Lineups for Friday’s Royals-Tigers game

The Royals open a three-game series against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers at 7:10 tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The game will be televised on Fox Sports KC.

Here are the Royals’ lineups against Tigers’ starter Rick Porcello:

1. Nori Aoki, RF

2. Omar Infante, 2B

3. Eric Hosmer, 1B

4. Billy Butler, DH

5. Alex Gordon, LF

6. Salvy Perez, C

7. Mike Moustakas, 3B

8. Alcides Escobar, SS

9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

James Shields, P

This story was originally published May 2, 2014 at 5:28 PM with the headline "Lineups for Friday’s Royals-Tigers game."