Top 5th: Tigers 6, Royals 3
J.D. Martinez capped a big inning for the Tigers offense with a 3-run home run to left field, his eighth dinger of the year, that puts the Tigers up 6-3 on Kansas City.
Miguel Cabrera stepped to the dish with the bases loaded, and apparently Jason Hammel wanted no part of throwing strikes to the Tigers big man, walking him on four consecutive pitches to force in a run and put the Tigers on the board. That was the end of the line for Hammel, who exited stage right having thrown 81 pitches.