Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers76-86

15

Final

Kansas City Royals69-93

Saturday, May 9, 2026
7:10 PM EDT
MLB

Match odds

No pre-game prices were stored for this game.

Box score

DET	Team stats	KC
0.241	AVG	0.241
3.93	ERA	4.23
0.323	OBP	0.319
0.711	OPS	0.712
1	RBI	5
0.388	SLG	0.393
6	H	4
5	R	1
1.31	WHIP	1.35
32	AB	28
2	2B	2
0	3B	0
2	HR	0
5	ER	1
5	SO	9
2	BB	2
1	SB	0
0	CS	1
8	IP	9

Detroit Tigers · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Matt Vierling	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dillon Dingler	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Torkelson	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Jake Rogers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Zach McKinstry	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Riley Greene	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Kevin McGonigle	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colt Keith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wenceel Pérez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hao-Yu Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kerry Carpenter	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Ty Madden	6.0	2	3	2	5	1	0	0	0
Tyler Holton	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burch Smith	0.1	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Witt Jr.	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Michael Massey	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maikel Garcia	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Lane Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jac Caglianone	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carter Jensen	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Michael Wacha	7.0	2	0	2	6	0	1	0	0
Matt Strahm	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Steven Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Recent form

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Kansas City RoyalsWWLLW

Head to head

3DET wins

1KC wins

Last 4 meetings with a stored final score.

League table

#	Team	Record
1	Milwaukee Brewers	103-59
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	100-62
3	Tampa Bay Rays	98-64
4	Atlanta Braves	94-68
5	Cleveland Guardians	85-77
6	Houston Astros	81-81
7	New York Yankees	93-68
8	San Diego Padres	91-71
9	Chicago Cubs	89-73
10	Philadelphia Phillies	88-74
11	Chicago White Sox	84-78
12	Texas Rangers	80-82
13	Boston Red Sox	87-75
14	Arizona Diamondbacks	86-76
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	82-80
16	Miami Marlins	80-82
17	Minnesota Twins	77-85
18	Seattle Mariners	76-86
19	Baltimore Orioles	79-82
20	Washington Nationals	77-85
21	St. Louis Cardinals	77-85
22	Detroit Tigers	76-86
23	San Francisco Giants	65-97
24	Athletics	64-98
25	Toronto Blue Jays	79-83
26	Cincinnati Reds	75-87
27	New York Mets	74-88
28	Kansas City Royals	69-93
29	Los Angeles Angels	62-100
30	Colorado Rockies	58-104

About this match

Kansas City Royals beat Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Saturday, May 9, 2026 in the MLB.

Recent form: Detroit Tigers have won 1 of their last 5, Kansas City Royals 3 of their last 5.

In the 4 recent meetings on record, Detroit Tigers won 3 and Kansas City Royals won 1. The last one finished DET 3, KC 4 on May 8, 2026.

Dillon Dingler leads Detroit Tigers in home runs (27 HR).

Carter Jensen leads Kansas City Royals in home runs (27 HR).