DETROIT (Interstat) — Michael Massey hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday at Comerica Park. The Royals scored two runs in the first inning on a fielding error and added a run in the fourth on Luke Maile’s double. The Tigers answered with four runs in the fifth, taking the lead on a fielding error and Dillon Dingler’s two-run single. Massey’s homer, his eighth of the season, scored Isaac Collins and put Kansas City ahead. Nate Pearson earned the win in relief, pitching a scoreless inning, and Steven Cruz recorded the save with a perfect ninth. Luinder Avila started for Kansas City, allowing two earned runs over 4 1/3 innings. Framber Valdez struck out four in five innings for Detroit, which got only a no-decision. Drew Sommers was charged with the loss. Attendance was 29,489, and the game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes. Kansas City improved to 45-62, while Detroit fell to 50-56.