Miguel Cabrera hit a homer and a double to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0 on Tuesday night.

Matthew Boyd (2-6) bounced back from a rough outing with a strong performance, throwing five-plus innings, giving up just two hits. Boyd allowed seven runs over three-plus innings in his previous start as Milwaukee beat Detroit 19-0 last week.

Jakob Junis (0-2) started in place of Danny Duffy, who missed the team’s flight to Detroit. Junis gave up five runs and seven hits over 2-1/3 innings.

Detroit had lost three straight and 10 of its last 13 games. Kansas City had won six straight.

Detroit is 21-26, and the Royals are 20-29.

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Royals’ rookie Brady Singer (2-4) is scheduled to start against Tigers’ rookie Tarik Skubal (1-2) in the finale of the two-game set tonight. Pregame begins at 5:30, and it can be heard on KMMO AM 1300. Game coverage begins at 6 o’clock, with game time at 6:10. You can hear the broadcast from the Royals’ Radio Network on KMMO FM 102.9.