Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

KC 1 — DET 2

Final — 2026-04-15

Game MVP: Seth Lugo — 6.2 IP, 7 K, 1 ER

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

WP Kyle Finnegan (1-0)

LP E. Morgan (0-1)

SV Kenley Jansen (4)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Rogers hit sacrifice fly to right, Báez scored. (1-0)

Top 5: Isbel singled to right, Massey scored, Caglianone to third. (1-1)

Bot 8: Pérez homered to right (360 feet). (2-1)

Kansas City Royals — Batting

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Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.342	.429
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.254	.346	.299
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.152	.247	.197
Salvador Perez	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.149	.208	.269
Carter Jensen	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.204	.245	.469
Michael Massey	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.167	.231	.250
Jac Caglianone	RF	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.362	.392
Lane Thomas	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.306	.200
Kyle Isbel	CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.317	.391	.488
Jonathan India	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.327	.310
Starling Marte	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.316
Tyler Tolbert	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Detroit Tigers — Batting

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Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Kevin McGonigle	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.313	.421	.484
Gleyber Torres	2B	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.351	.297
Colt Keith	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.310	.344	.431
Riley Greene	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.227	.320	.333
Spencer Torkelson	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.369	.235
Kerry Carpenter	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.196	.300	.392
Zach McKinstry	3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209	.261	.326
Javier Baez	SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.319	.455
Jake Rogers	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.071	.125	.143
Wenceel Perez	RF	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.091	.167	.364
Matt Vierling	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.200	.348

Kansas City Royals — Pitching

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Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Seth Lugo	6.2	5	1	1	0	7	0	92-61	1.48
Daniel Lynch IV	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	1.35
E. Morgan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	20-12	1.50	L, 0-1

Detroit Tigers — Pitching

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Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Jack Flaherty	6.0	2	1	1	3	7	0	97-53	4.05
Brant Hurter	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.00
Tyler Holton	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	0.00
Kyle Finnegan	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16-12	0.00	W, 1-0
Kenley Jansen	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-15	1.93	S, 4

Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan (19,609)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Jansen Visconti, First Base Umpire: Andy Fletcher, Second Base Umpire: Derek Thomas, Third Base Umpire: Cory Blaser

Broadcast: RYTV | DSN