The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Aug 31, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jake Rogers went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 7.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt Keith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Skubal | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Maile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2025 season · Previous Aug 30, 2025: DET 1, KC 3 · Next Sep 1, 2025: NYM 10, DET 8
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 30, 2025: DET 1, KC 3 · Next Sep 2, 2025: LAA 5, KC 1