The Detroit Tigers put a 12-4 beating on Kansas City Saturday to make it five wins in their last six games while the loss was the Royals' 10th in their last 11 games.

Today KC hands the ball to Erik Skoglund (0-2, 9.31 ERA) who will make his third start of the season. He has given up 10 runs on 14 hits while covering a total of 9 2/3 frames in the two previous turns, and here he'll have to try and slow down Miguel Cabrera who is 8-for-16 in his last five games.

Francisco Liriano (2-1, 2.55 ERA) will take the ball for Detroit. He'll make his second start against the Royals for the season, having beaten them with 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball back on April 2. In his last outing Tuesday, he gave up two runs in five innings against Baltimore and was credited with the victory.

Royals are 2-12 in their last 14 when their opponent scores 5 runs or more in their previous game. Tigers are 5-0 in their last 5 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.

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