Detroit — Face it, Jake Rogers is inimitable.

The Tigers staged a Jake Rogers lookalike contest before Saturday's game, but there was no mistaking the real deal.

Rogers, hitting ninth, had a pair of RBI knocks to help send the Tigers to a series-claiming, 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park.

"Feels good," said Rogers, who has been diligently trying to adjust to a backup role behind Dillon Dingler. "I have a new-found appreciation for that back-up catcher role. Because it's hard. You kind of can't get in that rhythm and you have to get used to it. And I have been."

There was a lot of action and plot lines packed into this game. Most significantly, it was the Tigers’ fifth straight win, their ninth in the last 10 and it extended their lead in the American League Cen

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