DET 7, KC 11 | Aug 23, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, August 23, 2026•Kauffman Stadium•79°F, Cloudy

DET

Tigers

Royals

Final

WIN

John Schreiber

LOSS

Andrew Sears

The Royals defeated the Tigers 11-7.

★Kevin McGonigle3 RBI

★Nick Loftin3-for-4, 4 RBI

★Kyle Isbel3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Max Clark, deflected by second baseman Gleyber Torres. John Rave scores.

Weather: 79°F, CloudyWind: 5 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:53Att: 21,269Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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Tom Hanahan

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93.8%B

11 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.88 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinDET Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	7	10	0
KC	0	5	0	0	4	0	0

Game 824071 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Detroit Tigers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Gleyber Torres2B	5	1	1	1	0	0	.261/.368/.384	95.7	.227	.232
Hao-Yu Lee3B	5	2	2	1	0	0	.281/.321/.439	102.3	.419	.591
Kevin McGonigleSS	4	1	2	3	1	1	.283/.385/.430	102.8	.573	.1014
Eduardo ValenciaC	5	0	1	0	0	1	.333/.353/.697	103.1	.256	.309
Colt Keith1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.268/.326/.419	102.6	.863	.819
Brett CallahanDH	1	0	0	0	1	1	.278/.350/.611	93.6	-	-
Ben MalgeriLF	4	0	0	1	1	2	.234/.359/.406	94.6	.316	.296
Max ClarkCF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.253/.314/.380	100.3	.493	.468
Zach McKinstryRF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.224/.308/.329	86.4	.203	.227
Bench
Spencer Torkelson1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.221/.315/.405	99.5	.023	.039
Corey JulksDH	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.333/.500
Totals	37	7	10	7	5	7	-	-	-	-

HR:McGonigle (5th off Black, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Lee; Báez; McGonigle

TB:16

RBI:Lee; McGonigle 3; Malgeri; Torres; Clark

SB:Malgeri; Clark

GIDP:Báez

Team LOB:9

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Nick Loftin3B	4	2	3	4	1	0	.238/.332/.387	104.8	.523

Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jacob Waguespack	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	30-14	86.3	2.48
Ty Madden	1.2	3	3	3	1	3	1	33-20	88.4	3.46
Andrew SearsL	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	74-45	89	11.25
Kyle Finnegan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	24-13	90.7	3.38
Totals	8.0	12	11	11	4	8	2	161-92	-	-

WP:Madden

HBP:Tolbert (by Madden)

Inherited runners-scored:Madden 2-2; Finnegan 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Waguespack 30-14; Madden 33-20; Sears 74-45; Finnegan 24-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Waguespack 2-1; Madden 1-0; Sears 2-6; Finnegan 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	0	59-38	88.9	2.93

Top 1 • DET

1-0

Kevin McGonigle doubles (23) on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Gleyber Torres scores.

EV: 100.8 mph375 ftLA: 22°

Bot 2 • KC

1-2

Kyle Isbel singles on a fly ball to left fielder Javier Báez. Salvador Perez scores. John Rave scores. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd.

EV: 66.6 mph211 ftLA: 35°

1-5

Nick Loftin homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field. Tyler Tolbert scores. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 101.8 mph💣 379 ftLA: 37°

Top 5 • DET

5-5

Kevin McGonigle homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. Hao-Yu Lee scores.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 392 ftLA: 35°

3-5

Hao-Yu Lee singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Javier Báez scores.

EV: 98.4 mph191 ftLA: 11°

2-5

Gleyber Torres grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Max Clark scores. Javier Báez to 3rd.

EV: 82.2 mph7 ftLA: -23°

Bot 5 • KC

5-6

Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Max Clark. Nick Loftin scores.

EV: 107.5 mph409 ftLA: 21°

5-7

Salvador Perez doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Javier Báez. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.

EV: 105.2 mph264 ftLA: 16°

5-9

John Rave homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Salvador Perez scores.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 407 ftLA: 31°

Top 6 • DET

6-9

Max Clark grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to third baseman Nick Loftin. Spencer Torkelson scores. Brett Callahan out at 3rd. Ben Malgeri to 2nd. Max Clark to 1st.

EV: 100.3 mph114 ftLA: 6°

Top 7 • DET

7-9

Ben Malgeri walks. Hao-Yu Lee scores. Kevin McGonigle to 3rd. Eduardo Valencia to 2nd.

Bot 8 • KC

7-10

Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Max Clark, deflected by second baseman Gleyber Torres. John Rave scores.

EV: 106.6 mph131 ftLA: 5°

7-11

Nick Loftin singles on a line drive to left fielder Ben Malgeri. Kyle Isbel scores. Nick Loftin to 2nd.

EV: 99.3 mph221 ftLA: 14°

HBP:Callahan (by Thomas)

Inherited runners-scored:Black 1-1; Thomas 1-1; Schreiber 2-0

Pitches-strikes:IV 59-38; Black 25-16; Thomas 9-7; Schreiber 14-9; Cuas 26-14; Pearson 16-10; Cruz 17-10

Groundouts-flyouts:IV 3-7; Black 1-1; Thomas 2-0; Schreiber 1-0; Cuas 0-2; Pearson 0-2; Cruz 0-1

Bench
Luke MaileC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.179/.207/.321	92.3	.008	.010
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Mason BlackP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Connor ThomasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John SchreiberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jose CuasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Nate PearsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Steven CruzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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