The Royals and Tigers played a wild game, each team losing the lead twice. The Royals jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Tigers went up 3-2 an inning later. KC then led 6-3 and trailed trailed 8-6 before scoring for in the seventh and one in the eighth for the 11-8 victory.

Jeff Francoeur missed the cycle by a triple and Eric Hosmer continued his power surge with his 15th home run. Melky Cabrera also doubled, as Kansas City has Francoeur, Alex Gordon and Melky all in the top five among the AL doubles leaders.