Joey Wentz, who graduated from Shawnee Mission East in the Kansas City area tossed 6 2⁄3 innings of shutout ball in a 10-2 blowout win for the Tigers.
Royals starter Daniel Lynch has had mixed results over the last month, and after a clean first inning, was rocked in the second in a 31-pitch inning. Eric Haase led off the inning with a home run, followed by two singles. Jeimer Candelario brought them all home with a 445-foot, three-run blast to make it 4-0 Tigers.
Lynch continued he struggles in the fourth when Candelario singled and Riley Greene doubled.