Rookie Torkelson's 2-run bomb sends Tigers past Royals 2-1 April 15 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Rookie Spencer Torkelson hit a long two-run homer and had two of Detroit's three hits, and the Tigers handed the Kansas City Royals their fifth straight lo s, 2-1 on Friday night.Miguel Cabrera doubled with one out in the seventh, leaving him five hits shy of 3,000. Torkelson followed one out later with a 432-foot bomb to left off Brad Keller, the second of his career. The rookie also had a two-out single in the fifth.Tarik Skubal fanned six of the first eight Josh Reaves Jersey Royals batters and retired the first 11 before Salvador Perez squeezed a grounder through the left side for the games first hit with two out in the fourth.Jacob Barnes (1-0) worked 1 1/3 hitle s innings, Joe Jimenez handled the eighth and Michael Fulmer pitched a perfect ninth for his first save as the Tigers combined on a five-hitter.Keller (0-1) didn't allow a baserunner until a fourth-inning walk to Austin Meadows. He worked seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.Skubal finished with seven strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings Freddie Gillespie Jersey , and the only run he gave up was unearned. Andrew Benintendi reached with two out in the fourth on an error by shortstop Harold Castro, and Carlos Santana then singled to drive in Perez.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: SS Javier Bez remains out of the lineup with right thumb sorene s. Hes going to have a full work day, then well see how he feels, manager A.J. Hinch said. ... The Tigers placed RHP Casey Mize on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right elbow and recalled OF Daz Cameron from Triple-A Toledo.UP NEXTDetroits Matt Manning (0-0, 1.50 ERA) matches up with Kansas Citys Kris Bubic (0-1, 67.50) Dallas Mavericks Hoodie on Saturday.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Detroit Tigers American League Major League Baseball Andrew Benintendi Michael Fulmer Matt Manning Harold Castro Casey Mize Joe Jimnez Miguel Cabrera Brad Keller Salvador Perez Kris Bubic Tarik Skubal Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have Josh Richardson Jersey drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 3 Dallas Mavericks Jeresy HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 3 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS