Parker Meadows’ 10th-inning bloop single lifted the Detroit Tigers over the host Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Tuesday evening.After Lucas Erceg (2-6) balked Trey Sweeney to third base with one out, Meadows dropped a broken-bat hit into shallow left field for the Tigers, who have won eight of 10. Riley Greene’s two-out single capped the scoring.In the wild-card race, Detroit (79-73) remained 1 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Cleveland Guardians and climbed to three games behind Kansas City (82-70) for the No. 2 wild card.Tyler Holton (7-1) recorded six outs without allowing a baserunner and Jason Foley earned his 25th save with a hitless 10th.The Tigers struck early, taking a 1-0 lead when Andy Ibáñez was hit by a pitch to open the game and scored on Matt Vierling’s double to the left-field wall.The Royals tied the game in the third when Bobby Witt Jr. walked with two outs and scored on Michael Massey’s hit. Meadows prevented a big inning by running down Hunter Renfroe’s deep drive at the center-field wall.