A trip home helped the Detroit Tigers snap out of a two-game offensive rut. After scoring one run in the final 18 innings of the road series against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Tigers' bats had a renewed verve at the plate to take the series opener at home against the Kansas City Royals, 6-1, on Thursday night.

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But to do so, they’ll have to get past a Detroit Pistons team that has come out of nowhere. After being counted out, and looked at as a lottery team yet again, the Pistons became the first team ever to triple their win total from the previous year.