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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2026-07-25 · Day game · Comerica Park · Att: 32867 · 78°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, R To L · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Michael Massey out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Zach McKinstry. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 4th — Hao-Yu Lee homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 9th — Nick Loftin homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Nick Loftin homers (5) on a fly ball to left field — worth 38% 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	1	0	1	3	7
DET	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	0	2	0	1
Lane Thomas CF	4	0	0	0	2
Jac Caglianone RF	4	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez DH	4	1	1	1	0
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	1	3	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	3	1	1	1	2
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	0	1	0
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	0	0	0
Tyler Tolbert SS	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Velazquez SS	2	0	0	0	0
Starling Marte PH	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

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