For most of Monday night’s series opener against the Royals, the Tigers looked to be losing ground in the AL Central race.
But things changed in the blink of an eye late in the game. Trailing 4-1, Miguel Cabrera singled to spark what would become a 5-run seventh inning.
After Jake Rogers singled to score Cabrera and Jonathan Schoop, Kerry Carpenter launched a two-out, three-run home run down the right field line to take a 6-4 lead.
Alex Lange closed the door in the ninth inning to give the Tigers their fourth win in five games and pull within 4.5 games of first-place Minnesota