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Kansas City Royals 1 – 2 Detroit Tigers

MLB · July 24, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Detroit Tigers took down the Kansas City Royals tonight, two to one, and they did it by striking fast and holding on.

Detroit wasted no time in the first. Riley Greene got things started with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Colt Keith to put the Tigers up one nothing right out of the gate. Then Gleyber Torres worked his way on base — he'd draw two walks tonight — and came around to score on a single to center by Jung Hoo Lee, and just like that Detroit was up two to nothing before Kansas City could blink.

The Royals weren't going quietly, though. In the fourth, Nick Loftin stepped up and doubled to left, scoring Salvador Perez, who had the lone hit for Kansas City on the night going one for four. That cut the deficit to two to one and gave the home crowd something to hold onto.

But that was as close as it got. Detroit's pitching kept the Royals quiet the rest of the way. Christian Jensen and Leody Thomas combined to go zero for eight with five strikeouts between them, and the Kansas City offense simply never found another gear when it mattered most.

In the end, the Tigers did what good road teams do — they scored early, they stayed disciplined, and they didn't let Kansas City back in the door. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Greene hit sacrifice fly to left, Keith scored. P1 · 0–1
  2. Lee singled to center, Torres scored, Dingler to second. P1 · 0–2
  3. Loftin doubled to left, Perez scored. P4 · 1–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Tarik Skubal pitches to Carter Jensen P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Jensen struck out swinging. P1
P1
Tarik Skubal pitches to Lane Thomas P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Thomas struck out swinging. P1
P1
Tarik Skubal pitches to Salvador Perez P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Perez grounded out to third. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Beck Way pitches to Colt Keith P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P1
Keith reached on infield single to pitcher. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Gleyber Torres P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Torres singled to right, Keith to second. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Dillon Dingler P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Dingler hit by pitch, Torres to second, Keith to third. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Riley Greene P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Greene hit sacrifice fly to left, Keith scored. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Spencer Torkelson P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Torkelson flied out to right. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Lee singled to center, Torres scored, Dingler to second. P1
P1
Beck Way pitches to Zach McKinstry P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
McKinstry lined out to first. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Tarik Skubal pitches to Starling Marte P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Marte fouled out to first. P2
P2
Tarik Skubal pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Pasquantino struck out swinging. P2
P2
Tarik Skubal pitches to Nick Loftin P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Loftin flied out to left. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Cameron relieved Way P2
Noah Cameron pitches to Matt Vierling P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Vierling flied out to right. P2
P2
Noah Cameron pitches to Ben Malgeri P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P2
Malgeri walked. P2
P2
Noah Cameron pitches to Colt Keith P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Keith lined out to third. P2
P2
Noah Cameron pitches to Gleyber Torres P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Malgeri to second on wild pitch by Cameron. P2
Malgeri to second on wild pitch by Cameron. P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Torres grounded out to shortstop. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Tarik Skubal pitches to Isaac Collins P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Collins doubled to right. P3
P3
Tarik Skubal pitches to Michael Massey P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P3
Massey walked. P3
P3
Tarik Skubal pitches to Tyler Tolbert P3
P3
Tolbert hit sacrifice bunt to third, Massey to second, Collins to third. P3
P3
Tarik Skubal pitches to Carter Jensen P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Jensen struck out swinging. P3
P3
Tarik Skubal pitches to Lane Thomas P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Thomas struck out swinging. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Noah Cameron pitches to Dillon Dingler P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Dingler struck out looking. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was overturned. P3
P3
Noah Cameron pitches to Riley Greene P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Greene struck out swinging. P3
P3
Noah Cameron pitches to Spencer Torkelson P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Torkelson struck out swinging. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Tarik Skubal pitches to Salvador Perez P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Perez doubled to center. P4
P4
Tarik Skubal pitches to Starling Marte P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Marte grounded out to second, Perez to third. P4
P4
Tarik Skubal pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Pasquantino struck out swinging. P4
P4
Tarik Skubal pitches to Nick Loftin P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Loftin doubled to left, Perez scored. P4
P4
Tarik Skubal pitches to Isaac Collins P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Collins struck out looking. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was upheld. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Noah Cameron pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Lee fouled out to third. P4
P4
Noah Cameron pitches to Zach McKinstry P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
McKinstry singled to right. P4
P4
Noah Cameron pitches to Matt Vierling P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Vierling grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, McKinstry out at second. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Tarik Skubal pitches to Michael Massey P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Massey struck out swinging. P5
P5
Tarik Skubal pitches to Tyler Tolbert P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Tolbert popped out to second. P5
P5
Tarik Skubal pitches to Carter Jensen P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Jensen struck out swinging. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Noah Cameron pitches to Ben Malgeri P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Malgeri grounded out to second. P5
P5
Noah Cameron pitches to Colt Keith P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Keith struck out swinging. P5
P5
Noah Cameron pitches to Gleyber Torres P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P5
Torres walked. P5
P5
Noah Cameron pitches to Dillon Dingler P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Dingler struck out swinging. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Tarik Skubal pitches to Lane Thomas P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Thomas popped out to second. P6
P6
Tarik Skubal pitches to Salvador Perez P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Perez struck out swinging. P6
P6
Tarik Skubal pitches to Starling Marte P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Marte grounded out to second. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Noah Cameron pitches to Riley Greene P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Greene flied out to left. P6
P6
Noah Cameron pitches to Spencer Torkelson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Torkelson struck out swinging. P6
P6
Noah Cameron pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Lee doubled to right. P6
P6
Noah Cameron pitches to Zach McKinstry P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
McKinstry lined out to left. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Tarik Skubal pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Pasquantino struck out swinging. P7
P7
Tarik Skubal pitches to Nick Loftin P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P7
Loftin walked. P7
P7
Tarik Skubal pitches to Isaac Collins P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Collins struck out swinging. P7
P7
Tarik Skubal pitches to Michael Massey P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Massey doubled to right, Loftin to third. P7
P7
Tarik Skubal pitches to Tyler Tolbert P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Tolbert flied out to center. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Noah Cameron pitches to Matt Vierling P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Vierling grounded out to shortstop. P7
P7
Noah Cameron pitches to Ben Malgeri P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Malgeri grounded out to first. P7
P7
Noah Cameron pitches to Colt Keith P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Keith struck out swinging. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Tarik Skubal pitches to Carter Jensen P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Jensen flied out to center. P8
P8
Hanifee relieved Skubal P8
Brenan Hanifee pitches to Lane Thomas P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 7 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 8 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P8
Thomas grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Brenan Hanifee pitches to Salvador Perez P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Perez grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Noah Cameron pitches to Gleyber Torres P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P8
Torres walked. P8
P8
Noah Cameron pitches to Dillon Dingler P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Dingler struck out swinging. P8
P8
Noah Cameron pitches to Riley Greene P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Greene grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Torres out at second. Detroit Tigers challenged: call on the field was upheld. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Caglianone hit for Marte P9
Jansen relieved Hanifee P9
Kenley Jansen pitches to Jac Caglianone P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Caglianone flied out to center. P9
P9
Kenley Jansen pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Pasquantino struck out swinging. P9
P9
Kenley Jansen pitches to Nick Loftin P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Loftin popped out to second. P9
P9