Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

DET 3 — KC 4

Final — 2026-05-08

Game MVP: Keider Montero — 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER

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

WP Lucas Erceg (3-1)

LP Brant Hurter (4-1)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Torkelson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Greene scored, Pérez out at second. (0-1)

Bot 2: Collins singled to right, Caglianone scored. (1-1)

Top 6: Pérez doubled to center, Dingler scored. (1-2)

Top 6: Torkelson doubled to left, Pérez scored. (1-3)

Bot 8: Isbel singled to right, Massey scored on error, Isbel safe at second on fielding error by right fielder Pérez, Isbel safe at third on error. (2-3)

Bot 8: Garcia singled to center, Isbel scored. (3-3)

Bot 9: Isbel singled to left, Loftin scored. (4-3)

Detroit Tigers — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Matt Vierling	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.287	.393
Kevin McGonigle	3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.293	.393	.443
Jahmai Jones	DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.250	.378
Dillon Dingler	C	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.305	.453
Riley Greene	LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	.309	.404	.475
Wenceel Perez	CF	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	.174	.230	.290
Spencer Torkelson	1B	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.208	.331	.408
Hao-Yu Lee	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.163	.217	.279
Z. Short	SS	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.000	.286	.000
Zach McKinstry	2B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.196	.268	.314
Colt Keith	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.363	.387
Kerry Carpenter	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.293	.446

Kansas City Royals — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia	3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.269	.333	.414
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.299	.371	.461
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.190	.277	.358
Salvador Perez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.195	.238	.329
Carter Jensen	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.217	.305	.391
Jac Caglianone	RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.243	.320	.417
Isaac Collins	LF	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	.250	.363	.375
Michael Massey	2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.229	.253	.414
Kyle Isbel	CF	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	.283	.347	.424
Lane Thomas	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.376	.284
E. Diaz	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.643
Nick Loftin	PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.282	.383	.410

Detroit Tigers — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Keider Montero	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	71-44	3.18
Tyler Holton	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	4.60
Kyle Finnegan	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	12-8	1.53
Brant Hurter	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	30-19	1.77	L, 4-1

Kansas City Royals — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Kris Bubic	5.2	4	3	3	4	5	96-59	3.50
Nick Mears	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	7-6	1.93
Luinder Avila	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	18-12	6.75
John Schreiber	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-10	3.60
Lucas Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	14-7	3.31	W, 3-1

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (29,374)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Dexter Kelley, First Base Umpire: Gabe Morales, Second Base Umpire: Emil Jimenez, Third Base Umpire: Mike Muchlinski

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