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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2026-04-14 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 16655 · 77°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Out To LF · 2:18

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Carter Jensen grounds into a force out, first baseman Spencer Torkelson to shortstop Javier Báez. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Starling Marte to 3rd. Jonathan India out at 2nd. Carter Jensen to 1st. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 8th — Dillon Dingler doubles (2) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Lane Thomas. Kevin McGonigle scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Dillon Dingler doubles (2) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Lane Thomas. Kevin McGonigle scores — worth 31% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lane Thomas LF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Salvador Perez C	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	1	0	0	0	1
Starling Marte RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jonathan India 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Carter Jensen DH	3	0	0	1	0	0
Tyler Tolbert LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Collins LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gleyber Torres DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Vierling CF	2	0	1	0	1	0
Colt Keith 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin McGonigle SS	2	1	0	0	2	0
Dillon Dingler C	4	0	2	1	0	0
Wenceel Perez RF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Riley Greene LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	1	0	0	0	2	1
Javier Baez CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Zach McKinstry 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0