Javier Baez, Eduardo Rodriguez fuel Tigers past Royals

Javier Baez belted a two-run homer and Eduardo Rodriguez tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 10-3 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday afternoon.

Detroit (63-92), which has won six in a row overall, completed a three-game sweep and won 10 of 19 games in the season series versus Kansas City (63-93).

Rodriguez (5-5) allowed five hits and struck out three while collecting his