Game thread: Tigers beat Royals, 4-3

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Detroit Tigers (12-24) vs. Kansas City Royals (16-19)

When: 1:10 p.m. Thursday.

Where: Comerica Park.

TV: Bally Sports Detroit.

Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates).

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First-pitch weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy.

Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Spencer Turnbull (1-2, 4.74 ERA) vs. Royals LHP Daniel Lynch (0-1, 18.56 ERA).

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Games notes: The final of a three-game set, and the second of three straight home series for the Tigers. They go for the sweep series win Thursday then stay home for three games over the weekend with the Chicago Cubs. Lynch is making his third career start for the Royals, who will head to Chicago for four games against the first-place White Sox.

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Lineup:

1. RF Robbie Grossman

2. 1B Jonathan Schoop

3. 3B Jeimer Candelario

4. DH Miguel Cabrera

5. SS Niko Goodrum

6. C Eric Haase

7. 2B Willi Castro

8. CF JaCoby Jones

9. LF Akil Baddoo

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