The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 10-9 on Apr 16, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Dillon Dingler went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Keider Montero pitched 6.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 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. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 7.2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Dingler | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahmai Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keider Montero | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Connor Seabold | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Anderson | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 15, 2026: KC 1, DET 2 · Next Apr 17, 2026: KC 2, NYY 4
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