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Royals Top Tigers

Royals Top Tigers

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Burch Smith picked up his first win in nearly five years, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4.

Smith gave up just one hit _ a single by Niko Goodrum to leadoff the fourth _ and walked two while striking out six in 6 1/3 innings.

He got his second career win, and first since Sept. 15, 2013, for San Diego against Atlanta. Injuries limited the right-hander’s career to just 5 1/3 innings the next three seasons.