KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — Gage Workman hit his first major league home run, a two-run shot in the sixth inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium.

Workman, called up from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day, entered as a pinch hitter and drove a pitch from Nick Mears over the right-field wall, scoring Spencer Torkelson to break a 3-3 tie. Matt Vierling had a two-run double in the second inning, and Hao-Yu Lee tripled in another run as Detroit built an early 3-0 lead.

The Royals answered with two in the third on Vinnie Pasquantino’s RBI single and a sacrifice fly, then tied it in the fourth on Maikel Garcia’s run-scoring single. Garcia finished 3 for 3.

Detroit added a run in the seventh on Wenceel Pérez’s RBI single. Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Kenley Jansen worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save. Mears (2-2) took the loss. The Tigers snapped a five-game skid. Attendance was 17,295. Time of game was 2:58.