MLB

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
45-62, 19-35 Away
Final
5 - 4
Detroit Tigers
50-56, 29-25 Home

Michael Massey's 2-run, 2-out homer in 8th helps Royals beat Tigers 5-4 for 2nd straight win

Michael Massey crushes a home run

The Royals led 3-0 through four innings, fell behind after giving up four runs in the fifth before going back ahead on Massey's blast to right.

Nate Pearson (2-0) threw a scoreless inning. Steven Cruz pitched the ninth for his second save after giving up a walk and hit to the first two batters, closing the game by striking out Riley Greene.

Drew Sommers (0-1) allowed two runs on two hits over 1 1/3 innings.

Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a four-run fifth inning for the Tigers, but they failed to maintain the lead and lost a second straight game to the last-place team in the AL Central.

The Tigers have a week to decide whether to keep ace Tarik Skubal or to trade him ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

Lane Thomas led off the game with a homer and Luke Maile had an RBI double in the fourth, giving the Royals a 3-0 lead.

Matt Strahm entered to face Greene in the fifth and he hit a ball up the middle that could have been fielded by shifting shortstop Tyler Tolbert or second baseman Andrew Velazquez, who was charged with an error, and two Tigers scored.

Dingler followed with a shot that went behind Strahm's head to give Detroit a 4-3 lead that wasn't large enough.

Up next Tigers RHP Keider Montero (7-5, 3.14) and Baltimore RHP Kyle Bradish (7-9, 3.49) are scheduled to pitch on Monday night at Comerica Park.

The Royals have not announced who their probable pitcher on Tuesday night at Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Greene struck out swinging.
9th Inning Torres struck out swinging.
9th Inning McGonigle flied out to left.
9th Inning Keith singled to left, Lee to second.
9th Inning Lee walked.
9th Inning Cruz relieved Schreiber

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 11
8 Strikeouts 5
4 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
5 Walks 7
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 33
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 22
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
11 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 0
164 Pitches 173
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
13 Total Bases 11
40 Plate Appearances 40
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
3 Extra Base Hits 2
4.3 Runs Created 4.5
.176 Batting Average .273
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.382 Slugging Percentage .333
.353 Secondary Average .273
.300 On Base Percentage .400
.682 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .733
1.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
4.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.7
32.0 Batter Rating 29.0
17.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.10 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.33
.206 Isolated Power .061
0.63 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.40
.125 Walks Per Plate Appearance .175
.176 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
9.0 Runs Produced 8.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
79.5 MLB Rating 81.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 29,489 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland - 76 L1 0.51898736 82
Chicago 1 77 L1 0.51265824 81
Minnesota 7.5 84 W2 0.4716981 75
Detroit 8.5 85 L2 0.4654088 74
Kansas City 14 90 W1 0.43037975 68
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