Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers76-86

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Final

Kansas City Royals69-93

Friday, August 21, 2026
8:10 PM EDT
MLB

Match odds

No pre-game prices were stored for this game.

Box score

DET	Team stats	KC
0.242	AVG	0.246
3.57	ERA	4.74
0.319	OBP	0.314
0.724	OPS	0.713
2	RBI	5
0.405	SLG	0.399
11	H	6
5	R	2
1.22	WHIP	1.41
33	AB	34
3	2B	3
0	3B	0
3	HR	0
5	ER	2
4	SO	5
3	BB	7
0	SB	0
0	CS	0
8	IP	9

Detroit Tigers · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Gleyber Torres	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dillon Dingler	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Javier Báez	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin McGonigle	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hao-Yu Lee	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Clark	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brett Callahan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Zach McKinstry	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Eduardo Valencia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Spencer Torkelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Ben Malgeri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Colt Keith	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Troy Melton	5.2	7	3	3	3	2	0	1	0
Tyler Holton	1.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Madden	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enmanuel De Jesus	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Kansas City Royals · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Noah Cameron	5.0	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	0
Steven Cruz	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jose Cuas	1.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Pearson	1.0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
John Schreiber	0.2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

Recent form

Detroit TigersLLWLL

Kansas City RoyalsWWWWW

Head to head

4DET wins

4KC wins

Last 8 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 5-2 on Friday, August 21, 2026 in the MLB.

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

In the 8 recent meetings on record, Detroit Tigers won 4 and Kansas City Royals won 4. The last one finished KC 5, DET 4 on Jul 26, 2026.

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

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