The Royals are coming into this game with a 60-49 record this season and they have been playing well in their recent games. They have won their last 3 straight games, sweeping the White Sox in their last series, and they are going to be pushing to beat up on another weaker division rival in this series as they are in a very tight Wild Card race in the American League. Their pitching has been much better recently as they only allowed 3 runs in each of their last 2 games, and their offense has also been good as they have scored at least 8 runs in 2 of their last 3 games, averaging over 7 runs scored per game in that span. They are going up against a Tigers team that is 52-57 this season and has not been playing well in their recent games. They have lost their last 3 straight as well as 4 of their last 5 games and their offense has not been good in these. They have only scored 4 runs total in their last 3 games, going scoreless in 2 of those, and they have scored just 3 runs or less in 5 of their last 7 games as well. They have leaned on their great pitching all season, but even their pitching has not been great recently as they have allowed at least 5 runs in each of their last 3 as well as 4 of their last 5 games. Keider Montero is starting for the Tigers in this game and he is 1-4 with a 6.38 ERA this season. He is in his rookie season and has only made 7 starts this year in the MLB, but he has been consistently bad in those as he has allowed at least 4 earned runs in 5 of his 7 starts. He has allowed at least 5 earned runs in each of his last 3 starts and he has allowed at least 7 hits in all of those as well, 2 of those starts being at home. The Royals have been heating up on offense recently as they are trying to keep pace with the Twins in 2nd place of the division and they are going to score runs on this rookie with the way he has been pitching this season. Seth Lugo is starting for the Royals in this game and he is 12-5 with a 2.66 ERA this season. He is coming off of a start which he allowed 6 earned runs in and has allowed 5 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 starts, but he has still been one of the best starters for the Royals this season and will be hungry to bounce back here against one of the weaker offenses in the league. He has allowed at least 5 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 starts, but he has also allowed 2 earned runs or less in 6 of his last 8 starts so he will bounce back with a better performance. He also saw the Tigers in Detroit earlier this season and he allowed no runs in 7 innings pitched in that one. The Royals have the more consistent starter here with Lugo and their offense has been much stronger in recent games as the Tigers have hit a slump now. The Royals will win this game.