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Tigers overcome sloppy bullpen, take opener from Royals

Kansas City, Mo. — The Tigers weren’t looking for style points and could not care less about aesthetics.

They came into Kauffman Stadium Monday hunting a victory. And after losing six of the first eight on this three-city trip, they didn’t care how they got it or what it looked like.

“We understand we aren’t playing good right now,” Miguel Cabrera said, after his two-run single capped a decisive four-run eighth-inning in the Tigers’ 10-7 win over the Kansas City Royals. “But we are professionals and we’ve got to come every day here and play hard and do our job.