DETROIT The Royals banged out 12 hits and scored eight runs against the Tigers. It wasn’t enough for victory on Thursday night.
Christin Stewart hit his first two big-league homers and drove in six runs, leading the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 11-8.
Stewart, a September call-up playing in his 11th game, became the first Tigers rookie to drive in six runs in a game since Ryan Raburn had seven against the Chicago White Sox on July 25, 2007.
Six Tigers had at least two hits and Detroit snapped a seven-game home losing streak.