DETROIT -- Joakim Soria had already withstood his toughest test, striking out Miguel Cabrera with the bases loaded.Compared to that, fielding Victor Martinezs comebacker should have been fairly simple.I made the pitches that I needed, and I got the result I needed, and then I didnt pick up the ball, Soria said. I probably make that play 95 times out of 100, but I thought he hit it harder than he did, and my body reacted the wrong way.Martinezs grounder deflected off Soria for a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, scoring two runs and lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.Martinezs comebacker bounced off Soria and rolled to the area between first and second. With the second baseman playing way out in shallow right field, the Royals couldnt retire Martinez, and two runners scored on the play.Id rather give up a double up the gap than do that, because I had a chance to get us out of the inning, and I didnt take it, Soria said. I made the pitches, but didnt field my position.Detroits Tyler Collins hit a solo homer earlier in the inning off Luke Hochevar (1-2) to tie the game at 2. Ian Kinsler also homered for the Tigers.Justin Verlander (9-6) allowed one earned run and four hits. Justin Wilson pitched the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez finished for his 25th save in 27 chances.Collins was called up from the minors before the game to replace Justin Upton, who was put on the bereavement list. Collins was 2 for 22 with Detroit this season before his seventh-inning homer tied the game. After consecutive singles by Jose Iglesias and Kinsler, Soria came on and walked Cameron Maybin to load the bases with one out.After falling behind 3-0 on Cabrera, Soria recovered to strike out the Detroit slugger, but Martinez followed with his grounder that turned into a two-run single.Verlander struck out the side in the first, and Kinsler led off the bottom half with a homer, but Detroit couldnt add to that lead. With men on first and second in the sixth, Kansas Citys Salvador Perez lifted a deep drive to right that Steven Moya couldnt handle. Perez ended up with an RBI double, and another run came home on the play thanks to a throwing error by Kinsler.Kansas City starter Ian Kennedy allowed a run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out three.RESPECTRoyals manager Ned Yost, who was the American League skipper at the All-Star Game, talked a bit about Cabreras gesture in Tuesdays game in which he insisted Kansas Citys Eric Hosmer get another at-bat to try to boost his MVP case. Cabrera didnt replace Hosmer until the seventh inning of that game.Whats really unique about the All-Star Game for me is that you get 34 guys from different organizations that youre screaming at and yelling at one day from across the field, but you walk into that clubhouse door and its amazing how they unite into a team for two days, Yost said.RETURNThe most memorable thing Collins did with the Tigers earlier this season was extend a middle finger toward booing home fans back in April. He heard plenty of cheers Friday. The homer was his first of the season for Detroit.It feels great, definitely, Collins said. It feels better to get the win.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: Yost said OF Lorenzo Cain (left hamstring) is probably at about 85 percent. Cain is eligible to come off the DL whenever the Royals feel hes ready.Tigers: Manager Brad Ausmus said LHP Daniel Norris (right oblique) was probably a couple of days away from a bullpen session. ... RHP Jordan Zimmermann (neck) said he would probably do long-toss Saturday.UP NEXTRoyals: LHP Danny Duffy (4-1) starts Saturday night against the Tigers. He has struck out at least seven hitters in four straight starts. The last Kansas City pitcher to do it in five straight starts was Zack Greinke, when he won the Cy Young Award in 2009.Tigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-8) tries for his third straight quality start.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Chicago White Sox Shirts . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Cheap White Sox Jerseys . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. https://www.cheapwhitesox.com/ ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Chicago White Sox Gear . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. Chicago White Sox Pro Shop . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. Eye-gouging is rugbys most shameful act, and the fact it continues to be an issue in 2016 is a disgrace to the game.Brives Mathieu Egale became the latest player to add himself to the roll of dishonour when the fly-half clearly made contact with the eyes of Grenobles Armand Battle on Sunday, after three players had been red-carded following a horrible all-in brawl.The list of players whove served suspensions extends right through the decades, raising serious questions as to why the games administrators have failed to act appropriately.The tip tackle was a serious problem for rugby little more than five years ago before World Rugby moved to ensure player safety and referees starting issuing red cards -- including that given to Sam Warbuton in Wales dramatic Rugby World Cup semifinal loss to France.Warburton was later handed a three-week ban.Eye-gouging suspensions have varied over the years, but the fact that it remains a problem in the professional era suggests that they are not of such a length to act as a deterrent.But there is simple black-and-white solution, one that would remove the ambiguity around similar allegations that saw Argentina lock Mariano Galarza cop a nine-week ban at last years World Cup but then saw All Blacks prop Owen Franks escape citing in Bledisloe II a fortnight ago.If aa player puts his or her hand or hands on the face of an opponent then they should be slapped with an automatic one-year ban.dddddddddddd Knowing they will spend a season on the sidelines, and potentially jeopardise their careers, players then will surely think twice about what they do with their hands.At the moment, the judicial process for each individual competition is handled by the tournament organiser, which in the case of the Franks incident was SANZAAR. At the World Cup it was World Rugby.But there needs to be a blanket approach to eye-gouging across the game, and World Rugby must exercise whatever jurisdiction it has to have all regional alliances sign on to the same guidelines to help rid the game of its greatest shame.World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot spoke of the lack of consistency following the Franks non-citing, and he now has the chance to be part of the solution.This is not about a global season or the distribution of Rugby World Cup profits, whereby individual Unions or regional alliances have the right to push for what suits them best; this is about the removal of eye-gouging once and for all.It has been a part of rugby for far, far too long. ' ' '