KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Noah Cameron threw five scoreless innings, and the Kansas City Royals used three home runs to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Friday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Detroit got two in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to one, but Kansas City answered in the bottom half and added another in the eighth. Kansas City finished with 10 hits; Detroit had six. Kyle Isbel homered, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a solo shot and Carter Jensen also went deep for the Royals. Cameron allowed two hits and struck out two while improving to 8-8. Nate Pearson recorded his third save. Troy Melton took the loss, allowing two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings and striking out three, and fell to 8-2. Zach McKinstry doubled in a run and Kevin McGonigle singled in another for Detroit in the seventh. The Royals improved to 56-74, while the Tigers dropped to 62-67. The game drew an announced attendance of 29,535 and lasted 2:33.