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Final — 2026-04-15

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

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 2-1. Seth Lugo led the way with 6.2 IP, 7 K, 1 ER. Kyle Finnegan earned the win and E. Morgan took the loss. Kenley Jansen recorded the save.

	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. (0-1)

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

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

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Garcia	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.271	.342	.429	.771
Witt	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.346	.299	.645
Pasquantino	1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.152	.247	.197	.444
Perez	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.149	.208	.269	.477
Jensen	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.204	.245	.469	.714
Massey	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.250	.481
Caglianone	RF	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	.275	.362	.392	.754
Thomas	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.306	.200	.506
Isbel	CF	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.317	.391	.488	.879
India	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.327	.310	.637
Marte	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.316	.527
Tolbert	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

DET — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
McGonigle	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.313	.421	.484	.905
Torres	2B	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.351	.297	.648
Keith	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.310	.344	.431	.775
Greene	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.227	.320	.333	.653
Torkelson	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.369	.235	.604
Carpenter	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.196	.300	.392	.692
McKinstry	3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.209	.261	.326	.587
Baez	SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.295	.319	.455	.774
Rogers	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.071	.125	.143	.268
Perez	RF	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.091	.167	.364	.531
Vierling	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.200	.348	.548

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lugo	6.2	5	1	1	0	7	0	92-61	1.48	1.42
Lynch	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	1.35	0.96
Morgan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	20-12	1.50	1.79	L, 0-1

DET — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Flaherty	6.0	2	1	1	3	7	97-53	4.05	1.45
Hurter	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		3.00	1.07
Holton	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	14-9	0.00	1.38
Finnegan	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	16-12	0.00	1.50	W, 1-0
Jansen	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	20-15	1.93	1.20	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

Scoring Plays

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