KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Detroit Tigers were bad again Saturday night -- bad on the mound, bad at the plate and beaten badly by the Kansas City Royals.
Left-hander Matt Boyd was bad in his three-plus innings. The Tigers offense was bad for most of Edinson Volquez’s six innings. The Tigers bullpen was bad in the late innings. It was so bad that utilityman Andrew Romine came on the mound to pitch in the eighth inning.
The Tigers lost, 16-5, to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, allowing a season-high 20 hits and fell to the .