Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Bobby Witt Jr. hits an inside-the-park home run (5) on a line drive down the right-field line. Maikel Garcia scores. | DET 0, KC 2 |
| B4 | Michael Massey | Michael Massey homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Carter Jensen scores. Jac Caglianone scores. | DET 0, KC 5 |
| T8 | Riley Greene | Riley Greene doubles (12) on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Kevin McGonigle scores. | DET 1, KC 5 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Tigers opened with Burch Smith, then turned the bulk of the game over to Tyler Holton. Out of the bullpen, Ty Madden took the roughest line.
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Burch Smith
Opener
0.1
11
2
0
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Burch Smith threw
CSW 9% 1st-pitch strike 75% 2.8 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Cutter 4 36% 0 1 1 0 2 Four-Seam Fastball 4 36% 0 0 2 1 1 Curveball 3 27% 0 0 0 2 1 - Tyler Holton Bulk 1.2 13 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
- Ty Madden Middle 6.0 87 3 5
Michael Wacha started for Royals, leaving with a 5–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Matt Strahm took the roughest line.
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Michael Wacha
Starter
7.0
89
0
6
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael Wacha threw
CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 56% 3.3 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 30 34% 0 5 7 10 8 Changeup 25 28% 2 6 4 10 3 Cutter 19 21% 0 7 1 8 3 Sinker 9 10% 1 2 1 2 3 Curveball 5 6% 0 0 0 4 1 Slider 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0 - Matt Strahm Setup 1.0 18 1 1
- Steven Cruz Middle 1.0 15 0 2
Where the game turned
- Jr. HR (2)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin McGonigle SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .395 | .441 | .836 | |
| Matt Vierling CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .276 | .375 | .651 | |
| Hao-Yu Lee 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .213 | .273 | .486 | |
| Riley Greene LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .310 | .406 | .479 | .885 | 2B |
| Dillon Dingler DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .295 | .438 | .733 | |
| Wenceel Pérez RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .221 | .278 | .499 | |
| Spencer Torkelson 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .209 | .329 | .411 | .740 | 2B |
| Zach McKinstry 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .267 | .296 | .563 | SB |
| Jake Rogers C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .200 | .278 | .478 | |
| Colt Keith 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .312 | .353 | .376 | .729 | |
| Kerry Carpenter RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .299 | .451 | .750 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .337 | .419 | .756 | 2B |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .369 | .475 | .844 | HR (5) |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .191 | .276 | .355 | .631 | |
| Salvador Perez DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .191 | .233 | .322 | .555 | |
| Carter Jensen C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .313 | .402 | .715 | 2B |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 | .321 | .415 | .736 | |
| Lane Thomas LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .364 | .271 | .635 | |
| Michael Massey 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .256 | .452 | .708 | HR (3) |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .337 | .411 | .748 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burch Smith | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.09 | L |
| Tyler Holton | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.15 | |
| Ty Madden | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 2.45 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 2.63 | W |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.68 | |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12.00 |
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Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.