Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

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Kansas City Royals

67-64, 31-34 Away

Final
10 - 8

Detroit Tigers

78-54, 44-25 Home

Pasquantino and Garcia homer as the Royals hold off the Tigers for a wild 10-8 win

The Royals improved to 28-14 in series finales this season. They are 9-4 when they are in danger of being swept.

John Schreiber (3-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win, and Carlos Estévez handled the ninth for his 34th save.

Riley Greene hit his 31st homer for the Tigers, who had won five straight and nine of 10. Jack Flaherty (7-13) was tagged for eight runs in five-plus innings.

The Royals scored six runs in the third inning after Flaherty retired the first two batters.

Luke Maile singled and scored on Mike Yastrzemski's double. Bobby Witt Jr. made it 2-1 with an RBI single, and Pasquantino followed with a two-run homer. Garcia singled, Salvador Perez drove in Kansas City's fifth run and Adam Frazier made it seven straight hits with an RBI double.

Jahmai Jones hit a three-run double for Detroit in the fourth, and the Tigers added three more runs in the fifth. Wenceel Pérez homered, and Zach McKinstry’s two-out RBI single made it 7-6 Detroit.

Flaherty departed after the Royals started the sixth with a pair of hits, and Tyler Holton allowed a two-run single to Kyle Isbel. Holton's wild pitch allowed Isbel to score Kansas City's ninth run.

Garcia homered in the seventh to make it 10-7, but Spencer Torkelson answered with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning.

Key moment McKinstry had a chance for a tying two-run homer in the seventh, but Frazier made the catch against the right-field wall.

Key stat All nine Royals starters had at least one hit and scored at least one run.

Up next Royals: LHP Noah Cameron (7-5, 2.53 ERA) starts Monday in the opener of a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox. RHP Shane Smith (3-7, 4.12 ERA) goes for Chicago.

Tigers: The AL Central leaders begin a three-game set at the Athletics on Monday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Torkelson fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Carpenter struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pérez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Bowlan
	9th Inning	Tolbert in left field.
	9th Inning	Frazier at second base.

Statistics

KC		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
15	Ground Balls	7
5	Strikeouts	10
9	Runs Batted In	8
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	20
44	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
6	Extra Base Hits	5
8.6	Runs Created	6.7
.316	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.579	Slugging Percentage	.571
.368	Secondary Average	.371
.395	On Base Percentage	.333
.974	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.905
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
8.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.0
64.0	Batter Rating	54.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.52	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.263	Isolated Power	.314
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.114
19.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
105.8	MLB Rating	96.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 31,538 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	82	62	.569	-	L1
Cleveland	73	70	.510	8.5	W4
Kansas City	73	71	.507	9	L2
Minnesota	64	80	.444	18	W2
Chicago	55	89	.382	27	W1

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