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| Detroit Tigers Box Scores · 8/21/2026Tigers Box Scores · 8/21/26Tigers (61-66, L2, 4-6 L10) |
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| American Central | W | L | Pct | GB | Diff | Home | Away | L10 | Strk |
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 White Sox | 66 | 61 | .520 | — | +45 | 37-25 | 29-36 | 5-5 | L1 |  Twins | 63 | 65 | .492 | 3.5 | -41 | 35-31 | 28-34 | 5-5 | W3 |  Guardians | 62 | 66 | .484 | 4.5 | -23 | 31-34 | 31-32 | 4-6 | W1 |  Tigers | 61 | 66 | .480 | 5 | +82 | 32-31 | 29-35 | 4-6 | L2 |  Royals | 55 | 74 | .426 | 12 | -100 | 33-30 | 22-44 | 6-4 | W5 |
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Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 2 |
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| Line Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | | Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 0 |
W: Cameron · L: Melton · Sv: Pearson |
| Tigers | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Torres 2b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .768 | .266 |  Lee 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .742 | .277 |  McKinstry rf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .638 | .224 |  McGonigle 3b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .810 | .284 |  Dingler c | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .801 | .252 |  Valencia dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.103 | .344 |  Keith dh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .754 | .272 |  Torkelson 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .224 |  Malgeri rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .803 | .250 |  Callahan lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 |  Clark cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .713 | .260 |  Báez, J ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .639 | .255 | | Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | | |
2B: McKinstry (15, Schreiber); Keith (16, Cruz); Báez, J (8, Pearson). TB: Báez, J 2; Keith 2; Lee; McGonigle 2; McKinstry 2. RBI: McGonigle (53); McKinstry (26). E: McGonigle (14, fielding). DP: (McGonigle-Torres-Torkelson). |
| Royals | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | Avg |
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 Jensen c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .711 | .221 |  Witt Jr. ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .826 | .288 |  Caglianone rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .820 | .277 |  Perez, S dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .632 | .219 |  Pasquantino 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .712 | .247 |  Loftin 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .692 | .228 |  Massey 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .758 | .278 |  Collins lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .676 | .227 |  Isbel cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .637 | .234 | | Totals | 34 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | |
2B: Pasquantino (14, Melton); Massey (22, Madden); Isbel (8, Madden). HR: Isbel (5, 5th inning off Melton, 0 on, 0 out); Pasquantino (8, 6th inning off Melton, 0 on, 0 out); Jensen (17, 7th inning off Holton, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Collins; Isbel 6; Jensen 4; Massey 2; Pasquantino 6; Perez, S; Witt Jr. 2. RBI: Isbel 2 (19); Jensen (57); Pasquantino (37). GIDP: Perez, S. |
| Tigers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Melton p (L, 7-2) | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 1.60 |  De Jesus p | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.83 |  Holton p | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.17 |  Madden p | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.89 |
ST-PC: Melton (58-94), De Jesus (2-2), Holton (12-16), Madden (8-14). |
| Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | BF | ERA |
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 Cameron p (W, 8-8) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4.02 |  Cuas p (H, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.50 |  Schreiber p (H, 13) | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.86 |  Cruz p (H, 5) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.25 |  Pearson p (S, 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.56 |
ST-PC: Cameron (50-85), Cuas (11-21), Schreiber (8-15), Cruz (12-20), Pearson (11-21). |
Scoring Plays | 4th | 0–1 | Pasquantino scored on error, Massey safe at first on fielding error by shortstop McGonigle. | | 5th | 0–2 | Isbel homered to right center (387 feet). | | 6th | 0–3 | Pasquantino homered to right (420 feet). | | 7th | 1–3 | McKinstry doubled to center, Clark scored. | | 7th | 2–3 | McGonigle singled to right, McKinstry scored. | | 7th | 2–4 | Jensen homered to center (443 feet). | | 8th | 2–5 | Isbel doubled to left, Massey scored. |
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Umpires: HP: Scott Barry. 1B: Manny Gonzalez. 2B: Tom Hanahan. 3B: Ron Kulpa. Weather: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy. T: 2:33. Att: 29,535. Kauffman Stadium. |
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Detroit Tigers Team Statistics | Hitters | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OPS | | #7 Kevin McGonigle ss | 129 | 496 | 84 | 138 | 14 | 56 | 79 | 80 | 12 | .278 | .802 | | #13 Dillon Dingler c | 123 | 469 | 65 | 119 | 26 | 82 | 31 | 115 | 0 | .254 | .799 | | #20 Spencer Torkelson 1b | 132 | 449 | 54 | 100 | 20 | 63 | 57 | 162 | 0 | .223 | .723 |  #31 Riley Greene lf (IL) | 117 | 422 | 65 | 115 | 16 | 54 | 61 | 133 | 3 | .273 | .816 | | #33 Colt Keith 3b | 122 | 345 | 46 | 91 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 71 | 5 | .264 | .735 | | #39 Zach McKinstry rf | 108 | 324 | 35 | 70 | 4 | 26 | 37 | 58 | 1 | .216 | .617 | | #25 Gleyber Torres 2b | 75 | 283 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 35 | 45 | 61 | 0 | .258 | .741 |  #8 Matt Vierling cf (IL) | 92 | 266 | 24 | 55 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 49 | 4 | .207 | .590 | | #50 Hao-Yu Lee 2b | 88 | 232 | 26 | 63 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 56 | 1 | .272 | .732 |  #30 Kerry Carpenter rf (IL) | 81 | 231 | 27 | 48 | 13 | 36 | 18 | 75 | 0 | .208 | .692 |  #46 Wenceel Pérez rf (IL) | 53 | 161 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 29 | 3 | .180 | .594 | | #28 Javier Báez ss | 43 | 149 | 22 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 29 | 1 | .262 | .664 | | #15 Max Clark cf | 24 | 88 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 1 | .239 | .681 | | #32 Eduardo Valencia dh | 24 | 70 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 0 | .329 | 1.018 | | #53 Ben Malgeri rf | 35 | 66 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 1 | .242 | .772 |  #22 Parker Meadows cf (IL) | 12 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .250 | .641 | | #34 Brett Callahan lf | 9 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .261 | .830 |  #44 Corey Julks lf | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .833 |  #17 Jace Jung 3b (IL) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .542 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |  #59 Framber Valdez | 26 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 144.2 | 148 | 70 | 56 | 111 | 4.35 | 1.41 |  #54 Keider Montero | 27 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 133.2 | 103 | 49 | 30 | 89 | 3.30 | 1.00 | | #52 Troy Melton | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 97.0 | 70 | 20 | 28 | 80 | 1.86 | 1.01 |  #9 Jack Flaherty (IL) | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 86.1 | 80 | 44 | 42 | 102 | 4.59 | 1.41 |  #38 Drew Anderson | 44 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 81.1 | 75 | 37 | 30 | 91 | 4.09 | 1.29 | | #87 Tyler Holton | 57 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 61.2 | 64 | 21 | 14 | 49 | 3.06 | 1.26 |  #67 Kyle Finnegan | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54.1 | 53 | 20 | 32 | 41 | 3.31 | 1.56 |  #55 Tyler Kinley | 50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 43.2 | 35 | 19 | 20 | 42 | 3.92 | 1.26 | | #37 Enmanuel De Jesus (IL) | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42.1 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 39 | 3.83 | 1.25 | | #36 Ty Madden (IL) | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 3.46 | 1.08 |  #74 Kenley Jansen | 39 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 35.1 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 4.08 | 1.19 |  #58 Jacob Waguespack | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 2.40 | 0.87 |  #51 Drew Sommers | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27.2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 2.93 | 1.19 |  #19 Will Vest (IL) | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 26.2 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 6.08 | 1.43 |  #48 Brant Hurter (IL) | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25.1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2.84 | 1.07 |  #75 Brenan Hanifee (IL) | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5.06 | 1.45 |  #21 Jackson Jobe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 3.93 | 1.42 |  #65 Burch Smith (IL) | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 3.18 | 1.47 |  #4 Beau Brieske (IL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6.75 | 1.39 |  #56 Tanner Rainey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.00 | 1.05 |  #64 Andrew Sears | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11.25 | 1.75 |  #35 Justin Verlander (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12.27 | 2.18 |  #62 Yilber Díaz (IL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37.80 | 6.00 |
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Detroit Tigers Advanced Stats | Hitters | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | K% | BB% | | #7 Kevin McGonigle ss | 581 | .278 | .379 | .423 | .145 | 13.8% | 13.6% | | #13 Dillon Dingler c | 520 | .254 | .319 | .480 | .226 | 22.1% | 6.0% | | #20 Spencer Torkelson 1b | 516 | .223 | .315 | .408 | .185 | 31.4% | 11.0% | | #31 Riley Greene lf (IL) | 492 | .273 | .366 | .450 | .177 | 27.0% | 12.4% | | #33 Colt Keith 3b | 378 | .264 | .323 | .412 | .148 | 18.8% | 7.4% | | #39 Zach McKinstry rf | 368 | .216 | .299 | .318 | .102 | 15.8% | 10.1% | | #25 Gleyber Torres 2b | 333 | .258 | .363 | .378 | .120 | 18.3% | 13.5% | | #8 Matt Vierling cf (IL) | 291 | .207 | .255 | .335 | .128 | 16.8% | 6.5% | | #50 Hao-Yu Lee 2b | 249 | .272 | .310 | .422 | .150 | 22.5% | 5.6% | | #30 Kerry Carpenter rf (IL) | 259 | .208 | .276 | .416 | .208 | 29.0% | 6.9% | | #46 Wenceel Pérez rf (IL) | 175 | .180 | .246 | .348 | .168 | 16.6% | 8.0% | | #28 Javier Báez ss | 156 | .262 | .288 | .376 | .114 | 18.6% | 2.6% | | #15 Max Clark cf | 95 | .239 | .295 | .386 | .147 | 20.0% | 6.3% | | #32 Eduardo Valencia dh | 72 | .329 | .347 | .671 | .342 | 29.2% | 1.4% | | #53 Ben Malgeri rf | 80 | .242 | .363 | .409 | .167 | 22.5% | 15.0% | | #22 Parker Meadows cf (IL) | 39 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .083 | 25.6% | 5.1% | | #34 Brett Callahan lf | 26 | .261 | .308 | .522 | .261 | 26.9% | 3.8% | | #44 Corey Julks lf | 6 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .167 | 16.7% | 0.0% | | #17 Jace Jung 3b (IL) | 8 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .000 | 12.5% | 25.0% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #59 Framber Valdez | 144.2 | 6.91 | 3.48 | 1.98 | 0.87 | 1.41 | | #54 Keider Montero | 133.2 | 5.99 | 2.02 | 2.97 | 0.94 | 1.00 | | #52 Troy Melton | 97.0 | 7.42 | 2.60 | 2.86 | 0.93 | 1.01 | | #9 Jack Flaherty (IL) | 86.1 | 10.63 | 4.38 | 2.43 | 1.15 | 1.41 | | #38 Drew Anderson | 81.1 | 10.07 | 3.32 | 3.03 | 1.44 | 1.29 | | #87 Tyler Holton | 61.2 | 7.15 | 2.04 | 3.50 | 1.17 | 1.26 | | #67 Kyle Finnegan | 54.1 | 6.79 | 5.30 | 1.28 | 1.33 | 1.56 | | #55 Tyler Kinley | 43.2 | 8.66 | 4.12 | 2.10 | 1.85 | 1.26 | | #37 Enmanuel De Jesus (IL) | 42.1 | 8.29 | 3.19 | 2.60 | 0.64 | 1.25 | | #36 Ty Madden (IL) | 39.0 | 9.23 | 3.00 | 3.08 | 0.92 | 1.08 | | #74 Kenley Jansen | 35.1 | 10.44 | 5.09 | 2.05 | 1.78 | 1.19 | | #58 Jacob Waguespack | 30.0 | 5.40 | 3.30 | 1.64 | 1.50 | 0.87 | | #51 Drew Sommers | 27.2 | 13.99 | 3.58 | 3.91 | 0.65 | 1.19 | | #19 Will Vest (IL) | 26.2 | 9.11 | 3.38 | 2.70 | 0.67 | 1.43 | | #48 Brant Hurter (IL) | 25.1 | 6.39 | 4.26 | 1.50 | 0.36 | 1.07 | | #75 Brenan Hanifee (IL) | 21.1 | 4.22 | 2.95 | 1.43 | 2.11 | 1.45 | | #21 Jackson Jobe | 18.1 | 7.36 | 3.93 | 1.88 | 0.98 | 1.42 | | #65 Burch Smith (IL) | 17.0 | 10.59 | 3.71 | 2.86 | 1.06 | 1.47 | | #4 Beau Brieske (IL) | 9.1 | 7.71 | 3.86 | 2.00 | 2.89 | 1.39 | | #56 Tanner Rainey | 6.2 | 8.10 | 8.10 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.05 | | #64 Andrew Sears | 4.0 | 6.75 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 1.75 | | #35 Justin Verlander (IL) | 3.2 | 2.45 | 4.91 | 0.50 | 2.45 | 2.18 | | #62 Yilber Díaz (IL) | 1.2 | 16.20 | 10.80 | 1.50 | 5.40 | 6.00 |
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Upcoming Games | Fri, Aug 28 | vs |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 6:40 PM ET | | Sat, Aug 29 | vs | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1:10 PM ET | | Sun, Aug 30 | vs | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1:40 PM ET | | Mon, Aug 31 | at | Minnesota Twins | 7:40 PM ET | | Tue, Sep 1 | at | Minnesota Twins | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 2 | at | Minnesota Twins | 7:40 PM ET |
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Transactions Optioned Detroit Tigers optioned RHP Ty Madden to Toledo Mud Hens. Status Change RHP Ricky Vanasco roster status changed by Detroit Tigers. Outrighted Detroit Tigers sent CF James Outman outright to Toledo Mud Hens. Signed as Free Agent Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Tyler Kinley. | Designated for Assignment Detroit Tigers designated RHP Ricky Vanasco for assignment. Optioned Detroit Tigers optioned RHP Ty Madden to Toledo Mud Hens. Designated for Assignment Detroit Tigers designated CF James Outman for assignment. Optioned Detroit Tigers optioned LHP Enmanuel De Jesus to Toledo Mud Hens. |
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