Tigers catch Royals at perfect time after extreme Yankee Stadium swoon, brutal ending

The Detroit Tigers will be looking to right the ship this weekend when they host the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Fortunately — or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it — so will their opponents.

The Tigers are coming off back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Brewers, having scored just one run — a Spencer Torkelson homer on Wednesday — over their last two games. Detroit is still in first place in the American League Central Division, half a game ahead of the Cleveland Guardians.

The Royals, meanwhile, are coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees in which they were outscored, 12-6. Kansas City is in third place in the AL Central, behind Cleveland; and, fortunately for the Tigers, the Royals have struggled on the road so far this season (2-7).

Tigers catch Royals at perfect time after extreme Yankee Stadium swoon, brutal ending

While the Tigers' bats let them down against the Brewers, they haven't been as quiet as Kansas City's have through the first two weeks of the season. The Royals currently have the third-worst offense in baseball with a team batting average of just .206. Despite their recent struggles against Milwaukee, the Tigers' offense is tied for 12th with a team batting average of .238.

The Royals' bats did attempt to make a comeback Wednesday in their final game of the series against the Yankees, but they were stymied by Cody Bellinger and his game-ending diving catch on a 2-1 line drive from MJ Melendez. The Royals lost the game by a final score of 4-3 after generating just five hits.

While the Tigers have struggled offensively in their last two games, they could not be getting the Royals at a batter time with Kansas City losing six of its last eight. The Tigers will also have well-rested pitchers after calling up Keider Montero for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.

If the Tigers can get their bats to wake up Thursday against former Tigers pitcher Michael Lorenzen, who surrendered three runs in 5 ⅔ innings in his last start — a 6-3 loss at Cleveland — they can kick the Royals' struggling lineup while they're down.

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