Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

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Kansas City Royals

8-12, 2-8 Away

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Detroit Tigers

11-8, 6-1 Home

Riley Greene sheds slump with 3 hits, 2 RBIs as Tigers send Royals to their 4th straight loss, 6-1

Spencer Torkelson extends Tigers' lead with RBI single

The Royals lost their fourth straight game and have dropped six of seven.

Greene, who had one hit and 18 strikeouts in his previous 32 at-bats entering the game, popped out to short in the first inning before RBI singles in the third and fifth innings. He added an infield single in the seventh. Greene ended a 1-for-34 slump dating April 5, and a 0-for-23 hitless streak dating to April 9.

Spencer Torkelson had two hits and drove in three runs for Detroit, which had lost three of four.

Reese Olson (2-1) worked five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with five strikeouts and earned his fourth straight win at home dating to 2024. Tommy Kahnle earned his third save.

Maikel Garcia had an RBI single in the eighth inning for the Royals. Former Tiger Michael Lorenzen (1-3) gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Bobby Witt Jr. had a double in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

Kansas City hitting coach Alec Zumwalt was ejected in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strikes.

Key moment After Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third, the Royals loaded the bases with one out in the fourth. But, Drew Walters struck on on three pitches from Olson, and Kyle Isbel popped out to left on the first pitch he face.

Key stat Torkelson, who hit .219 last season and spent 2 1/2 months in Triple-A, is batting .286 with six homers and 16 RBI in 20 games.

Up next Royals LHP Cole Ragans (1-0, 2.28) will face Tigers rookie RHP Jackson Jobe (1-0, 3.00) in the second game of a four-game set.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	India flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Isbel grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Greene grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Cruz relieved Stratton
	8th Inning	Torkelson singled to center, Kreidler scored, McKinstry to third.

Statistics

KC		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	16
7	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	27
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	14
38	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.6	Runs Created	6.7
.212	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.389
.152	Secondary Average	.250
.316	On Base Percentage	.415
.558	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.804
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
13.0	Batter Rating	42.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.030	Isolated Power	.056
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	91.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 15,769 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	-	9	L1	0.59090906	13
Cleveland	0.5	9	W3	0.5714286	12
Kansas City	4.5	14	W1	0.39130434	9
Minnesota	6	15	L3	0.3181818	7
Chicago	7.5	16	W1	0.23809524	5

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