MLB

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
8-13, 2-9 Away
Final
3 - 7
Detroit Tigers
12-8, 7-1 Home

Nido and Ibáñez homer in Tigers' 7-3 victory over Royals

Zach McKinstry ends game with amazing sliding catch

Spencer Torkelson delivered a two-run double in the seventh for his AL-leading 13th extra-base hit for the Tigers.

Kansas City's Bobby Witt Jr. doubled in the first to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, scoring on Vinnie Pasquantino's double for a 1-0 lead.

Nido, who went 3 for 4, homered for the first time with the Tigers to tie it in the second. Ibáñez's solo shot leading off the fourth put them ahead for good.

Jobe (2-0) allowed one run on five hits.

Riley Greene and Trey Sweeney had RBI singles in a three-run fifth to chase Royals starter Cole Ragans (1-1), whose team record-tying streak of three straight starts with 10-plus strikeouts ended. Ragans gave up five runs on six hits in four innings, striking out eight for a major league-best 39.

Witt singled and scored on Pasquantino's single in the ninth off Kenta Maeda. Tommy Kahnle got the final two outs for his fourth save.

The Royals have lost five straight and are 1-7 so far on a 10-game road trip.

Key moment The Royals sent the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth, but Kahnle struck out Cavan Biggio before Drew Waters lined out to end it.

Key stat The Royals began the day averaging 2.95 runs — ahead of only the Rockies. They have scored four runs or less in 19 of 21 games and haven’t scored more than four since April 4 against Baltimore.

Up next RHP Seth Lugo (1-2, 3.86 ERA) starts for the Royals, who have dropped the first two in the four-game series. The Tigers counter with RHP Casey Mize (2-1, 2.60).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Waters lined out to right.
9th Inning Biggio struck out swinging.
9th Inning Massey walked, Pasquantino scored, Garcia to second, Perez to third.
9th Inning Kahnle relieved Maeda
9th Inning Garcia walked.
9th Inning Perez to second on wild pitch by Maeda, Pasquantino to third on wild pitch by Maeda.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 12
9 Strikeouts 11
3 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
10 Hits 12
2 Stolen Bases 0
6 Walks 3
1 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 7
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
37 At Bats 35
0 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
28 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 2
14 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
175 Pitches 162
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
14 Total Bases 17
44 Plate Appearances 38
0.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
4 Extra Base Hits 3
6.1 Runs Created 6.2
.270 Batting Average .343
.000 Pinch Hit Average .500
.378 Slugging Percentage .486
.324 Secondary Average .229
.372 On Base Percentage .395
.750 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .880
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
6.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.0
32.0 Batter Rating 45.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 35.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.98 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.26
.108 Isolated Power .143
0.67 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.27
.136 Walks Per Plate Appearance .079
.054 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.114
6.0 Runs Produced 13.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.9
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.5
82.0 MLB Rating 93.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 25,754 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 8 W3 0.61904764 13
Cleveland 1.5 9 W2 0.55 11
Kansas City 5.5 14 L6 0.36363637 8
Minnesota 6 14 L2 0.33333334 7
Chicago 8.5 16 L6 0.2 4
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