Detroit Tigers 1, Kansas City Royals 3 — August 22, 2026

Game Highlights

Published August 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B3	Kyle Isbel	Kyle Isbel homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.	DET 0, KC 1
B4	Salvador Perez	Salvador Perez homers (17) on a fly ball to center field.	DET 0, KC 2
T5	Hao-Yu Lee	Hao-Yu Lee homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field.	DET 1, KC 2
B6	Nick Loftin	Nick Loftin flies out to right fielder Zach McKinstry in foul territory.	DET 1, KC 3

Box score

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

Pitching & bullpen

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

Tigers AWAY 1

Drew Anderson started for Tigers, leaving trailing 1–2.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Drew Anderson Starter 5.0 75 3 4 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Anderson threw

CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.6 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	29	39%	4	4	8	5	8
Curveball	23	31%	3	5	3	9	3
Changeup	18	24%	3	1	2	8	4
Sinker	3	4%	0	0	2	0	1
Slider	2	3%	0	1	1	0	0

Tanner Rainey Middle 1.0 14 0 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
Drew Sommers Setup 2.0 21 0 4

Royals HOME 3

Michael Wacha started for Royals, leaving with a 3–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Michael Wacha Starter 7.0 96 1 6 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael Wacha threw

CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 69% 3.7 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Changeup	30	31%	3	2	9	10	6
Four-Seam Fastball	21	22%	2	4	6	8	1
Curveball	13	14%	1	2	1	5	4
Cutter	12	13%	1	3	3	4	1
Slider	11	11%	1	2	2	4	2
Sinker	9	9%	0	2	2	1	4

Alex Lange Middle 1.0 11 0 0 HLD
Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.0 20 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Anderson

Isbel HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · DET

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Kevin McGonigle SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.383	.421	.804
Gleyber Torres 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.371	.387	.758
Colt Keith DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.270	.328	.421	.749
Dillon Dingler C	3	0	1	0	0	1	.253	.318	.484	.802
Zach McKinstry RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.222	.307	.328	.635
Brett Callahan LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.294	.294	.647	.941	2B
Spencer Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.315	.407	.722
Max Clark CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.305	.382	.687
Hao-Yu Lee 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.278	.319	.435	.754	HR (7)

HOME · KC

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Carter Jensen C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.219	.301	.403	.704
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.288	.362	.461	.823	SB
Jac Caglianone RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.276	.328	.491	.819	2B
Salvador Perez DH	3	1	1	1	0	0	.220	.265	.373	.638	HR (17)
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.328	.378	.706
Nick Loftin 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0	.230	.325	.371	.696
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.307	.444	.751
Tyler Tolbert LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.294	.360	.431	.791
Kyle Isbel CF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.236	.284	.368	.652	HR (6)

Pitching lines

AWAY · DET

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Drew Anderson	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	75	4.09	L
Tanner Rainey	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.00
Drew Sommers	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21	3.12

HOME · KC

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Michael Wacha	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	96	3.49	W
Alex Lange	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5.86	HLD
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20	4.15	SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · DET

A.J. Hinch

Lineup 4.9 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.4 R

HOME · KC

Matt Quatraro

Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET

6-4 L2 +13 run diff

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HOME · KC

3-7 L4 -11 run diff

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Season series: 0-2 with DET listed first across 2 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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