The Kansas City Royals take on the Detroit Tigers in the first game of their four-game series in Detroit. The Royals will send righty Seth Lugo to the mound. He is 12-5, with a 2.66 ERA this season. The Tigers will counter with Kiedro Montero. He is 1-4 with a 6.38 ERA this season. The Royals swept the Tigers in their prior series in Kansas City. The Royals' offense has scored four runs or more in six of their last seven games. Lugo is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in two starts versus the Tigers. The Tigers come in having lost three in a row to Cleveland. They were shutout in two of the three losses. Kansas City has won the last three and four of the last six against the Tigers, Royals pitchers have allowed three runs or fewer in three straight games and four of their last six. The Tigers have struggled since the All-Star break, losing seven of 10 games. Montero has struggled this season and will continue today as the KC bats have been smoking.

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