By AP
DETROIT – Jose Guillen homered for the fourth straight game, connecting for his 200th career shot and leading the Kansas City Royals over the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Wednesday.
Guillen hit his fifth home run in a four-game span. His solo drive capped a two-run seventh inning that put the Royals ahead 5-3.
Billy Butler added a pair of sacrifice flies for the Royals. Magglio Ordonez homered for the Tigers and Johnny Damon got his 1,000th career RBI.
Kyle Davies (1-0) allowed three runs in 6 2-3 innings. The Royals got 2 1-3 innings of scoreless relief from their shaky bullpen, with Joakim Soria recording the final four outs for his second save.