DETROIT ? Alan Trammell has seen a lot of crazy things during almost three decades in the major leagues.

Nothing, however, prepared him for what he saw Thursday.

A half hour after being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals, his Detroit Tigers went out and posted an easy 8-0 victory in the second game of the doubleheader.

“We got our clocks cleaned in the first game, and then came out and shut them out in the second game,” he said. “How can you explain something like that? You just can’t.”

The Royals, who set a team record for runs in the opener, were equally perplexed.

“It’s crazy,” said Calvin Pickering. “We hit the ball good in the first game, and we hit the ball good in the second game. We just couldn’t put anything together in the second one.”

Joe Randa led the Royals in the first game, going 6-for-7 and tying a major-league record by scoring six times. He became the first AL player to have six hits and six runs in the same nine-inning game.

“You go through stretches like this, where everything you hit finds a hole,” said Randa, who played for Detroit in 1998. “I know I got lucky out there.”

Randa had five singles and a double, but he wasn’t in the starting lineup for the second game.

“He’s awfully tired from running the bases,” Royals manager Tony Pena cracked between games.

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Jeremy Bonderman (9-11) shut down the Royals in the nightcap, allowing six hits in eight innings. Kansas City only moved one runner into scoring position against the 21-year-old righty, who had nine strikeouts.

“I couldn’t worry about the first game,” Bonderman said. “I just stuck to my game plan. I can’t change what I do because of what happened earlier.”

Bonderman allowed seven runs in three innings in his only other start against the Royals this year.

“He’s a completely different pitcher,” Pena said. “I was very impressed. He threw 95 and had a good, tight sinker.”

Randa also had two RBIs in the first game, when the Royals matched an American League record with 13 consecutive batters reaching base during in an 11-run third inning. It was the most runs allowed by the Tigers in a nine-inning game — Detroit has allowed 24 runs twice.

The Royals had 26 hits against five pitchers. Angel Berroa had a three-run homer and career-high five RBIs, and Alberto Castillo knocked in a career-best four runs.

Zack Greinke (8-9) gained the win, allowing three runs in five innings.

Jason Johnson (8-13) dropped to 0-5 in his last seven starts, allowing 11 runs — nine earned — in 21/3 innings.

“You are going to have days like that,” Johnson said. “I haven’t been right for four starts now — I need to work on the side and wipe this out.”