Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers

Jul 26, 2026

1:40 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	0
Detroit Tigers	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	9	1

Hits KC 6 · DET 9

Errors KC 0 · DET 1

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFLane Thomas HR	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.230
3BNick Loftin	5	1	1	0	0	2	2	.249
1BSalvador Perez	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.208
RFJac Caglianone	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.251
DHStarling Marte	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.260
LFIsaac Collins	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.243
SSTyler Tolbert	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.313
CCarter Jensen	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.240
CLuke Maile 2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	.250
2BMichael Massey HR	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	.274
SSAndrew Velazquez	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077
Totals	34	5	6	4	5	8	18	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P‑S	ERA
Luinder Avila	4.1	4	3	3	4	2	89-50	4.95
Matt Strahm	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	22-15	7.01
Lucas Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	10-8	5.26
Nate Pearson (W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	16-9	3.43
John Schreiber (H, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	14-7	3.79
Steven Cruz (S, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	22-16	4.62
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	7	5	—	—

Home Batting

Detroit Tigers

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
3BColt Keith	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.254
SSKevin McGonigle	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	.281
DHGleyber Torres	5	0	0	0	0	2	7	.270
LFRiley Greene 2B	5	1	1	2	0	1	2	.284
CDillon Dingler	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	.275
RFKerry Carpenter	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.208
RFBen Malgeri	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.242
RFZach McKinstry	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200
1BSpencer Torkelson	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	.206
CFJames Outman	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.161
2BHao-Yu Lee 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.274
Totals	33	4	9	4	7	5	22	—

Home Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Framber Valdez	5.0	4	3	2	3	4	1	97-57	4.53
Ty Madden (H, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	30-16	2.88
Drew Sommers (L, 0-1)(BS, 1)	1.1	2	2	2	0	2	1	22-18	5.27
Brenan Hanifee	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	3.72
Totals	9.0	6	5	4	5	8	2	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Lane Thomas homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.
T1	2–0	Tyler Tolbert reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Hao-Yu Lee. Nick Loftin scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd. Isaac Collins to 2nd.
T4	3–0	Luke Maile doubles (1) on a ground ball to left fielder Riley Greene. Tyler Tolbert scores.
B5	3–2	Riley Greene doubles (23) on a ground ball to center fielder Lane Thomas. Hao-Yu Lee scores. Colt Keith scores. Kevin McGonigle to 3rd.
B5	3–4	Dillon Dingler singles on a ground ball to center fielder Lane Thomas. Kevin McGonigle scores. Riley Greene scores.
T8	5–4	Michael Massey homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Isaac Collins scores.

Game Details

Comerica Park

Probable Starting Pitchers

Luinder Avila

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

5.44

WHIP

1.567

K/9

8.26

BB/9

5.24

44.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.00 WHIP —

Framber Valdez

Detroit Tigers Home

ERA

4.57

WHIP

1.375

K/9

7.31

BB/9

3.16

108.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 4.32 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+166	+1.5 (-125)	O 9 (-104)
Detroit Tigers	-181	-1.5 (+113)	U 9 (-108)

Latest pre-game line · Jul 26

Weather & Conditions

Temp82°F

Wind 7 mphSSW · crossL

Gusts13 mph

Humidity59%

SkyPartially cloudy

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