The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Aug 22, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Hao-Yu Lee went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Drew Anderson pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Callahan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Anderson | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Drew Sommers | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tanner Rainey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Aug 21, 2026: DET 2, KC 5 · Next Aug 23, 2026: DET 7, KC 11
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 21, 2026: DET 2, KC 5 · Next Aug 23, 2026: DET 7, KC 11