauffman Stadium
After breezing through the first two innings, on just 19 pitches, Peralta suddenly stopped commanding the strike zone. He fell behind a string of eight straight batters in the third and fourth innings — and he ultimately paid for it.
A lead-off walk to Hunter Dozier in the third came around to score on a two-out single by Whit Merrifield.