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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2026-04-15 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 19609 · 70°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, R To L · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 3rd — Tigers challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Jake Rogers out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Javier Báez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Wenceel Pérez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

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