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It was the Niko Goodrum show at Comerica Park. Tigers Prospect NotebookDetroit Tigers Game ThreadsDetroit Tigers NewsDetroit Tigers PodcastsDetroit Tigers RecapsTigers 5 Randy Johnson Jersey , Royals 4: AL Central smackdownNew,94commentsIt was the Niko Goodrum show at Comerica Park. EDTShareTweetShareShareTigers 5, Royals 4: AL Central smackdownRick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsOpening Day v2.0 comes to Comerica! The Tigers have arrived back in Detroit after a road series that saw them face off against the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, and if you’d asked me a month ago which of those two series the Tigers would have won, well, I would have been wrong. Tigers fans came out bundled up and ready to see the wins continue, as the Tigers welcomed the Kansas City Royals to Motown. The game itself wasn’t the runaway win fans might have hoped for with both teams swapping the lead several times, but ultimately the Tigers were able to draw the W. The pitchingSpencer Turnbull, a surprise nod for Opening Day pitcher, went six innings, giving up three runs on six hits, though only two were earned. He walked two, and amassed and impressive 10 strikeouts in 91 pitches. All said a pretty decent first game at Comerica.Blaine Hardy ran into bad luck in the two innings he pitched A. J. Pollock Jersey , giving up a home run that just skimmed by the foul pole. It was the only run he allowed. Shane Greene came on to close things out in the ninth, angling for his fifth save in the one-run game.The hittingNiko. Goodrum. WHAT A GAME. He managed to get two runs and a walk, and scored three RBIs. It made up for an unfortunate outfield bobble that allowed a lead-off triple for the Royals part way through the game.Miguel Cabrera also collected an RBI (phew), as did Christin Stewart. Tigers winAll in all it could have gone better, the Tigers struggled to maintain a lead throughout the game, and there was some sloppy play (though Jordy Mercer looked incredible, making a very impressive catch to limit extra bases).While it wasn’t a runaway win it WAS a win, and a great way to open at home.Except now we don’t get any Friday baseball! PHOENIX (AP) — Add Nick Pivetta’s Tuesday night performance to the long list of quality outings by Philadelphia starters this season.He threw six scoreless innings, Nick Williams homered and the Phillies bounced back from their marathon loss the previous night to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2.Pivetta (7-9) scattered five hits, struck out six and walked one to get his first win in four starts.“The guys really picked me up on defense,” he said, “and we scored runs when we really needed them. I think the team really pulled together and made this happen today.”Pivetta had gone 2-6 in his 10 previous starts since June 1.“I think the organization has continued to show a great deal of confidence in Nick Pivetta,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-greinke-jersey , “and this is Nick kind of rewarding the organization for its patience.”The Phillies, who blew a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning and lost 3-2 in 14 in a 4-hour, 38-minute game on Monday, led 5-0 after a four-run eighth.“We know how to take a punch,” Kapler said. “We took a punch last night and it was a hard one, but we bounced back again today. It is sort of the character of our club now. We get knocked down but we pop right back up.”Zack Greinke (12-7) allowed only Williams’ solo homer on three hits in seven innings but lost his second straight, despite giving up a combined three runs in the two outings. He’d gone 7-0 in his previous eight starts. Greinke struck out four and matched his season high with four walks.“It was all right,” he said. “A little wild early and it got better as the game went on. I felt good the whole time but I just wasn’t hitting the spots early.”Philadelphia is up by 1½ games on Atlanta in the NL East and Arizona dropped out of first in the NL West, a half-game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.“Last night, that one hurt really bad,” Williams said. “But it’s baseball, you know.”The Phillies scored their second run on a bunt by Cesar Hernandez leading off the eighth when Arizona reliever Jake Diekman threw the ball away at first and, backing up the play Shelby Miller Jersey , right fielder Steven Souza Jr. threw wildly to third.It was uncharacteristic for an Arizona team that leads the majors with a .990 fielding percentage.“Things broke down on us I the eighth inning,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “I know it wasn’t pristine. We play a good brand of baseball here and we are going to address some of those concerns and make sure we don’t do it again.”Asdrubal Cabrera’s bases-loaded double off Diekman brought in two more runs and Jorge Alfaro had an RBI single against reliever Brad Ziegler.Pat Neshek pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.Paul Goldschmidt doubled in a run and another scored on third baseman Maikel Franco’s fielding error in the eighth for Arizona but Eduardo Escobar grounded into the Diamondbacks’ fourth double play of the night to end the inning.Greinke, who had 25 walks all season entering the game, walked two in each of the first two innings and escaped both times.But Williams hit the first pitch of the third just over the right field fence to put the Phillies up 1-0.“I wasn’t looking for a certain pitch,” Williams said. “I was just looking for something up.”Greinke settled down from there.But Arizona could get nothing going against Pivetta.A.J. Pollock and Escobar opened the Diamondbacks’ fourth with singles before Steven Souza Jr. grounded into a double play. Pollock was stranded at third when Ketel Marte flew out to center.The Diamondbacks’ Nick Ahmed hit into double plays to end the second and seventh.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: INF J.P. Crawford (broken left hand) could be activated for Wednesday’s series finale, manager Gabe Kapler said, or the team could wait until after Thursday’s off day.Diamondbacks: CF Pollock was back in the lineup after two days off to rest his tired legs. Pollock made pinch-hit appearance in both of those games.UP NEXTRHP Vince Velasquez (8-8, 3.80 ERA) starts for the Phillies and LH Patrick Corbin (8-4, 3.31) goes for the Diamondbacks in the rubber match of the three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.