Javier Baez's three-run double in the 10th inning lifted the visiting Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday evening.

Baez lined a first-pitch fastball from Scott Barlow (1-3) to the base of the left field bullpen fence, clearing the bases and breaking a 5-5 tie. It was Baez's third hit as he snapped an 0-for-19 slump.

Four Tigers relievers provided 4 1/3 innings of hitless relief after the Royals forged a 5-5 tie in the fifth. Alex Lange (2-0) earned the win after a two-inning stint, and Jose Cisnero pitched the 10th for his first save since 2021.

Detroit has won five of seven extra-inning games.

Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen recovered from allowing consecutive first-inning home runs to face the minimum over the next three innings.

Lorenzen finished 5 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five.

Control issues plagued Royals starter Brady Singer as he walked four, including a bases-loaded free pass to Akil Baddoo to get the Tigers on the scoreboard in the first before Matt Vierling delivered a two-run single for an early 3-0 Detroit lead.

Vierling's fourth homer, a two-run shot to left-center in the third, broke a 3-3 tie. Vierling added a seventh-inning single and matched a career high with four RBIs.

The Tigers forced Singer to throw 87 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. He surrendered five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.

In the first inning, Kansas City's Vinnie Pasquantino slammed a two-run homer 424 feet down the right field line, his ninth, and Salvador Perez tied the game two pitches later with his 11th home run, a solo shot to left-center. They were the first consecutive homers for the Royals since July 1.

Jackie Bradley Jr.'s two-run homer into the left field bullpen tied the game in the fifth. Bradley snapped an 0-for-26 slide with his first home run since Sept. 20.

The Royals have lost four straight and eight of 10. The Tigers had lost three of their previous four.

--Field Level Media