The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Jul 24, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Hao-Yu Lee went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 7.1 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 12 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Starling Marte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt Keith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gleyber Torres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Malgeri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Skubal | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brenan Hanifee | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
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