KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n
Workman, whose middle name is Tater, drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2) to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Wenceel P\u00e9rez added an RBI single in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven batters he faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd career save and seventh this season.<\/p>\n
Kansas City lost for only the third time in 10 games.<\/p>\n
Hao-Yu Lee\u2019s two-out RBI triple off the outstretched glove of Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone opened the scoring in the second. Zack Short walked and Vierling delivered a two-run double off the left-field wall to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
In the third, Kansas City greeted reliever Drew Anderson with three straight hits, scoring their first run on a hit-and-run, opposite-field single by Vinnie Pasquantino, and another on Carter Jensen\u2019s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
In the fourth, Caglianone doubled to left-center and scored the tying run on Maikel Garcia\u2019s third hit, a two-out single to center.<\/p>\n
Royals starter Noah Cameron exited after allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth on his 95th pitch. He allowed three runs and five hits with three walks and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The top three Kansas City batters combined for seven of the team\u2019s eight hits.<\/p>\n
Greene has reached base safely in a career-best 21 consecutive games. In 27 games since April 11, he is batting .384 with 13 extra-base hits.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 5.56 ERA) faces Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (2-3, 3.12) on Tuesday night in New York.<\/p>\n
Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (1-0, 4.50 ERA) pitches Tuesday in Chicago against White Sox RHP Erick Fedde (0-4, 3.79).<\/p>\n
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