DETROIT -- The Tigers clawed back from a five-run deficit and briefly held the lead, but the Kansas City Royals had the final surge in a 10-8 win Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.

The Tigers (78-54) snapped a five-game winning streak but still hold a 10.5-game lead over the Royals (67-64) in the American League Central. They have now won five in a row on five different occasions this season but have yet to stretch a streak to six games.

Riley Greene gave Detroit a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer in the second inning off Royals starter Seth Lugo.

Tigers starter Jack Flaherty retired the first eight batters he faced, but the game turned quickly in the third. Kansas City tagged him for seven consecutive hits -- single, double, single, homer, single, double, double -- to take a 6-1 lead.

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