The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Aug 23, 2025 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Chris Paddack pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Rogers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paddack | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Melton | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 22, 2025: KC 5, DET 7 · Next Aug 24, 2025: KC 10, DET 8
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