The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Aug 23, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Tigers.
- Andrew Sears pitched 4.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Nick Loftin went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eduardo Valencia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Malgeri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Clark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Callahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Sears | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ty Madden | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jacob Waguespack | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Maile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Connor Thomas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Aug 22, 2026: DET 1, KC 3 · Next Aug 24, 2026: TB 4, DET 1
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