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Kansas City Tops Detroit 12-2 - Recap

Kansas City scored early and often on Saturday, sprinting to a lead and into double figures with a 12-2 win over Detroit.

Kansas City was an underdog by +100 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 8.5.

Jonathan Heasley earned the victory for the Royals, throwing 7 innings of work, striking out 2, walking 2, and allowing 8 hits and 2 earned runs. That effort was supported by 4 RBIs from Kyle Isbel in the win.

Detroit's starting pitcher Michael Pineda worked 4 innings, giving up 6 hits and 5 earned runs while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Tucker Barnhart in a losing cause.

The battle of the bats favored Kansas City as they had 15 hits, while Detroit only had 8.