Tigers @ Royals · May 9, 2026 — MLB Central · tinyblue.dev

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Final Game 40 · Sat, May 9, 2026

Kauffman Stadium Regular Season

Detroit Tigers Tigers 1

Final

NIGHT game

5 Kansas City Royals Royals

Away starter

Burch Smith

Home starter

Michael Wacha

Game state Final

Venue image: Chibears85 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Royals	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	·	5

Tigers · batting

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	LOB
Kevin McGonigle	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Vierling	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
Colt Keith	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hao-Yu Lee	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Riley Greene	LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Dillon Dingler	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kerry Carpenter	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wenceel Pérez	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Spencer Torkelson	1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Zach McKinstry	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Jake Rogers	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Royals · batting

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	LOB
Maikel Garcia	3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Carter Jensen	C	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Lane Thomas	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Michael Massey	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tigers · pitching

Pitcher	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
Burch Smith	L	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	11/8
Tyler Holton		1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13/11
Ty Madden		6.0	2	3	3	2	5	1	87/53

Royals · pitching

Pitcher	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
Michael Wacha	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	89/54
Matt Strahm		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	18/12
Steven Cruz		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15/10

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