Tigers sweep Royals with 4-2 win

They hold a playoff spot by 3 games with the tiebreaker.

With the tall task of facing soon-to-be Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, the Royals fell in the series finale to the Tigers 4-2. The sweep dwindles Kansas City’s Wild Card lead to three games over Detroit with the tiebreaker.

Going into Wednesday night, the Royals had a lot of success in facing Skubal throughout his career. In fact, they tagged him for a season-high five runs in the previous meeting.

In the bottom of the first, Yuli Gurriel continued his red-hot September with an RBI-single to left field to make it 1-0.

Unfortunately, that lead didn’t last long. The Tigers answered back with a run in the second and three more in the third. Alec Marsh’s night was cut short in the third but Daniel Lynch picked him up in a big way in relief.

The left-hander recorded 3 ¹⁄₃ scoreless innings of work — keeping the deficit to three runs. However, the Royals continued to struggle after the first inning.

They did have an opportunity in the bottom of the eighth. Bobby Witt Jr led off with a “gift” double on a dropped pop up and Salvador Perez smacked an RBI-single to cut lead down to two. Though, that was all they could muster.

The Royals, 82-71, have an off day tomorrow before welcoming the Giants for a three game series. Michael Wacha goes in Game 1 with a first pitch at 7:10 p.m. CT.