The Detroit Tigers wouldn't go away.

The Tigers rallied in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings of Saturday's game. The series of clutch swings from Javier Báez, Justyn-Henry Malloy, Parker Meadows and, finally, Wenceel Pérez paid off in a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park.

Pérez produced the first walk-off hit of his MLB career, as the Tigers (53-59) snapped a five-game losing streak.

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A replay review changed the game in the top of the 11th inning, overturning the ruling of a stolen-base attempt.

Right-handed reliever Jason Foley struck out Salvador Pérez, and on the next pitch, Dairon Blanco — the free runner on second base — took off for third base, resulting in a throw from catcher Jake Rogers to third baseman Matt Vierling.

Initially, Blanco was called out by third-base umpire Alan Porter. The Royals challenged the call on the field, and following a brief review, the umpires reversed the call because Blanco used a swim move to avoid the tag from Vierling.

On the next pitch, Blanco scored on Hunter Renfroe's single to left field off Foley's down-and-in sinker, making it 5-4 Royals.

The Tigers, though, answered in the bottom of the 11th inning against right-handed reliever James McArthur, thanks to big hits from Meadows and Pérez. Meadows hit a leadoff triple to tie the game, 5-5, and Pérez hit a walk-off single to win the game, 6-5.

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Before the 11th inning

Before extras, the Tigers mounted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning, sparked by a solo home run from Bligh Madris off right-handed reliever Hunter Harvey.

Harvey hung a two-strike splitter over the heart of the strike zone, and Madris didn't miss the poorly executed pitch, hitting it 422 feet to right-center field to open the inning. The homer cut the Tigers' deficit to 3-2.

It was Madris' first homer in 10 games this season.

The Tigers kept their foot on the gas, as pinch-hitter Zach McKinstry — representing the game-tying run — battled for seven pitches and hit an elevated fastball for a double to right field. He advanced to third base on Meadows' groundout, then scored on Javier Báez's double to even the score, 3-3.

Báez fouled of three pitches in a row before ripping Harvey's down-and-in splitter into left field for an RBI double.

In the top of the 10th inning, the Royals' free runner, Kyle Isbel, advanced to third base on a groundout — with Foley on the mound — and scored for a 4-3 advantage on Bobby Witt Jr.'s sacrifice fly to center field.

In the bottom of the 10th, the Tigers' free runner, Pérez, advanced to third base on a groundout — with left-handed reliever Kris Bubic on the mound — and ended up scoring to tie the game, 4-4, when Malloy pushed a two-strike changeup into the right-field corner for an RBI double with two outs.

The opener (and then Kenta Maeda)

Left-handed reliever Tyler Holton, who started the game as an opener, retired nine batters in a row with three strikeouts before getting pulled from the game after 31 pitches.

Holton has pitched in 43 games, with five of them coming as the starting pitcher. He has allowed just one run across 11 innings when operating as the starter, for a 0.82 ERA in those situations.

He was followed by right-handed reliever Kenta Maeda, who surrendered three runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts across 3⅔ innings, throwing 69 pitches. Maeda dominated in his first three games out of the bullpen after getting removed from the starting rotation, but his fourth appearance wasn't as successful.

The 36-year-old cruised through the fourth and fifth innings before running into trouble in the sixth and seventh. He surrendered a solo home run in the sixth and a two-run home run in the seventh.

In the sixth, Vinnie Pasquantino blasted Maeda's two-out, full-count slider — located middle-down in the strike zone — to right for a 379-foot solo home run, giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.

In the seventh, Paul DeJong turned a one-out, two-strike splitter that hung middle-in for a 393-foot two-run home run, making it 3-1.

Maeda, who signed a two-year, $24 million contract last offseason, owns a 6.75 ERA in 20 games (16 starts) this season.

Facing ex-Tiger Michael Lorenzen

The Tigers scored their first run in the sixth inning.

Right-hander Michael Lorenzen, who pitched for the Tigers last season, started for the Royals. He allowed one run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5⅔ innings.

The Tigers' first run occurred with two outs in the sixth, when Madris hit a ground-rule double to left-center field and Andy Ibáñez followed up with a bloop RBI single to tie the game, 1-1.

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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers rally 3 times for 6-5 (11) win over Kansas City Royals