Cole Ragans put together his second consecutive scoreless start while the Royals offense had another big day against a helpless Tigers pitching staff as Kansas City completed the sweep with an 8-3 victory this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.
With each team sending a tough lefty to the mound, both Matt Quatraro and A.J. Hinch stacked their lineups with seven right-handed hitters to try to gain the platoon advantage. The problem for Detroit: just two of those — Mark Canha and Andy Ibáñez — have an above-average batting line against lefties this season. The Tigers had just a 76 wRC+ against left-handed pitching entering today.