DETROIT -- Francisco Rodriguezs rough ninth inning hurt the Detroit Tigers in the AL wild-card race.Paulo Orlando hit a tying, two-run double and Eric Hosmer followed with a three-run homer against Rodriguez, capping a ninth-inning comeback Saturday that led the Royals over the Tigers 7-4.Detroits five-game winning streak was stopped, and the Tigers dropped a half-game behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card berth.Its a bad position to fail the way that I failed, Rodriguez said. Just unacceptable. This one hurts, big time. I let my team down.Given a 4-2 lead, Rodriguez (3-4) allowed singles to Alex Gordon and Hunter Dozier before Orlandos double. Cheslor Cuthbert walked and Hosmer hit his 24th homer.Weve got eight games left. This is going to be a dogfight, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. We lost this one, but that doesnt mean we cant come back tomorrow and win.Ausmus did not consider replacing Rodriguez after Orlandos double. Rodriguez blew a save for the fifth time in 49 opportunities.Frankie had an off day, Ausmus said. Youre going to have an off day from time to time. We wouldnt be here without him.Kansas City stopped a four-game losing streak, and its tragic number for elimination from postseason contention remained at three. The Royals would be the fourth straight World Series champion failing to reach the playoffs after winning a title the previous season.We want to finish strong, no matter where we are in the standings said Hosmer, who was hitless in four at-bats, including three strikeouts, before the home run. We have to be professional about what were doing and continue to play it through.Wade Davis (2-1) pitched a one-hit eighth and Kelvin Herrera, Kansas Citys seventh pitcher, got three straight outs for his 12th save in 15 chances, ending a game that took 3 hours, 50 minutes.Royals starter Yordano Ventura, 7-0 against Detroit in his career, allowed three runs and 10 hits in four innings, then left with back tightness. Kansas City said he is day to day.Tigers starter Daniel Norris, who stood to gain his first career victory over the Royals, gave up two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings.Alcides Escobar hit a sacrifice fly in the second, but the Tigers went ahead 3-1 on third-inning RBI singles by Cameron Maybin and J.D. Martinez, and Maybins RBI single in the fourth.Kendrys Morales homered leading off the sixth, becoming Kansas Citys first player to reach 30 since Jermaine Dye hit 33 in 2000. Martinezs RBI single gave Detroit a 4-2 lead in the sixth.Give them credit for coming back against one of the best closers in the American League, Ausmus said.FREE PASSTigers slugger Miguel Cabrera drew an intentional walk in the fourth inning, his 14th of the season. He is tied for the most intentional walks in the AL with Bostons David Ortiz.LONG AFTERNOONSaturdays game was the longest nine-inning contest of the season for Detroit, which played a 3:47 game at the Chicago White Sox on June 14.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: C Salvador Perez started after missing Friday nights game with a minor knee issue. He went 1 for 5 with a single.Tigers: SS Jose Iglesias and Cabrera started after sustaining minor hand injuries Friday.UP NEXTRHP Edinson Volquez (10-11) is to start Sundays series finale for the Royals and LHP Matt Boyd (6-4) for the Tigers Jorge Villafana USA Jersey . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. 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In a reflection of the strides they made in last weeks agonising defeat in Chittagong, Bangladeshs odds to secure a Test victory over England have been hacked back from 13/2 ahead of the first Test to 9/2 ahead of tomorrows second at Dhaka, by the bookmakers at Bet365.That doesnt mean Bangladesh are anything close to being favourites, however. England remain a meagre 7/10 to extend their record against Bangladesh to ten wins out of ten, even though they came within 22 runs of suffering a huge embarrassment.The man who did the most to rescue Englands record remains one of the best bets going into the Dhaka Test. One of the features of the Chittagong match was the frailty of the top order, particularly against the spinners armed with the new ball. It was the middle order who bailed the team out - in particular Ben Stokes, who made 103 runs in the match including a vital 85 not out in the second innings.He is 6//1 to be Englands top scorer once again, which is definitely worth a punt, especially if Alastair Cook (3/1) doesnt rediscover his best touch after missing the warm-ups to attend the birth of his first child.dddddddddddd He made 16 runs in total in the first Test, although he will presumably be better prepared for his second outing of the winter.Bangladeshs middle order is also a solid source of value. Mushfiqur Rahim was in fine touch for his scores of 48 and 39 at Chittagong, and he and Shakib Al Hasan are both 5/1 to be Bangladeshs top scorer. Dont ignore the claims of Sabbir Rahman either. He was a revelation on debut, making a valiant half-century that all but sealed victory for his team. He may come in late in the order at No.7, but 7/1 for a man in form is worth a thought. ' ' '