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DETROIT The sight of Jarrod Dyson dashing home from third with Monday’s go-ahead run on Whit Merrifield’s sacrifice fly was a familiar one. The Royals’ speedster haunted the Tigers for years during his previous stint in Kansas City, and he has plenty of energy left at age 36.
Likewise, the sight of the Royals manufacturing offense ended up haunting the Tigers for four days. And as Detroit surveyed the damage from Monday’s 3-2 loss and its first four-game series sweep to the Royals since 1984, the struggles to produce runs proved crucial.
The Royals, by contrast, produced the kind of pressure-packed offense that manager A.J. Hinch is trying to put in place for his own team, with the kind of hitting that translates well in spacious Comerica Park. The Tigers can’t compare to the Royals’ speed, but they can do more with better contact.