Zach Miner and Gerald Laird like coming to Kansas City, and it is not just for the barbecue and scenic fountains.

Laird and Curtis Granderson hit two-run homers and Magglio Ordonez added a solo shot as the Detroit Tigers beat the Royals, 9-1, Saturday night.

Laird had three hits, and homered in the second with Carlos Guillen aboard. Granderson hit his sixth home run in the third after Adam Everett led off the inning with a single.

Ordonez’s homer in the ninth was his first extra-base hit after 17 singles, and he now has 14 home runs and 62 RBIs in 78 games at Kauffman Stadium.

Miner (2-1) picked up the victory, going five-plus innings and allowing one run on three hits for Detroit. Miner is 3-0 with a 0.39 ERA in six games, including three starts, at Kauffman Stadium.

“I think it’s mostly just coincidence,” Miner said. “I’ve pitched here quite a few times and had some success. I definitely don’t mind coming to K.C.”

Neither does Laird, who had a career .382 average against the Royals and is 5-for-7 in the first two games of the series.

“I’ve always liked coming here and playing,” Laird said. “It’s a big yard and I see the ball real well here. I’m just putting good swings on the ball and the ball is finding holes for me.”

Miner pitched out of trouble in the third when he walked Tony Pena Jr. and Coco Crisp to lead off the inning. He struck out David DeJesus looking and got Mark Teahen to ground into a double play.

“He was in trouble and got the good sinker, got the groundball right at somebody,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “That was the biggest at-bat of the game, no question.”

Leyland had Juan Rincon warming up after the walks, but Miner retired eight in a row to make it into the sixth.

The Tigers broke the game open with a four-run sixth, which included a two-run triple by Josh Anderson and a two-run double by Placido Polanco. Anderson’s triple, which scored Laird and Brandon Inge, finished Royals starter Kyle Davies.

“The home runs weren’t very good pitches,” Davies said. “It was a change up to Laird, up in the zone, middle in. Granderson hit a fastball out over the plate. I didn’t have the best changeup and the fastball was not very effective. I didn’t have very good location.”