The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Jul 23, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Isaac Collins went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Randy Dobnak pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- James Outman went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Tigers.
- Troy Melton pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Dobnak | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Outman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Melton | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Anderson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Waguespack | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Sommers | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 22, 2026: SF 4, KC 5 · Next Jul 24, 2026: KC 1, DET 2
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