Tigers' Scherzer shuts down Royals in 4-2 victory

WKAR Public Media

Published September 23, 2010 at 6:27 AM EDT

By AP

DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera's leadoff single started a three-run fifth inning and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Max Scherzer (12-10) gave up two hits and struck out eight over 7 2-3 innings. Ryan Perry got the final out of the eighth, and Phil Coke pitched a shaky ninth.

Billy Butler hit a two-run, two-out homer in the ninth to pull the Royals within two.

Kyle Davies (8-11) was perfect through four innings before giving up three runs on four hits in the fifth.

Rookie Brennan Boesch hit a two-run double in the pivotal inning, matching his total of RBIs from the previous 16 games this month.

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