DETROIT (AP) -- Ramon Santiago hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Santiago, who entered the game in the eighth as a pinch-runner, lifted Aaron Crow's pitch over the right-field wall for only his fourth homer of the year.
Joaquin Benoit (4-3) pitched two innings for the Tigers, matching his longest outing of the season.
Crow (3-4) struck out Wilson Betemit with the bases loaded to end the ninth, and he got the first out of the 10th before allowing Santiago's surprising homer.
Detroit's Doug Fister retired the first 18 hitters he faced.
He ended up allowing a run and four hits over 7 2-3 innings. He struck out six.
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