DETROIT (AP) --
DETROIT (AP) - Zack Greinke boosted his Cy Young credentials and
stalled the Detroit Tigers.
Greinke lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.14 with five
scoreless innings Thursday in the Kansas City Royals' 9-2 victory.
Backed with an 8-0 lead by the fifth inning, Greinke (14-8)
allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked two. He has allowed
only one earned run in his past four starts, lowering his ERA from
2.43.
Kansas City, an AL-worst 59-87, has won six of its last seven
games against the Tigers (78-68), whose AL Central lead over
second-place Minnesota (74-72) was cut to four games. Detroit
starts a three-game series at the Metrodome on Friday.
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