Detroit ? The Detroit Tigers know they can’t expect to keep overcoming big deficits.

For the moment, though, they’re going to keep enjoying the results.

On Tuesday, the Tigers scored six runs in the seventh to beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-5 — the second time in three days that Detroit had won despite trailing 5-0.

“We were able to score runs late again,” said Johnny Damon, who singled and scored during the latest rally. “Hopefully, sometime this year we can score some runs early and make it easier on our pitchers, but the fact that we are going out and winning these games says a lot about our team.”

Jose Guillen hit his fourth home run in three games as the Royals took a 5-0 lead against Dontrelle Willis and the Detroit bullpen. But just like Sunday, when the Tigers fell behind 5-0 to Cleveland, they recovered to win.

The Tigers (6-2) are now 4-1 in games when they trail after six innings — a trend that manager Jim Leyland doesn’t figure to continue.

“This is a team that is going to play nine innings, and that’s a good thing,” he said. “But I can certainly assure you that if you put yourself into situations like this all year, you aren’t going to win. It just won’t happen. We need to get out early in some games and give ourselves a cushion.”

Royals manager Trey Hillman, meanwhile, was again searching for answers from his bullpen. Starter Brian Bannister left with one out in the seventh and a 5-1 lead, only to see three relievers give away the game in a span of seven hitters.