Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

7-10, 2-5 Away

Final

8-9, 6-1 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	1-4	0	0	0	.303
B. Witt Jr.SS	1-4	0	0	0	.270
L. ThomasCF-LF	1-3	0	0	0	.154
S. PerezC	1-4	0	0	0	.159
V. Pasquantino1B	0-4	1	0	0	.143
S. MarteRF	1-4	0	0	0	.222
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Marte singled to center, Pasquantino to second. 4th: Marte flied out to center. 7th: Marte grounded out to third. 9th: Marte flied out to center.
J. India2B	0-2	0	0	0	.175
C. JensenDH	0-3	0	0	1	.222
I. CollinsLF	0-0	0	0	0	.214
T. TolbertLF	0-2	0	0	0	.000
K. IsbelPH-CF	0-1	0	0	0	.308

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Ragans	6.0	1	0	4	1	93-56	3.78
M. Strahm	1.0	1	0	1	1	24-15	4.05
N. Mears	1.0	2	2	1	0	18-9	2.70

According to ESPN Analytics

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Comerica Park

4:10 AM, 15 April 2026

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 16,655

Game Time:2:18

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Cory Blaser
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Third Base Umpire - Derek Thomas

Kenley Jansen gets 479th save, moves past Lee Smith, as Tigers top Royals 2-1 for 4th win in row

— Kenley Jansen got his 479th save, moving past Lee Smith for sole possession of third place on the career list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied from an eighth-inning deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight...

Apr 15, 2026, 06:59 am - AP


KC
DET

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

Scoring Summary

		KC	DET
2nd	Jensen grounded into fielder's choice to first, Pasquantino scored, India out at second, Marte to third.	1	0
8th	McKinstry scored on Mears wild pitch.	1	1
8th	Dingler doubled to left, McGonigle scored.	1	2

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Royals
1
Tigers
2

Game 1

15/4

Royals
1
Tigers
2

Game 2

16/4

Royals
9
Tigers
10

Game 3

16/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	81	75	.519	-	W5
Chicago	80	76	.513	1	W2
Detroit	74	83	.471	7.5	W1
Minnesota	73	84	.465	8.5	L1
Kansas City	67	89	.429	14	L4

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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

Kenley Jansen gets 479th save, moves past Lee Smith, as Tigers top Royals 2-1 for 4th win in row

W. Vest1-2

N. Mears1-1

K. Jansen3

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