The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Jul 26, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Dillon Dingler went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Framber Valdez pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Maile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 4.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Greene | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| James Outman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Malgeri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Ty Madden | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Sommers | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brenan Hanifee | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 25, 2026: KC 3, DET 2 · Next Jul 28, 2026: KC 2, MIN 3
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Jul 25, 2026: KC 3, DET 2 · Next Jul 27, 2026: BAL 8, DET 5