DANIEL LYNCH

Salvador Perez hit his 46th home run, breaking Johnny Bench’s record for most by a catcher in a season to highlight the opener, then the Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep by beating the Cleveland Indians 4-2.

Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th, but Chad Pinder’s two-run single spurred a third-inning rally and the Oakland Athletics held off the Kansas City Royals 7-2.

Ty France tied the game with a solo home run in the ninth inning and put the Seattle Mariners on top with an RBI single in the 11th before Kyle Seager belted a three-run homer in a 6-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Jorge Soler hit two home runs, Salvador Perez added a three-run blast and Daniel Lynch pitched eight scoreless innings for his first major league win as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 Sunday.

Daniel Lynch pitched eight scoreless, Jorge Soler homered twice and Salvador Perez once to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 6-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit Tigers starter Tarik Skubal dug himself a hole before retiring a batter on Sunday as the Kansas City Royals scored four runs in the first inning on the way to a 6-1 win at Kauffman Stadium. The Tigers (47-54) had entered the weekend on a seven-game win streak and hadn’t lost a game since the All-Star break, but were swept in three games by the Royals (42-55). Jonathan Schoop doubled and scored, extending his career-long hitting streak to 15 games, the longest active streak in MLB. Up next: The Tigers open up yet another series with the Minnesota Twins on Monday at 8:10 p.m. at Target Field in Minneapolis. Tigers rookie right-hander Matt Manning (2-3, 5.79 ERA) will face right-hander Michael Pineda (4-5, 3.93).

The Detroit Tigers' 2018 duo of Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal will be tested in Seattle this week.

Rookie Andrew Vaughn, starting the nightcap at first base after AL MVP Jose Abreu was injured in a frightening collision in the first game, homered to send the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 3-1 for a doubleheader split.

The Detroit Tigers scored four runs in the second inning and got 6⅓ innings of one-run ball from Spencer Turnbull for a 4-3 win to sweep the Royals.

The Detroit Tigers have extended their winning streak to three games after topping the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night. Now the Tigers look to get a fourth-straight win as well as sweep the series in their afternoon matchup against the Royals. The game will air on Bally Sports Detroit and fans can stream it using MLB.TV | AT&T TV. Spencer Turnbull (1-2, 4.74 ERA, 15 SO) takes the mound for the Tigers on Thursday afternoon looking to have a consistent day. What: Detroit Tigers (12-24) vs. Kansas City Royals (16-19)Where: Comerica Park -- Detroit, MIWhen: Thursday, May 13Time: 1:10 p.m.

Detroit Tigers play the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park on May 11, 2021. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket.