KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Victor Reyes and Austin Meadows had RBI singles in the seventh inning for the Detroit Tigers, who beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 Thursday.
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With the score tied 2-2, pinch hitter Eric Haase had the first of three straight two-out singles off reliever Jake Brentz (0-2). Then came hits from Venezuela’s Reyes and Meadows.
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Also Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera contributed three of Detroit’s nine hits. He thus placed himself six out of 3,000 in his career.
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All of the Tigers’ hits were singles.
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Puerto Rican Joe Jiménez (1-0) resolved the sixth inning in white. He was one of four Tigers relievers who combined to allow just one walk to Kansas City’s last 13 batters.
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Gregory Soto pitched the ninth inning to earn his second save.
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For the Tigres, the Venezuelan Reyes 4-1 with an RBI, Cabrera 4-3 with a run scored. Harold Castro 3-0 with an RBI. The Dominican Jeimer Candelario 4-1 with a run scored.
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For the Royals, the Venezuelans Salvador Pérez 4-0, Edward Olivares 1-0. The Dominicans Carlos Santana 3-0, Adalberto Mondesi 3-0 with a run scored.
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