Jones ripped his first homer this season over the left-field wall off reliever Brad Keller (0-1). It was the Tigers' second walk-off homer in three games as Dixon Machado achieved the same feat against Baltimore on Wednesday.

Jones had two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. James McCann contributed two hits and a run scored and Machado added an RBI for Detroit. Joe Jimenez (2-0) tossed an inning of scoreless relief to collect the win.

Mike Moustakas homered for the Royals, who have lost nine straight. Jon Jay drove in the other run for Kansas City.

Much of the game featured a pitcher's duel between Jason Hammel and Michael Fulmer. Hammel allowed two runs on five hits with four strikeouts over nine innings. Fulmer lasted seven innings, giving up two runs on eight hits with four strikeouts.

The Tigers broke the scoreless deadlock with two runs in the fifth. McCann doubled to get the threat going. Jones knocked him in by legging out a double to left-center against the shift, bringing home McCann. Jones stole third and, after Jose Iglesias grounded out, Machado brought him home with a sacrifice fly to center.

Moustakas put the Royals on the board the following inning with his two-out solo shot to right. The next two Royals also reached on singles, but Fulmer retired Abraham Almonte on a flyout.

Kansas City tied it in the seventh. With runners on the corners and one out, Jay singled to bring home Alcides Escobar.

The Royals had two runners on with two outs in the eighth against reliever Daniel Stumpf, but Goins lined out to end the threat.

Almonte had another chance in the 10th with runners in scoring position and two out. But Jimenez induced him to pop out to short.

--Field Level Media