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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—
The Detroit Tigers had already clinched the AL Central title, so manager Jim Leyland decided he would start getting his starting staff in order against the Kansas City Royals.Max Scherzer began the game Wednesday night and went five strong
innings. Doug Fister came into the game in relief and was even
better, tossing three scoreless frames. And Jose Valverde finished
up the Tigers' 6-3 victory for his 47th save in as many chances.
Just like Leyland had drawn up.
"That was just what we got to do," Leyland said. "We have to
get everything lined up for the playoffs, so we used our pitching
like that tonight, and it worked out fine."
No kidding.
Ryan Raburn was hit by a pitch from Kelvin Herrera (0-1) in the
eighth inning and eventually scored the go-ahead run. Don Kelly
added a two-run shot moments later, and Victor Martinez added the
other three RBIs as Detroit wrapped up a long road trip with its
