Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 2 — July 24, 2026

Game Highlights

Published July 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B1	Riley Greene	Riley Greene out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Colt Keith scores.	KC 0, DET 1
B1	Hao-Yu Lee	Hao-Yu Lee singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Gleyber Torres scores. Dillon Dingler to 2nd.	KC 0, DET 2
T4	Nick Loftin	Nick Loftin doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Riley Greene. Salvador Perez scores.	KC 1, DET 2

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
DET	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 1

Royals opened with Beck Way, then turned the bulk of the game over to Noah Cameron.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Beck Way Opener 1.0 25 2 0 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Beck Way threw

CSW 16% 1st-pitch strike 43% 3.6 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Cutter	11	44%	1	1	2	4	3
Sinker	7	28%	0	2	0	3	2
Four-Seam Fastball	4	16%	0	0	2	1	1
Changeup	3	12%	0	0	2	1	0

Noah Cameron Bulk 7.0 97 0 8

Tigers HOME 2

Tarik Skubal started for Tigers, leaving with a 2–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Tarik Skubal Starter 7.1 91 1 12 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Tarik Skubal threw

CSW 42% 1st-pitch strike 86% 3.3 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	33	36%	6	5	7	9	6
Changeup	20	22%	10	2	0	4	4
Sinker	19	21%	4	3	6	4	2
Slider	10	11%	1	3	1	4	1
Curveball	9	10%	4	0	2	2	1

Brenan Hanifee Middle 0.2 13 0 0 HLD
Kenley Jansen Closer 1.0 8 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Way

Greene SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Carter Jensen DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	.238	.306	.428	.734
Lane Thomas CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.330	.397	.727
Salvador Perez C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.210	.257	.361	.618	2B
Jac Caglianone PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.315	.462	.777
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	0	4	.227	.316	.343	.659
Nick Loftin 3B	3	0	1	1	1	0	.249	.333	.398	.731	2B
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	1	0	0	2	.246	.346	.375	.721	2B
Michael Massey 2B	2	0	1	0	1	1	.276	.315	.433	.748	2B
Tyler Tolbert SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.353	.429	.782
Starling Marte RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.320	.644

HOME · DET

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Colt Keith 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.250	.295	.390	.685
Gleyber Torres DH	2	1	1	0	2	0	.282	.401	.388	.789
Dillon Dingler C	3	0	0	0	0	3	.272	.338	.533	.871
Riley Greene LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	.282	.370	.465	.835
Spencer Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.205	.299	.418	.717
Hao-Yu Lee 2B	3	0	2	1	0	0	.267	.300	.413	.713	2B
Zach McKinstry SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.199	.275	.299	.574
Matt Vierling CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.257	.327	.584
Ben Malgeri RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.342	.313	.655

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Beck Way	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	25	3.86	L
Noah Cameron	7.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	97	4.93

HOME · DET

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Tarik Skubal	7.1	4	1	1	2	12	91	2.70	W
Brenan Hanifee	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	13	3.93	HLD
Kenley Jansen	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3.90	SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC

Matt Quatraro

Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.8 R

HOME · DET

A.J. Hinch

Lineup 4.1 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC

4-6 L1 -6 run diff

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HOME · DET

6-4 W1 +51 run diff

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Season series: 2-2 with KC listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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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.

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