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Kansas City Royals 3 – 2 Detroit Tigers

MLB · July 25, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Kansas City Royals walked out of tonight's ballgame with a three to two victory over the Detroit Tigers, and it was a game that came down to the very last swing.

Kansas City drew first blood in the second when Massey lofted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Pasquantino and putting the Royals up one to nothing. Detroit answered immediately — Lee doubled to right, Greene came around to score, and just like that it was even. Then Lee went deep in the fourth, a four hundred and two foot shot to left that gave Detroit the lead and had Kansas City playing from behind.

That's where the game sat until the seventh inning, when Salvador Perez stepped in and absolutely crushed one — four hundred and one feet to left, a solo shot that tied it at two apiece and swung the energy right back to Kansas City's dugout. Perez finished one for four with that home run doing all the damage, but the real dagger came in the ninth. Nick Loftin sent a three hundred and ninety-seven foot home run over the left field wall, and that was the ballgame. Three to two, final.

Detroit's Colt Keith went two for four and Lee was electric early, but the Tigers couldn't hold the lead when it mattered. Kansas City found a way, and Loftin made sure they didn't need extra innings to do it. 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. Massey hit sacrifice fly to right, Pasquantino scored. P2 · 1–0
  2. Lee doubled to right, Greene scored. P2 · 1–1
  3. Lee homered to left (402 feet). P4 · 1–2
  4. Perez homered to left (401 feet). P7 · 2–2
  5. Loftin homered to left (397 feet). P9 · 3–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Casey Mize pitches to Carter Jensen P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P1
Jensen singled to center. P1
P1
Casey Mize pitches to Lane Thomas P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1
Thomas lined out to right. P1
P1
Casey Mize pitches to Jac Caglianone P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Caglianone flied out to left. P1
P1
Casey Mize pitches to Salvador Perez P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1
Perez lined out to right. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Colt Keith P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Keith doubled to center. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Kevin McGonigle P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
McGonigle lined out to center. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Gleyber Torres P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Torres popped out to first. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Kerry Carpenter P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Carpenter struck out swinging. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Casey Mize pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Pasquantino singled to center. P2
P2
Casey Mize pitches to Nick Loftin P2
P2
Loftin hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Pasquantino to second. P2
P2
Casey Mize pitches to Michael Massey P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pasquantino to third on wild pitch by Mize. P2
Pasquantino to third on wild pitch by Mize. P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Massey hit sacrifice fly to right, Pasquantino scored. P2
P2
Casey Mize pitches to Isaac Collins P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Collins flied out to left. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Riley Greene P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Greene doubled to center. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Lee doubled to right, Greene scored. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Zach McKinstry P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
McKinstry flied out to right. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Matt Vierling P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Vierling popped out to third. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake Rogers P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Rogers grounded out to third. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Casey Mize pitches to Andrew Velazquez P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Velazquez popped out to second. P3
P3
Casey Mize pitches to Carter Jensen P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Jensen struck out swinging. P3
P3
Casey Mize pitches to Lane Thomas P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul 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
Michael Wacha pitches to Colt Keith P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Keith grounded out to second. P3
P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Kevin McGonigle 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 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
McGonigle struck out swinging. P3
P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Gleyber Torres P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P3
Torres walked. P3
P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Kerry Carpenter P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3
Carpenter flied out to right. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Casey Mize pitches to Jac Caglianone P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Caglianone grounded out to second. P4
P4
Casey Mize pitches to Salvador Perez P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Perez flied out to center. P4
P4
Casey Mize pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4
Pasquantino singled to left. P4
P4
Casey Mize pitches to Nick Loftin P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Loftin struck out looking. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Riley Greene P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Greene flied out to center. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Lee homered to left (402 feet). P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Zach McKinstry P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
McKinstry flied out to center. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Matt Vierling P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Vierling flied out to right. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Casey Mize pitches to Michael Massey P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
Massey flied out to left. P5
P5
Casey Mize pitches to Isaac Collins P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Collins flied out to left. P5
P5
Casey Mize pitches to Andrew Velazquez P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Velazquez flied out to left. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake Rogers P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Rogers grounded out to shortstop. P5
P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Colt Keith P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Keith singled to center. P5
P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Kevin McGonigle P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Keith out at second on runner's fielder's choice. P5
Keith out at second on runner's fielder's choice. P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
McGonigle grounded out to first. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Casey Mize pitches to Carter Jensen P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Jensen popped out to shortstop. P6
P6
Casey Mize pitches to Lane Thomas P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P6
Thomas popped out to second. P6
P6
Casey Mize pitches to Jac Caglianone P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Caglianone fouled out to left. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Gleyber Torres P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
Torres grounded out to second. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Kerry Carpenter P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Carpenter singled to center. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Riley Greene P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P6
Greene walked, Carpenter to second. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Lee grounded out to second, Greene to second, Carpenter to third. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Zach McKinstry P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
McKinstry popped out to shortstop. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Finnegan relieved Mize P7
Kyle Finnegan pitches to Salvador Perez P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Perez homered to left (401 feet). P7
P7
Kyle Finnegan pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Pasquantino singled to center. P7
P7
Kyle Finnegan pitches to Nick Loftin P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Loftin struck out swinging. P7
P7
Holton relieved Finnegan P7
Tyler Holton pitches to Michael Massey P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Massey flied out to left. P7
P7
Tyler Holton pitches to Isaac Collins P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Collins grounded out to third. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Michael Wacha pitches to Matt Vierling P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Vierling lined out to shortstop. P7
P7
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake Rogers P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Rogers grounded out to third. P7
P7
Michael Wacha pitches to Colt Keith P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Keith struck out looking. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Marte hit for Velazquez P8
Tyler Holton pitches to Starling Marte P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Marte lined out to center. P8
P8
Tyler Holton pitches to Carter Jensen P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Jensen singled to left. P8
P8
Waguespack relieved Holton P8
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Lane Thomas P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P8
Thomas struck out looking. P8
P8
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Jac Caglianone P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Jensen to second on wild pitch by Waguespack. P8
Jensen to second on wild pitch by Waguespack. P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Caglianone safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Torres, Jensen safe at third on error. P8
P8
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Salvador Perez P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Perez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Caglianone out at second. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Tolbert at shortstop. P8
Lynch IV relieved Wacha P8
Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Kevin McGonigle P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
McGonigle grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Gleyber Torres P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Torres flied out to center. P8
P8
Dingler hit for Carpenter P8
Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Dillon Dingler P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Dingler lined out to right. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Dingler as designated hitter. P9
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Pasquantino grounded out to second. P9
P9
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Nick Loftin P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Loftin homered to left (397 feet). P9
P9
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Michael Massey P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Massey grounded out to first. P9
P9
Jacob Waguespack pitches to Isaac Collins P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Collins flied out to left. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Riley Greene P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Greene singled to right. P9
P9
Lange relieved Lynch IV P9
Alex Lange pitches to Hao-Yu Lee P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Lee struck out swinging. P9
P9
Alex Lange pitches to Zach McKinstry P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
McKinstry singled to right, Greene to third. P9
P9
Alex Lange pitches to Matt Vierling P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Vierling struck out swinging. P9
P9
Torkelson hit for Rogers P9
Alex Lange pitches to Spencer Torkelson P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Torkelson popped out to catcher. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9