In the midst of his breakout season at the plate, third baseman Maikel Garcia was held out of the Kansas City Royals' series finale against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

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Tigers manager AJ Hinch justified the decision to pull Tarik Skubal out of Saturday night's game against the Royals.

Pasquantino dropped to seventh, from his usual third spot, in the Royals lineup because of Detroit's starter left-hander Tarik Skubal. He blooped a hit into short left field off Beau Brieske (1-2). Loftin had two of KC's four hits, including a double in the eighth.

Tarik Skubal threw seven scoreless innings, but the Tigers managed just 1 hit while he was in and 2 hits overall in a 1-0 loss.

The Tigers (38-21) and Kansas City Royals (31-28) wrap up their three-game series at 2:10 p.m. Eastern time at Kauffman Stadium. In addition to Dingler; infielder Trey Sweeney; and outfielders Wenceel Perez and Kerry Carpenter will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below.

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The former Sprint campus was already slotted for a major state incentive deal to bring in thousands of tech jobs when the Royals publicly renewed interest in the site.