The Royals trimmed their magic number to clinch the AL Central to 10, pending the Twins-Tigers outcome. They also increased their lead over Toronto for home-field advantage throughout to three games.
The Royals did not do much damage against righty Josh Tomlin, but Salvador Perez's RBI single in the second and Alex Rios' solo homer in the fifth proved sufficient in light of Medlen's performance. The Kansas City starter scattered five hits with no strikeouts en route to the win.
Tomlin was saddled with a hard-luck loss after allowing only two runs in a complete game, which included six strikeouts, four hits allowed and no walks issued.