Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

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Kansas City Royals

8-14, 2-10 Away

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Detroit Tigers

13-8, 8-1 Home

Ibáñez hits tiebreaking homer to back rookie pitcher Jobe and lead Tigers to a 7-3 win over Royals

Spencer Torkelson's 3-run HR in 5th gives Tigers a lead

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

Kansas City dropped to 1-7 on a 10-game trip. 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.

Tomás Nido, who had three hits, hit a tying single in the second and Ibáñez’s drive leading off the fourth put Detroit ahead for good.

Jobe (2-0) allowed one run and five hits in five inning.

Riley Greene and Trey Sweeney had RBI singles in a three-run fifth to chase Cole Ragans (1-1), whose team record-tying streak of three straight starts with 10 or more strikeouts ended. Ragans gave up five runs and 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 two outs for his fourth save.

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.

Key stat The Royals began the day averaging 2.95 runs — ahead of only Colorado. 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	Isbel popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Tolbert ran for Fermin
	9th Inning	Fermin reached on infield single to shortstop, Waters to third.
	9th Inning	Waters to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Waters walked.
	9th Inning	Massey grounded out to second.

Statistics

KC		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	7
3	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.3	Runs Created	2.5
.176	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.321
.206	Secondary Average	.250
.222	On Base Percentage	.258
.516	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.579
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.8
16.0	Batter Rating	22.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.66
.118	Isolated Power	.143
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.0	MLB Rating	73.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 32,043 | 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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