Bottom 5th: Tigers 0, Royals 0
Whit Merrifield continues to be a pain in the Tigers side after picking up a two-out infield single. Merrifield proceeded to steal second base to give Kansas City a valuable man in scoring position. Justin Verlander kept his cool, though, getting Alex Gordon to ground out to third to get out of the inning.
Merrifield now has the longest active hit streak in MLB at 15 games.
Jorge Bonficacio struck out looking and Brandon Moss struck out swinging to start the inning.
Top 5th: Tigers 0, Royals 0
Justin Upton flew out to left, John Hicks grounded out to third and Jacoby Jones struck out swinging as Eric Skoglund has now retired 13 consecutive hitters in his first career start.