KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Bobby Witt Jr. homered twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night.

Maikel Garcia led off the first with a triple and scored on Wittā€™s infield hit. Witt stole second and scored when Salvador Perez hit a single to right.

After Kyle Isbel and Garcia singled in the second, Witt hit Casey Mizeā€™s splitter 468 feet - the farthest of his career - into the upper deck fountains.

ā€œI didnā€™t really watch it,ā€ Witt said. ā€œI just kind of hit it and started running, but yeah, it felt good.ā€

ā€œThatā€™s probably one of the longest balls Iā€™ve ever seen hit,ā€ said Royals starting pitcher Alec Marsh. ā€œUnbelievable. Heā€™s a generational talent. You think youā€™d get used to it being around him every day, and then he does something new that you havenā€™t seen and itā€™s just ā€˜wow.ā€™ The wow factor is unbelievable.ā€

Mize (1-3) surrendered six runs on nine hits with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings, the shortest outing of his career.

ā€œThey were taking really good swings off him,ā€ Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. ā€œHe threw some chase pitches that got hit for base hits. He threw some pitches in the strike zone that got hit hard. It just wasnā€™t his day.ā€

Garcia drove an RBI triple to right and scored on Wittā€™s third-inning sacrifice fly to give the Royals an 8-0 lead. Garcia scored three runs while matching a career best with four hits, extending his hitting streak to nine games.

ā€œMaikel setting the tone kind of gave me excitement,ā€ Witt said. ā€œHeā€™s doing the job, Iā€™ve got to do my part.ā€

Witt added a solo homer leading off the sixth. It was his fourth multihomer game as he matched a career best with six RBIs.

In the seventh, Hunter Renfroeā€™s fourth homer of the season capped the scoring.

Kansas City collected six extra-base hits and has at least one extra-base hit in all 50 games this year, one game shy of their franchise record set in 1978.

Marsh (4-1) allowed three runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings. The Royals have won all but one of his eight starts.

ā€œAnytime we play like that weā€™re going to win a lot of games,ā€ Marsh said of the Royalsā€™ early offense. ā€œFirst three innings I wasnā€™t paying attention. Sitting there for 20 or 30 minutes, I was like ā€˜whatā€™s going on out there?'ā€

Kansas City has led or been tied for all 45 innings of the current homestand and hasnā€™t trailed since Wednesdayā€™s loss at Seattle.

Matt Vierling hit a two-run triple in the fourth and scored on Colt Keithā€™s single. Keith had three of Detroitā€™s six hits.

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