Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

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Kansas City Royals

54-104, 23-57 Away

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Detroit Tigers

75-83, 34-43 Home

Cabrera's 511th home run lifts Tigers over Royals 8-0 in completion of suspended game

Cabrera, who is retiring after the season, tied Mel Ott for 25th on the career home run list. The 40-year-old has 373 homers for Detroit, tying Norm Cash for second behind Al Kaline’s 399.

Play was suspended because of rain after four innings and an 80-minute wait on Wednesday night.

Miguel Díaz (1-0) pitched two innings for the win. Kansas City was held to four hits for the 25th time this season.

Detroit has pitched 14 shutouts. At 54-104, the Royals have their most losses since 2018.

Cabrera homered leading off the second against Jonathan Bowlan (0-1), a 26-year-old right-hander who allowed one run and three hits over two innings in his major league debut.

“I was a lot more comfortable out there than I expected — it felt like home,” Bowlan said. “I was just zoned in and pitching like I have all my life.”

Cabrera’s homer, his fourth this season, would have hit the out-of-town scoreboard before this season’s renovations lowered the fence in right-centerfield.

“It's meaningful, because he wants to win games,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “Is it his last homer? I don't know, but that was vintage Miggy. That's how he hits.”

Cabrera singled in the fourth for his 3,170th hit, took second on Andy Ibañez’s double, and scored on pinch-hitter Tyler Nevin’s three-run homer.

Detroit added two runs in the fifth on Cabrera’s bases-loaded walk and Ibañez’s RBI forceout.

Jake Rogers hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Jackson Kowar.

Parker Meadows made a leaping catch at the center-field wall for the final out, denying Nelson Velazquez .

Detroit right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (1-0, 2.40) was to start the scheduled game against left-hander Cole Ragans (7-4, 3.11).

MOTHER NATURE

Most of the completion was played in light showers, but rain grew heavier during the fourth inning. Crew chief Marvin Hudson called for the tarp after a lengthy attempt to get the field playable to start the fifth.

Royals: Kansas City returns home for a series opener against the New York Yankees, who start LHP Carlos Rodón (3-7, 5.74).

Tigers: LHP Joey Wentz (3-12, 6.45) starts Friday night’s series opener at Cleveland and RHP Cal Quantrill (3-7, 5.13).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Velázquez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Wingenter relieved Hanifee
	8th Inning	Vierling fouled out to second.
	8th Inning	Davidson relieved Kowar

Statistics

KC		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	10
10	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	18
31	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
-0.4	Runs Created	7.3
.129	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.581
.032	Secondary Average	.516
.129	On Base Percentage	.395
.290	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.975
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
6.0	Batter Rating	51.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.032	Isolated Power	.323
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.158
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.258
0.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
58.8	MLB Rating	95.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0