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| Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/21/2026Royals Box Scores · 8/21/26Royals (55-74, W5, 6-4 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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Kansas City Royals Team Statistics | Hitters | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OPS | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 119 | 457 | 43 | 100 | 16 | 56 | 19 | 97 | 0 | .219 | .633 | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 110 | 430 | 71 | 123 | 16 | 48 | 51 | 84 | 33 | .286 | .825 | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 119 | 426 | 58 | 119 | 22 | 60 | 29 | 118 | 6 | .279 | .827 | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 119 | 416 | 56 | 92 | 16 | 56 | 49 | 137 | 1 | .221 | .704 | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 116 | 362 | 41 | 82 | 6 | 38 | 49 | 94 | 6 | .227 | .674 | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 107 | 331 | 45 | 92 | 11 | 43 | 18 | 62 | 2 | .278 | .758 | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 83 | 308 | 37 | 75 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 60 | 4 | .244 | .696 | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b | 73 | 283 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 47 | 5 | .269 | .709 | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 90 | 273 | 33 | 63 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 50 | 2 | .231 | .697 | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 70 | 205 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 51 | 5 | .229 | .611 | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 59 | 99 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 18 | .303 | .813 | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b (IL) | 30 | 76 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .224 | .556 | | #16 John Rave rf | 27 | 62 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .194 | .657 | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 17 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .623 | | #18 Luke Maile c | 9 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .200 | .591 |
| Pitchers | G | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 25 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 155.2 | 138 | 62 | 41 | 120 | 3.58 | 1.15 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 26 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 145.1 | 155 | 76 | 46 | 111 | 4.71 | 1.38 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 24 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 138.1 | 126 | 64 | 43 | 126 | 4.16 | 1.22 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 5.53 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 49 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 54.0 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 41 | 2.83 | 1.02 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 27 | 12 | 34 | 4.50 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 48 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 49.2 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 53 | 5.98 | 1.51 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 45 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47.1 | 39 | 23 | 18 | 51 | 4.37 | 1.20 | | #46 John Schreiber | 51 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 46.0 | 40 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 3.52 | 1.33 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.2 | 44 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 1.58 | 1.40 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 47 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 43.1 | 53 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 6.23 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 33 | 4.26 | 1.24 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 4.84 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30.2 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 2.64 | 1.17 | | #47 Mason Black | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 3.77 | 1.60 | | #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 5.25 | 1.71 | | #44 Beck Way (IL) | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 3.86 | 1.59 | | #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 5.12 | 1.50 | | #74 Jose Cuas (IL) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1.64 | 1.45 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 21.21 | 3.00 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 15.00 | 2.56 | | #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8.59 | 2.18 | | Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.93 | | #45 Carlos Duran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.75 | | Luke Little (IL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.00 | | #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 162.00 | 18.00 |
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Kansas City Royals Advanced Stats | Hitters | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | K% | BB% | | #13 Salvador Perez dh | 497 | .219 | .265 | .368 | .149 | 19.5% | 3.8% | | #7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss | 486 | .286 | .362 | .463 | .177 | 17.3% | 10.5% | | #14 Jac Caglianone rf | 461 | .279 | .332 | .495 | .216 | 25.6% | 6.3% | | #22 Carter Jensen c | 472 | .221 | .303 | .401 | .180 | 29.0% | 10.4% | | #1 Isaac Collins lf | 422 | .227 | .326 | .348 | .121 | 22.3% | 11.6% | | #19 Michael Massey 2b | 356 | .278 | .311 | .447 | .169 | 17.4% | 5.1% | | #9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b | 353 | .244 | .329 | .367 | .123 | 17.0% | 11.0% | | #11 Maikel Garcia 3b | 309 | .269 | .324 | .385 | .116 | 15.2% | 7.8% | | #12 Nick Loftin 3b | 320 | .231 | .323 | .374 | .143 | 15.6% | 10.3% | | #28 Kyle Isbel cf | 228 | .229 | .279 | .332 | .103 | 22.4% | 5.3% | | #2 Tyler Tolbert ss | 115 | .303 | .369 | .444 | .141 | 16.5% | 9.6% | | #40 Josh Rojas 3b (IL) | 80 | .224 | .253 | .303 | .079 | 16.3% | 3.8% | | #16 John Rave rf | 69 | .194 | .254 | .403 | .209 | 23.2% | 7.2% | | #6 Jonathan India 2b (IL) | 58 | .167 | .310 | .313 | .146 | 22.4% | 13.8% | | #18 Luke Maile c | 26 | .200 | .231 | .360 | .160 | 38.5% | 3.8% |
| Pitchers | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | WHIP | | #52 Michael Wacha | 155.2 | 6.94 | 2.37 | 2.93 | 1.21 | 1.15 | | #67 Seth Lugo | 145.1 | 6.87 | 2.85 | 2.41 | 0.99 | 1.38 | | #65 Noah Cameron | 138.1 | 8.20 | 2.80 | 2.93 | 0.91 | 1.22 | | #58 Luinder Avila (IL) | 70.0 | 7.84 | 5.40 | 1.45 | 0.90 | 1.61 | | #41 Daniel Lynch IV | 54.0 | 6.83 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 0.67 | 1.02 | | #32 Stephen Kolek (IL) | 54.0 | 5.67 | 2.00 | 2.83 | 1.33 | 1.24 | | #56 Alex Lange | 49.2 | 9.60 | 4.71 | 2.04 | 1.09 | 1.51 | | #64 Steven Cruz | 47.1 | 9.70 | 3.42 | 2.83 | 2.28 | 1.20 | | #46 John Schreiber | 46.0 | 6.46 | 4.11 | 1.57 | 1.37 | 1.33 | | #62 Randy Dobnak | 45.2 | 5.72 | 3.94 | 1.45 | 0.39 | 1.40 | | #60 Lucas Erceg (IL) | 43.1 | 6.44 | 6.02 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.89 | | #26 Craig Kimbrel | 38.0 | 7.82 | 4.03 | 1.94 | 0.95 | 1.24 | | #55 Cole Ragans (IL) | 35.1 | 11.46 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 1.42 | | #61 Nate Pearson | 30.2 | 7.34 | 4.70 | 1.56 | 0.29 | 1.17 | | #47 Mason Black | 28.2 | 5.97 | 5.97 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 1.60 | | #43 Connor Seabold (IL) | 24.0 | 7.50 | 4.13 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 1.71 | | #44 Beck Way (IL) | 23.1 | 8.10 | 3.86 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 1.59 | | #31 Nick Mears (IL) | 19.1 | 6.98 | 5.12 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 1.50 | | #74 Jose Cuas (IL) | 11.0 | 10.64 | 3.27 | 3.25 | 0.00 | 1.45 | | #54 Mitch Spence (IL) | 9.1 | 5.79 | 8.68 | 0.67 | 2.89 | 3.00 | | #50 Connor Thomas | 9.0 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 1.17 | 4.00 | 2.56 | | #51 Easton McGee (IL) | 7.1 | 8.59 | 4.91 | 1.75 | 2.45 | 2.18 | | Nolan Hoffman (IL) | 4.2 | 3.86 | 5.79 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.93 | | #45 Carlos Duran | 1.1 | 6.75 | 20.25 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.75 | | Luke Little (IL) | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | - | 9.00 | 2.00 | | #53 Carlos Estévez (IL) | 0.1 | 0.00 | 54.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 18.00 |
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Upcoming Games | Thu, Aug 27 | at |  Toronto Blue Jays | 7:07 PM ET | | Fri, Aug 28 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 7:10 PM ET | | Sat, Aug 29 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 4:10 PM ET | | Sun, Aug 30 | at | Cleveland Guardians | 1:40 PM ET | | Tue, Sep 1 | vs |  Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET | | Wed, Sep 2 | vs | Miami Marlins | 7:40 PM ET |
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Transactions Selected Kansas City Royals selected the contract of LHP Anthony Gose from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled 3B Josh Rojas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 2B Michael Massey on the 7-day injured list retroactive to August 26, 2026. Concussion. Optioned Kansas City Royals optioned RHP Mason Black to Omaha Storm Chasers. | Assigned Kansas City Royals sent RHP Tony Gonsolin on a rehab assignment to Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled LF Matthew Lugo from Omaha Storm Chasers. Recalled Kansas City Royals recalled RHP Jose Cuas from Omaha Storm Chasers. Status Change Kansas City Royals placed 3B Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list. Left hamstring strain. |
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