The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Apr 14, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Dillon Dingler went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Framber Valdez pitched 7.0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wenceel Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Vierling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 12, 2026: CHW 6, KC 5 · Next Apr 15, 2026: KC 1, DET 2
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