Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

DET 1 — 3 KC

Final — 2026-08-22

MVP: Michael Wacha 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 3-1. Michael Wacha led the way with 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K. Michael Wacha earned the win and Drew Anderson took the loss. Craig Kimbrel recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
KC	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		3

WP Michael Wacha

LP Drew Anderson

SV Craig Kimbrel

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Kyle Isbel homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. (0-1)

Bot 4: Salvador Perez homers (17) on a fly ball to center field. (0-2)

Top 5: Hao-Yu Lee homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. (1-2)

DET — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Callahan	LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.294	.294	.647	.941
McKinstry	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222	.307	.328	.635
Lee	3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.278	.319	.435	.754
McGonigle	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.383	.421	.804
Torkelson	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.315	.407	.722
Torres	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.371	.387	.758
(gpid=sa:703601)	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.305	.382	.687
Dingler	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.253	.318	.484	.802
Keith	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.270	.328	.421	.749

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.219	.301	.403	.704
Tolbert	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.294	.360	.431	.791
Perez	DH	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.220	.265	.373	.638
Loftin	3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.325	.371	.696
Massey	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.307	.444	.751
Pasquantino	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.328	.378	.706
Isbel	CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	.236	.284	.368	.652
Caglianone	RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.276	.328	.491	.819
Witt	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.288	.362	.461	.823

DET — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Anderson	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	75-53	4.09	1.29	L
Rainey	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	0.00	1.07
Sommers	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21-18	3.12	1.27

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20-14	4.15	1.23	S
Wacha	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	96-64	3.49	1.13	W
Lange	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	5.86	1.48	H

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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