Detroit at Kansas City — MLB August 23, 2026

7 – 11

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	7	10	0
KC	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	2		11	12	1

Decisions

Win J. Schreiber KC

0.2 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.80 ERA

Loss A. Sears DET

4.0 IP · 6 H · 5 ER · 3 K · 11.25 ERA

Recap

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Highlights

TIGERS vs. ROYALS: Official Full Game Highlights (August 23) | 2026 MLB Season

Tigers vs. Royals full game highlights from 8/23/26

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	DET	KC
Top 1st Kevin McGonigle doubles (23) on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Gleyber Torres scores.	1	0
Bottom 2nd Kyle Isbel singles on a fly ball to left fielder Javier Báez. Salvador Perez scores. John Rave scores. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd.	1	2
Bottom 2nd Nick Loftin homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field. Tyler Tolbert scores. Kyle Isbel scores.	1	5
Top 5th Gleyber Torres grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Max Clark scores. Javier Báez to 3rd.	2	5
Top 5th Hao-Yu Lee singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Javier Báez scores.	3	5
Top 5th Kevin McGonigle homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. Hao-Yu Lee scores.	5	5
Bottom 5th Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Max Clark. Nick Loftin scores.	5	6
Bottom 5th Salvador Perez doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Javier Báez. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.	5	7
Bottom 5th John Rave homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Salvador Perez scores.	5	9
Top 6th Max Clark grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to third baseman Nick Loftin. Spencer Torkelson scores. Brett Callahan out at 3rd. Ben Malgeri to 2nd. Max Clark to 1st.	6	9
Top 7th Ben Malgeri walks. Hao-Yu Lee scores. Kevin McGonigle to 3rd. Eduardo Valencia to 2nd.	7	9
Bottom 8th Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Max Clark, deflected by second baseman Gleyber Torres. John Rave scores.	7	10
Bottom 8th Nick Loftin singles on a line drive to left fielder Ben Malgeri. Kyle Isbel scores. Nick Loftin to 2nd.	7	11

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	DET	-114	-108
money	KC	+104	+100
spread	DET	-1 (+112)	-1 (+119)
spread	KC	+1 (-129)	+1 (-134)
totals	DET	O 8½ (-115)	O 8½ (+100)
totals	KC	U 8½ (+100)	U 8½ (-112)

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Box score

Detroit

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
G. Torres 2B	5	1	1	1	0	0	.261
H. Lee 3B	5	2	2	1	0	0	.281
K. McGonigle SS	4	1	2	3	1	1	.283
E. Valencia C	5	0	1	0	0	1	.333
S. Torkelson 1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.221
C. Keith PH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.268
C. Julks DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333
B. Callahan PH-DH	1	0	0	0	1	1	.278
B. Malgeri RF-LF	4	0	0	1	1	2	.234
M. Clark CF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.253
J. Báez LF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.259
Z. McKinstry PH-RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.224
Totals		7	10		5	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Waguespack	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	30
T. Madden	1.2	3	3	3	1	3	33
A. Sears L	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	74
K. Finnegan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	24

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
N. Loftin 3B	4	2	3	4	1	0	.238
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	0	1	0	1	2	.287
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.245
S. Perez DH	4	2	2	1	0	2	.222
I. Collins LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.228
J. Rave RF	3	3	2	2	1	0	.215
T. Tolbert 2B	3	1	0	0	0	1	.286
L. Maile C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.179
C. Jensen PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.219
K. Isbel CF	4	2	2	3	0	0	.241
Totals		11	12		4	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
D. Lynch IV	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	59
M. Black	0.2	3	4	3	1	0	25
C. Thomas	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	9
J. Schreiber W	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	14
J. Cuas	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	26
N. Pearson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16
S. Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	17