Detroit Tigers' Ryan Raburn slides safely into third base as Kansas City Royals third baseman WIlson Betemit can't handle the throw in the sixth inning Tuesday night. Brandon Inge hit a sacrifice fly that scored Miguel Cabrera on the play.

Associated Press

Sixteen hits and nine runs. That's all it took for the Tigers to get back to .500.

OK, so it came against the Kansas City Royals, who the Tigers beat up on for the second straight night behind a strong effort from Rick Porcello.

Who knows: Maybe Johnny Damon really does see something he likes in the Motor City, where he'll stay after blocking a waiver trade back to Boston.

But at least one columnist - the Detroit Free Press' Drew Sharp - wonders if Damon really loves it here as much as he says, or if he's just saying all the right things before he bails.

Here's the rest of your morning links.

MLB:

• Detroit News: Damon's teammates are thrilled to see the veteran outfielder sticking around.
• Detroit Free Press: Magglio Ordonez to undergo surgery, will miss the rest of the season.
• Washington Post: Nationals' rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg is back on the disabled list.