Game thread CXII - Royals at Tigers

After winning the first two games against the Tigers the Royals have a chance to guarantee themselves a winning series tonight. Michael Lorenzen will make his Royals debut, starting in place of the recently demoted Alec Marsh. Tyler Holton will open for the Tigers, most likely to be followed by Kenta Maeda.

Lorenzen was brought in by the Royals to eat some innings as most of their rotation is nearing or has already passed career marks for innings. To start with, he has taken Marsh’s role. Marsh was demoted to Omaha so he could continue to work on a set schedule and throw fewer pitches/innings so as to hopefully remain fresh and ready to step in later in the season. Lorenzen has a 3.81 ERA on…