Hosmer’s resurgence coinciding with Royals’ push

DETROIT — Eric Hosmer basically did it all for the Royals offensively in a pulsating 4-1 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night that secured a three-game sweep.

First, Hosmer broke up Anibal Sanchez’s perfect game by drawing a leadoff walk in the fifth. Then he broke up Sanchez’s no-hitter with a two-out double off the left-field wall in the seventh.

“The one thing he wasn’t doing was leaving anything over the middle — nothing over the middle,” Hosmer said of Sanchez. “He was missing just off, a lot of close pitches, close calls for the umpire. He was pretty effective.

“It was getting late. I know everyone started to notice [the no-hit bid] around the sixth or seventh inning. It just felt like it took a load off us, and then [Alex Gordon] got the big swing to tie things up and it kind of sparked a whole new energy.”

Gordon’s homer, his 10th, tied the game at 1 in the eighth.

“At that point, with this team,” Hosmer said, “we just feel there’s no way we’re giving …

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