KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kenny Rogers pitched six strong innings and Placido Polanco homered and drove in two runs to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 Tuesday night.

Magglio Ordonez had three of the Tigers' 12 hits and had two RBIs.

Rogers (8-6) did not come back after a 2 hour, 20 minute rain delay in the bottom of the seventh. He gave up four hits and one run in. In his past 11 starts, Rogers is 4-2 with a 2.92 earned run average.

The Tigers are 27-13 in their past 40 games, the most wins in the majors during that stretch, going from 12 games below .500 on June 6 to two games above .500.