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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

2026-05-09 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 26724 · 82°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, L To R · 2:04

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 5–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Bobby Witt Jr. hits an inside-the-park home run (5) on a line drive down the right-field line. Maikel Garcia scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Michael Massey homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Carter Jensen scores. Jac Caglianone scores — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin McGonigle SS	3	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Vierling CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hao-Yu Lee 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colt Keith 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2
Riley Greene LF	3	0	1	1	1	1
Dillon Dingler DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kerry Carpenter RF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wenceel Perez RF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2
Zach McKinstry 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jake Rogers C	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

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