The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Apr 15, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- Wenceel Perez went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Jack Flaherty pitched 6.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 7 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Flaherty | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
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