The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on May 8, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Wenceel Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Keider Montero pitched 6.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Greene | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Short | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jahmai Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keider Montero | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Brant Hurter | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: BOS 4, DET 0 · Next May 9, 2026: DET 1, KC 5
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: CLE 8, KC 5 · Next May 9, 2026: DET 1, KC 5