MLB

Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
61-68, 29-37 Away
Final
1 - 3
Kansas City Royals
57-74, 35-30 Home

Royals beat the Tigers 3-1 as Wacha goes 7 innings and Isbel, Perez homer

Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Wacha (7-8) has been outstanding against the Tigers this year in his three starts going a combined 21 innings while only allowing three earned runs combined.

He went seven innings in each of those starts and on Saturday he walked one and fanned six.

Alex Lange and Craig Kimbrel pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings respectively with Kimbrel getting his first save since July 7, 2024 when he pitched for Baltimore.

Isbel hit a leadoff homer 400-feet to the right field bullpen in the third inning, his second in as many games, to put the Royals up 1-0.

Perez extended the Royals lead to 2-0 when he hit his 17th homer of the season, a 424-foot shot to straightaway center field, in the fourth inning.

The following inning, Hao-Yu Lee hit a 446-foot home run to left field to cut the deficit to 2-1. It was his seventh homer of the year.

Jac Caglianone doubled and then later scored on a wild pitch by Tanner Rainey in the sixth inning giving the Royals a 3-1 lead.

Tigers starter Drew Anderson (4-5) went five innings allowing three earned runs on five hits, struck out four and walked one.

The Royals have the second longest winning streak in the majors at seven games behind the Phillies and haven’t lost a game since Aug. 15.

Up next LHP Daniel Lynch IV (4-4, 2.83 ERA) takes the mound for the Royals while the Tigers haven’t announced their starter for Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Callahan struck out swinging.
9th Inning McKinstry to second on a balk.
9th Inning McKinstry walked.
9th Inning Dingler struck out looking.
9th Inning Keith grounded out to second.
9th Inning Kimbrel relieved Lange

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 11
8 Strikeouts 8
1 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
3 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 1
2 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
30 At Bats 29
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
7 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
12 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
127 Pitches 110
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
7 Total Bases 12
33 Plate Appearances 30
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
0.9 Runs Created 2.7
.100 Batting Average .172
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.233 Slugging Percentage .414
.200 Secondary Average .310
.182 On Base Percentage .200
.415 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .614
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.1
0.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.0
12.0 Batter Rating 24.0
30.0 At Bats Per Home Run 14.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.85 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.67
.133 Isolated Power .241
0.25 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.13
.061 Walks Per Plate Appearance .033
.100 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .138
2.0 Runs Produced 5.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.7
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.2
63.0 MLB Rating 73.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 23,156 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland - 75 W6 0.522293 82
Chicago 1 76 W3 0.51592356 81
Minnesota 8.5 84 W1 0.46835443 74
Detroit 8.5 84 L1 0.46835443 74
Kansas City 15 90 L5 0.42675158 67
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