<table> </table> Is this the night, after more than a generation, that baseball truly became relevant again in Kansas City? Maybe. Just maybe.</p><p>Zack Greinke delivered another masterpiece Friday night in a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers in front of a sellout crowd on a gorgeous spring night at a glitteringly refurbished Kauffman Stadium.</p><p>If you want to believe, it was all here.</p><p>&#8220;Today was one of those days,&#8221; left fielder David DeJesus said, &#8220;when you go, &#8216;Oh, wow. This is the Royals changing. This is a different Royals team than in the past. We really are on the upswing.&#8217;&#8194;&#8221;</p><p>Greinke, 4-0, is a big reason why. He produced his second straight complete game in limiting the Tigers to three hits. And it took an unearned run to halt a streak of 38 consecutive scoreless innings.</p><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s got such good stuff,&#8221; Tigers catcher Gerald Laird said. &#8220;You could tell the last couple of innings he kind of just turned it on. He sniffed that complete game, and that&#8217;s what the good ones do.&#8221;</p><p>For this night, at least, the Royals didn&#8217;t need All-Star closer Joakim Soria, who is expected to miss several games because of a sore right shoulder.</p><p>Greinke struck out 10, walked one and, well, the Royals ought to be glad they signed him to that four-year extension for $38 million in January. Who knows how much he could command at this point?</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fun to watch,&#8221; third baseman Mark Teahen said. &#8220;Tonight, more than anything &#8212; maybe it was just the energy or whatever &#8212; but he looked unhittable.&#8221;</p><p>The crowd roared its approval when Greinke, on his 108th pitch, ended the game by retiring Magglio Ordo&#241;ez on a grounder to first. Greinke retired the last 15 batters.</p><p>The Royals haven&#8217;t had a pitcher throw successive complete games since Jamey Wright on Sept. 6 and Sept. 13 in 2003.</p><p>&#8220;I got up to throw in the ninth,&#8221; Wright said. &#8220;I threw one ball, and then I just sat there. I didn&#8217;t want to miss anything. I wanted to keep watching this. That was pretty special to watch.&#8221;</p><p>Greinke had won two of his three previous starts by 2-0 scores, but the Royals got three runs for him in the first two innings against Detroit rookie Rick Porcello.</p><p>Teahen hit a two-run homer in the first inning, a slicing drive into the left-field bullpen, and Alberto Callaspo opened the second inning with his first major-league homer on a 391-foot drive to right.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s always huge,&#8221; Greinke said. &#8220;You can attack without worrying about the solo home run. Miguel Cabrera is possibly the best &#8212; and at least in the top three hitters in baseball &#8212; and I don&#8217;t have to completely pitch around him.</p><p>&#8220;Just make some good pitches, and it helped me get ahead on him. Magglio, the same thing. I wasn&#8217;t behind in a lot of counts because of that.&#8221;</p><p>Porcello, 1-2, flashed dominant form at times in limiting the Royals to just four hits in six innings, but this night belonged to Greinke.</p><p>It all took just 2 hours, 6 minutes in front of 36,363 fans. The Royals improved to 9-7 and re-took sole possession of first place in the Central Division by one game over Detroit and Chicago.</p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why there were so many people here today,&#8221; Greinke said. &#8220;I know it was fireworks night, and I guess there was a (Buck Night) giveaway.</p><p>&#8220;But still, the Royals have come a long way selling out a game against the Tigers. The last couple of years, that wouldn&#8217;t have happened, no matter what they were giving away.&#8221;