There were plenty of lead changes here. The corpse of Miguel Cabrera, who was hitting .190 entering this game, hit a homer in the second. The Royals scored two in the bottom of the third on a two-run single by Carlos Santana. Then, in the fourth, the pendulum swung back when Detroit scored two runs against Mike Minor.
Everything got more interesting in the sixth. With the Royals down 3-2, Ryan O’Hearn evened the score by lining an RBI single into right field. Then, Michael A. Taylor/Tater smashed a two-run bomb to left that almost cleared the bullpen.