Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

18-22, 6-16 Away

Final

19-21, 13-9 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
K. McGonigleSS	1-3	1	0	0	.294
M. VierlingCF	0-4	0	0	0	.216
C. Keith3B	0-3	0	0	0	.312
H. LeePH-3B	0-1	0	0	0	.159
R. GreeneLF	1-3	0	0	1	.310
D. DinglerDH	0-4	0	0	0	.231
K. CarpenterRF	1-1	0	0	0	.216
W. PerezRF	0-3	0	0	0	.167
S. Torkelson1B	1-4	0	0	0	.209
Z. McKinstry2B	0-3	0	0	0	.185
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: McKinstry safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Pasquantino. 5th: McKinstry walked. 7th: McKinstry grounded out to shortstop. 9th: McKinstry struck out swinging.
J. RogersC	0-3	0	0	0	.167

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Smith	0.1	3	2	0	0	11-8	3.09
T. Holton	1.2	1	0	0	0	13-11	4.15
T. Madden	6.0	2	3	2	5	87-53	2.45

According to ESPN Analytics

DET

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Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, May 9, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 26,724

Game Time:2:04

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Gabe Morales
First Base Umpire - Emil Jimenez
Second Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
Third Base Umpire - Dexter Kelley

Wacha shines on mound, Witt hits an inside-the-park homer, and Royals cruise 5-1 over the Tigers

— Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Saturday night.

May 9, 2026, 09:44 pm - AP


DET
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1
2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	-	5	6	1

M. Wacha4-2

7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 2 BB

B. Smith0-2

0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		DET	KC
1st	Witt Jr. homered inside-the-park to right (17 feet), Garcia scored.	0	2
4th	Massey homered to right center (403 feet), Jensen scored and Caglianone scored.	0	5
8th	Greene doubled to center, McGonigle scored.	1	5

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Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Detroit TigersTigersDET

(18-22)

(18-22, 6-16 Away)

(18-22)

Burch Smith

(0-2, 3.18)

-118

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(19-21)

(19-21, 13-9 Home)

(19-21)

Michael Wacha

(5-7, 3.66)

-136

Tigers
3
Royals
4

Game 1

5/8

Tigers
1
Royals
5

Game 2

5/9

Tigers
6
Royals
3

Game 3

5/10

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	54	47	.535	-	W1
Cleveland	54	49	.524	1	L1
Minnesota	50	53	.485	5	W1
Detroit	48	54	.471	6.5	W1
Kansas City	43	60	.417	12	W3

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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

Wacha shines on mound, Witt hits an inside-the-park homer, and Royals cruise 5-1 over the Tigers

M. Wacha4-2

B. Smith0-2

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