Kansas City Royals Box Score, Sunday, August 23, 2026

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Kansas City Royals Box Scores · 8/23/2026

Royals (57-74, W7, 8-2 L10)

American Central

Pct

Diff

Home

Away

L10

Strk

White Sox

.519

—

+42

38-26

29-36

5-5

Guardians

.492

3.5

-14

31-34

33-32

6-4

Twins

.485

4.5

-47

35-31

28-36

4-6

Tigers

.473

+77

32-31

29-37

2-8

Royals

.435

-95

35-30

22-44

8-2

Kansas City Royals 11,

Detroit Tigers 7

Line Score

Tigers

Royals

W: Schreiber · L: Sears, A

Tigers

RBI

OPS

Avg

Torres 2b

.752

.261

Lee 3b

.760

.281

McGonigle ss

.815

.283

Valencia c

1.050

.333

Torkelson 1b

.720

.221

Keith 1b

.745

.268

Julks dh

.833

.333

Callahan dh

.961

.278

Malgeri lf

.765

.234

Clark cf

.694

.253

Báez, J lf

.651

.259

McKinstry rf

.637

.224

Totals

2B: McGonigle (23, Lynch IV); Báez, J (9, Black); Lee (12, Cuas). HR: McGonigle (14, 5th inning off Black, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Báez, J 2; Clark; Julks; Lee 3; McGonigle 6; McKinstry; Torres; Valencia. RBI: Clark (10); Lee (32); Malgeri (11); McGonigle 3 (56); Torres (35). GIDP: Báez, J. SB: Malgeri (1, 3rd base off Schreiber/Maile); Clark (1, 2nd base off Schreiber/Maile).

Royals

RBI

OPS

Avg

Loftin 3b

.719

.238

Witt Jr. ss

.822

.287

Pasquantino 1b

.708

.245

Perez, S dh

.643

.222

Collins lf

.674

.228

Rave rf

.744

.215

Tolbert 2b

.775

.286

Maile c

.528

.179

Jensen c

.703

.219

Isbel cf

.658

.241

Totals

2B: Pasquantino (15, Sears, A); Perez, S (19, Sears, A). HR: Loftin (6, 2nd inning off Madden, 2 on, 2 out); Rave (3, 5th inning off Sears, A, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Collins; Isbel 2; Loftin 6; Pasquantino 2; Perez, S 3; Rave 5; Witt Jr. RBI: Isbel 3 (23); Loftin 4 (40); Pasquantino (38); Perez, S (58); Rave 2 (7). SB: Perez, S (1, 2nd base off Waguespack/Valencia); Witt Jr. (35, 2nd base off Madden/Valencia); Rave 2 (4, 2nd base off Finnegan/Valencia, 3rd base off Finnegan/Valencia); Isbel (6, 2nd base off Finnegan/Valencia). CS: Witt Jr. (7, home by Madden/Valencia). E: Loftin (8, fielding). DP: (Witt Jr.-Tolbert-Pasquantino).

Tigers

ERA

Waguespack p

1.1

2.48

Madden p

1.2

3.46

Sears, A p (L, 0-1)

4.0

11.25

Finnegan p

1.0

3.38

ST-PC: Waguespack (14-30), Madden (20-33), Sears, A (45-74), Finnegan (13-24).

Royals

ERA

Lynch IV p

4.1

2.93

Black p

0.2

4.60

Thomas p

0.1

14.46

Schreiber p (W, 1-3)

0.2

3.80

Cuas p (H, 3)

1.0

2.08

Pearson p (H, 3)

1.0

2.48

Cruz p

1.0

4.17

ST-PC: Lynch IV (38-59), Black (16-25), Thomas (7-9), Schreiber (9-14), Cuas (14-26), Pearson (10-16), Cruz (10-17).

Scoring Plays

1st

1–0

McGonigle doubled to center, Torres scored.

2nd

1–2

Isbel singled to left, Perez scored and Rave scored, Tolbert to second.

2nd

1–5

Loftin homered to left center (379 feet), Tolbert scored and Isbel scored.

5th

2–5

Torres grounded out to shortstop, Clark scored, Báez to third.

5th

3–5

Lee singled to center, Báez scored.

5th

5–5

McGonigle homered to right center (392 feet), Lee scored.

5th

5–6

Pasquantino doubled to center, Loftin scored.

5th

5–7

Perez doubled to left, Pasquantino scored.

5th

5–9

Rave homered to right (407 feet), Perez scored.

6th

6–9

Clark grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Torkelson scored, Malgeri to second, Callahan out at third.

7th

7–9

Malgeri walked, Lee scored, Valencia to second, McGonigle to third.

8th

7–10

Isbel singled to center, Rave scored.

8th

7–11

Loftin singled to left, Isbel scored, Loftin to second.

WP: Madden. HBP: Callahan (by Thomas); Tolbert (by Madden).

Umpires: HP: Tom Hanahan. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Manny Gonzalez. Weather: 79 degrees, Cloudy. T: 2:53. Att: 21,269. Kauffman Stadium.

Kansas City Royals Team Statistics

Hitters

RBI

AVG

OPS

#13 Salvador Perez dh

122

468

104

.222

.643

#7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss

113

442

127

.287

.822

#14 Jac Caglianone rf

121

434

120

122

.276

.819

#22 Carter Jensen c

122

425

139

.219

.703

#1 Isaac Collins lf

118

369

.228

.674

#19 Michael Massey 2b

109

338

.275

.751

#9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b

319

.245

.708

#11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL)

283

.269

.709

#12 Nick Loftin 3b

282

.238

.719

#28 Kyle Isbel cf

216

.241

.658

#2 Tyler Tolbert ss

105

.286

.775

#40 Josh Rojas 3b (IL)

.224

.556

#16 John Rave rf

.215

.744

#6 Jonathan India 2b (IL)

.167

.623

#18 Luke Maile c

.179

.528

Pitchers

ERA

WHIP

#52 Michael Wacha

162.2

141

126

3.49

1.13

#67 Seth Lugo

145.1

155

111

4.71

1.38

#65 Noah Cameron

143.1

128

4.02

1.21

#58 Luinder Avila (IL)

70.0

5.53

1.61

#41 Daniel Lynch IV

58.1

2.93

1.03

#32 Stephen Kolek (IL)

54.0

4.50

1.24

#56 Alex Lange

50.2

5.86

1.48

#64 Steven Cruz

49.2

4.17

1.21

#46 John Schreiber

47.1

3.80

1.33

#62 Randy Dobnak

45.2

1.58

1.40

#60 Lucas Erceg (IL)

43.1

6.23

1.89

#26 Craig Kimbrel

39.0

4.15

1.23

#55 Cole Ragans (IL)

35.1

4.84

1.42

#61 Nate Pearson

32.2

2.48

1.19

#47 Mason Black

29.1

4.60

1.70

#43 Connor Seabold (IL)

24.0

5.25

1.71

#44 Beck Way (IL)

23.1

3.86

1.59

#31 Nick Mears (IL)

19.1

5.12

1.50

#74 Jose Cuas

13.0

2.08

1.69

#50 Connor Thomas

9.1

14.46

2.46

#54 Mitch Spence (IL)

9.1

21.21

3.00

#51 Easton McGee (IL)

7.1

8.59

2.18

Nolan Hoffman (IL)

4.2

3.86

1.93

#45 Carlos Duran (IL)

1.1

13.50

3.75

Luke Little (IL)

1.0

9.00

2.00

#53 Carlos Estévez (IL)

0.1

162.00

18.00

Kansas City Royals Advanced Stats

Hitters

AVG

OBP

SLG

ISO

BB%

#13 Salvador Perez dh

508

.222

.267

.376

.154

19.5%

3.7%

#7 Bobby Witt Jr. ss

499

.287

.363

.459

.172

17.6%

10.4%

#14 Jac Caglianone rf

469

.276

.328

.491

.215

26.0%

6.2%

#22 Carter Jensen c

482

.219

.301

.402

.183

28.8%

10.4%

#1 Isaac Collins lf

430

.228

.327

.347

.119

22.3%

11.6%

#19 Michael Massey 2b

363

.275

.307

.444

.169

17.1%

5.0%

#9 Vinnie Pasquantino 1b

365

.245

.329

.379

.134

16.4%

11.0%

#11 Maikel Garcia 3b (IL)

309

.269

.324

.385

.116

15.2%

7.8%

#12 Nick Loftin 3b

332

.238

.332

.387

.149

15.4%

10.8%

#28 Kyle Isbel cf

239

.241

.288

.370

.129

21.8%

5.0%

#2 Tyler Tolbert ss

122

.286

.356

.419

.133

18.0%

9.0%

#40 Josh Rojas 3b (IL)

.224

.253

.303

.079

16.3%

3.8%

#16 John Rave rf

.215

.282

.462

.247

21.9%

8.2%

#6 Jonathan India 2b (IL)

.167

.310

.313

.146

22.4%

13.8%

#18 Luke Maile c

.179

.207

.321

.142

37.9%

3.4%

Pitchers

K/9

BB/9

K/BB

HR/9

WHIP

#52 Michael Wacha

162.2

6.97

2.32

3.00

1.22

1.13

#67 Seth Lugo

145.1

6.87

2.85

2.41

0.99

1.38

#65 Noah Cameron

143.1

8.04

2.89

2.78

0.88

1.21

#58 Luinder Avila (IL)

70.0

7.84

5.40

1.45

0.90

1.61

#41 Daniel Lynch IV

58.1

6.63

2.62

2.53

0.62

1.03

#32 Stephen Kolek (IL)

54.0

5.67

2.00

2.83

1.33

1.24

#56 Alex Lange

50.2

9.41

4.62

2.04

1.07

1.48

#64 Steven Cruz

49.2

9.79

3.44

2.84

2.17

1.21

#46 John Schreiber

47.1

6.65

4.18

1.59

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

39.0

8.08

4.15

1.94

0.92

1.23

#55 Cole Ragans (IL)

35.1

11.46

5.86

1.96

2.55

1.42

#61 Nate Pearson

32.2

7.44

4.68

1.59

0.28

1.19

#47 Mason Black

29.1

5.83

6.14

0.95

1.84

1.70

#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

13.0

9.69

5.54

1.75

0.00

1.69

#50 Connor Thomas

9.1

6.75

5.79

1.17

3.86

2.46

#54 Mitch Spence (IL)

9.1

5.79

8.68

0.67

2.89

3.00

#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 (IL)

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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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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