DETROIT (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park. Salvador Perez and Nick Loftin each hit solo home runs, and Daniel Lynch IV pitched a scoreless inning to earn the win as Kansas City improved to 45-62.

The Royals scored single runs in the second, seventh and ninth innings. Michael Massey’s sacrifice fly in the second put them ahead, but Hao-Yu Lee’s RBI double tied it in the bottom half. Lee later homered for Detroit, which fell to 51-55.

Michael Wacha allowed two runs over seven innings for Kansas City, striking out three. Casey Mize gave up one earned run in six innings for the Tigers. Alex Lange recorded his 10th save with a perfect ninth.

Jacob Waguespack took the loss for Detroit. Attendance was 32,867. The game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes.