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KC 3 — 4 DET

Final — 2026-07-23

MVP: Randy Dobnak 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4-3. Randy Dobnak led the way with 5.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER. Drew Anderson earned the win and Steven Cruz took the loss. Kyle Finnegan recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	9	1
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	x	4	10	0

WP Drew Anderson (4-4, B, 5)

LP Steven Cruz (2-3)

SV Kyle Finnegan (2)

Scoring Plays

Top 6: Collins homered to right (390 feet), Massey scored. (2-0)

Bot 7: Outman homered to right center (364 feet), Dingler scored and Carpenter scored. (2-3)

Top 8: Rojas singled to center, Tolbert scored. (3-3)

Bot 8: Dingler doubled to left, Lee scored. (3-4)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.240	.310	.433	.743
Thomas	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.334	.403	.737
Pasquantino	1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.320	.348	.668
Perez	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.209	.257	.359	.616
Massey	2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.274	.311	.429	.740
Collins	LF	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	.245	.346	.372	.718
Rojas	3B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.265	.280	.388	.668
Loftin	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.330	.394	.724
Velazquez	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Tolbert	RF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.328	.364	.443	.807

DET — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
McGonigle	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.388	.422	.810
Torres	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.280	.394	.387	.781
Keith	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.295	.392	.687
Greene	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.374	.469	.843
Dingler	C	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	.274	.339	.537	.876
Carpenter	RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.278	.420	.698
Torkelson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.206	.301	.421	.722
McKinstry	LF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.274	.298	.572
Outman	CF	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	.159	.218	.297	.515
Lee	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.294	.402	.696
Vierling	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.260	.331	.591

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Dobnak	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	76-50	1.42	1.37
Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17-9	6.88	1.44
Schreiber	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	20-11	3.89	1.35
Cruz	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	29-21	4.75	1.28	L, 2-3

DET — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Melton	5.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	90-61	1.95	0.95
Holton	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	26-18	2.93	1.30
Waguespack	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	1.23	0.82
Anderson	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	18-13	4.25	1.33	W, 4-4, B, 5
Sommers	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11-5	4.38	1.70
Finnegan	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	2.36	1.42	S, 2

Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan (35,548)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Chris Segal, First Base Umpire: Laz Diaz, Second Base Umpire: Erich Bacchus, Third Base Umpire: Brian O'Nora

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