The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Aug 21, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Troy Melton pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleyber Torres | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dillon Dingler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Clark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eduardo Valencia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brett Callahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Malgeri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Melton | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ty Madden | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
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 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Aug 19, 2026: DET 3, PIT 4 · Next Aug 22, 2026: DET 1, KC 3
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 20, 2026: ATH 2, KC 6 · Next Aug 22, 2026: DET 1, KC 3