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05/10 21:49 CDT Workman lives up to middle name with 1st career homer as Tigers
top Royals 6-3 to stop skid
Workman lives up to middle name with 1st career homer as Tigers top Royals 6-3
to stop skid
By MARC BOWMAN
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Gage Workman came off the bench and hit his first
major league homer, a two-run shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas
City Royals 6-3 on Sunday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Matt Vierling had a two-run double and Riley Greene reached safely four times
as the Tigers prevented a three-game sweep.
Called up hours earlier from Triple-A Toledo when Kerry Carpenter was placed on
the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain, Workman entered as a pinch
hitter in the sixth inning.
Workman, whose middle name is Tater, drove a 1-1 slider from Nick Mears (2-2)
to right field to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
Emmanuel DeJesus (2-0), the fourth of six Tigers pitchers, retired all seven
batters faced. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 483rd
career save and seventh this season.
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