Tarik Skubal rolls along, Tigers sweep Royals
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Tarik Skubal won his fifth straight decision and Riley Greene homered as the Detroit Tigers beat the host Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday evening, completing a three-game sweep.
In the wild-card chase, Detroit (80-73) closed the gap to two games behind Kansas City (82-71) and a half game behind the Minnesota Twins (80-72) for the third and final wild-card spot. Minnesota lost