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Never invent or estimate stats. - If something isn't in the file, say so plainly. - When you make a claim, name the section (and game/date) it came from. ============================================================================== # RECENT FORM + BOX SCORES — Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers Slate date: 2026-04-14 Generated: 2026-08-08 08:02:43 AM ET — all data is as of this moment Source: MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) | Packaged by PNN Game Packs Depth: last 3 completed game(s) per team and last 3 start(s) per probable starter Size: ~3.6K tokens (est., chars/4) ============================================================================== ## GAME DETAILS - First pitch: 6:40 PM ET - Venue: Comerica Park (night game) - Series: Regular Season, game 1 of 3 - Status: Final — Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 2 (at generation time) - Away: Kansas City Royals [KC] — record 7-10 (.412) Probable starter: Cole Ragans — 1-4, 4.84 ERA, 35.1 IP, 45 K / 23 BB, 1.42 WHIP (8 GS) - Home: Detroit Tigers [DET] — record 8-9 (.471) Probable starter: Framber Valdez — 7-7, 4.17 ERA, 127.1 IP, 103 K / 45 BB, 1.37 WHIP (23 GS) ## RECENT FORM — Kansas City Royals [KC] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 1-2 in last 3 | scored 9 (3.0/gm), allowed 11 (3.7/gm), combined 20 (6.7/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — L 4-6 vs Chicago Cubs Innings: CHC 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | KC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 R/H/E: CHC 6/9/0 — KC 4/7/1 Decisions: W: Kevin Gausman | L: Daniel Lynch IV | SV: Jacob Webb Conditions: Weather: 85 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 7:10 PM. | T: 2:36. | Att: 26,083. CHC batting: 6 R, 9 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 15 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .289 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 2-5, 2 RBI | avg .272 Alex Bregman (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .248 Michael Busch (1B): 2-3, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .244 Nico Hoerner (2B): 0-5 | avg .257 Ian Happ (LF): 0-4, 4 K | avg .209 Carson Kelly (C): 1-4, 1 R | avg .265 Pedro Ramírez (DH): 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .300 Dansby Swanson (SS): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .216 CHC pitching: Kevin Gausman: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 96 pitches | season ERA 4.29 Caleb Thielbar: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 5.30 Trent Thornton: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 2.72 Jacob Webb: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 2.44 KC batting: 4 R, 7 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 7 K, 0 SB, 9 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .229 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 2-4, 1 2B | avg .256 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-4, 1 RBI | avg .216 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .239 Nick Loftin (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .245 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4 | avg .259 Starling Marte (RF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .250 John Rave (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .256 Tyler Tolbert (CF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .325 Kyle Isbel (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .241 KC pitching: Daniel Lynch IV: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches | season ERA 2.64 Jose Cuas: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 2.25 Mason Black: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 3.57 Lucas Erceg: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.21 ### 2026-08-06 — L 3-4 vs Minnesota Twins Innings: MIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 | KC 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 R/H/E: MIN 4/7/0 — KC 3/7/0 Decisions: W: Kody Funderburk | L: Aaron Bummer | SV: Yoendrys Gómez Conditions: Weather: 82 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:52. | Att: 16,036. MIN batting: 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 7 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 21 LOB Trevor Larnach (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .281 Austin Martin (LF): 1-2 | avg .236 Luke Keaschall (CF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .263 Kody Clemens (2B): 0-3 | avg .234 Ryan Jeffers (C): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .281 Josh Bell (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .246 Alex Jackson (DH): 0-1, 1 R, 1 K | avg .303 Royce Lewis (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP | avg .233 Brooks Lee (3B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .240 Alan Roden (RF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB | avg .222 Victor Caratini (1B): 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .226 Tristan Gray (SS): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .225 MIN pitching: Bailey Ober: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 74 pitches | season ERA 4.45 Kody Funderburk: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 3.09 Andrew Morris: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 3.19 Yoendrys Gómez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 3.35 KC batting: 3 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 6 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .228 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .254 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .215 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .263 Isaac Collins (LF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .238 John Rave (RF): 0-2 | avg .263 Nick Loftin (RF): 0-1, 1 K | avg .249 Josh Rojas (3B): 1-3 | avg .234 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-3 | avg .243 KC pitching: Michael Wacha: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 94 pitches | season ERA 3.44 Jose Cuas: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.70 Alex Lange: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.11 Aaron Bummer: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 10.26 Nate Pearson: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 2.92 Easton McGee: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 1.69 ### 2026-08-05 — W 2-1 vs Minnesota Twins Innings: MIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | KC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x R/H/E: MIN 1/3/0 — KC 2/5/0 Decisions: W: Noah Cameron | L: A.J. Minter | SV: Steven Cruz Conditions: Weather: 81 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 4 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:13. | Att: 13,439. MIN batting: 1 R, 3 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 6 LOB Austin Martin (RF): 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .234 Ryan Jeffers (C): 1-4, 1 K | avg .283 Josh Bell (DH): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .245 Kody Clemens (CF): 1-4, 2 K | avg .236 Royce Lewis (2B): 1-3 | avg .233 Victor Caratini (1B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .227 Brooks Lee (3B): 0-3, 2 K | avg .240 Trevor Larnach (LF): 0-3, 2 K | avg .280 Ryan Kreidler (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .232 MIN pitching: Dean Kremer: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 88 pitches | season ERA 5.93 Tommy Nance: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 7 pitches | season ERA 3.46 A.J. Minter: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.49 Jeff Hoffman: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 3.86 KC batting: 2 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 7 LOB Carter Jensen (DH): 0-4, 2 K | avg .228 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .281 Jac Caglianone (1B): 1-3 | avg .254 Salvador Perez (C): 0-3 | avg .214 Michael Massey (2B): 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .267 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-3 | avg .241 Nick Loftin (3B): 1-3 | avg .250 John Rave (RF): 0-2, 1 BB | avg .278 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .247 KC pitching: Noah Cameron: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 106 pitches | season ERA 4.37 Steven Cruz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 4.29 ## RECENT FORM — Detroit Tigers [DET] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 1-2 in last 3 | scored 15 (5.0/gm), allowed 9 (3.0/gm), combined 24 (8.0/gm) ### 2026-08-07 — L 2-5 @ San Francisco Giants Innings: DET 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | SF 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 x R/H/E: DET 2/11/1 — SF 5/5/0 Decisions: W: Adrian Houser | L: Keider Montero | SV: Dylan Smith Conditions: Weather: 60 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 14 mph, Varies. | First pitch: 7:16 PM. | T: 2:24. | Att: 34,104. DET batting: 2 R, 11 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 BB, 7 K, 0 SB, 25 LOB Kevin McGonigle (3B): 3-4, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .289 Gleyber Torres (2B): 1-5 | avg .266 Dillon Dingler (C): 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .275 Riley Greene (LF): 1-4, 1 BB | avg .275 Colt Keith (DH): 0-3, 2 K | avg .272 Eduardo Valencia (DH): 0-2, 1 K | avg .389 Spencer Torkelson (1B): 3-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .224 Max Clark (CF): 1-4, 3 K | avg .321 Javier Báez (SS): 0-4 | avg .275 Zach McKinstry (RF): 2-3, 1 RBI | avg .221 Hao-Yu Lee (PH): 0-0, 1 BB | avg .263 DET pitching: Keider Montero: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 82 pitches | season ERA 3.38 Drew Sommers: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 4.00 Enmanuel De Jesus: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 3.58 SF batting: 5 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 8 K, 0 SB, 10 LOB Bryce Eldridge (DH): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .252 Jung Hoo Lee (RF): 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .303 Willy Adames (SS): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .221 Rafael Devers (1B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .248 Daniel Susac (C): 0-4, 2 K | avg .250 Drew Gilbert (CF): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .238 Osleivis Basabe (2B): 2-3, 1 R, 1 K | avg .333 Grant McCray (LF): 0-2 | avg .100 Christian Koss (3B): 0-3, 2 K | avg .157 SF pitching: JT Brubaker: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 3.27 Adrian Houser: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 4.55 Keaton Winn: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 2.97 Sam Hentges: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 27 pitches | season ERA 2.39 Dylan Smith: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 2.95 ### 2026-08-06 — W 11-0 @ Seattle Mariners Innings: DET 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 | SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R/H/E: DET 11/16/0 — SEA 0/7/1 Decisions: W: Framber Valdez | L: Bryce Miller Conditions: Weather: 77 degrees, Sunny. | Wind: 6 mph, L To R. | First pitch: 1:11 PM. | T: 2:44. | Att: 30,323. DET batting: 11 R, 16 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 11 K, 0 SB, 23 LOB Kevin McGonigle (3B): 2-3, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .284 Ben Malgeri (RF): 1-1, 1 BB | avg .286 Gleyber Torres (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .268 Hao-Yu Lee (3B): 0-2 | avg .263 Dillon Dingler (C): 3-6, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K | avg .278 Riley Greene (LF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .276 James Outman (LF): 1-1, 1 R | avg .173 Colt Keith (DH): 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .275 Spencer Torkelson (1B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .218 Max Clark (CF): 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .333 Javier Báez (SS): 2-5, 2 RBI | avg .286 Zach McKinstry (2B): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .216 DET pitching: Framber Valdez: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 95 pitches | season ERA 4.17 Kyle Finnegan: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5 pitches | season ERA 3.42 Brenan Hanifee: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 5.06 SEA batting: 0 R, 7 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 7 K, 0 SB, 14 LOB Taylor Ward (RF): 1-4, 1 K | avg .245 Randy Arozarena (LF): 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .285 Dominic Canzone (DH): 1-4, 2 K | avg .254 Julio Rodríguez (CF): 1-4, 1 K | avg .258 Cole Young (2B): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .263 Weston Wilson (1B): 1-3 | avg .209 Jhonny Pereda (C): 0-3, 1 K | avg .258 Leo Rivas (3B): 1-3, 1 K | avg .133 Colt Emerson (SS): 1-3 | avg .201 SEA pitching: Bryce Miller: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches | season ERA 3.08 Michael Rucker: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 3.97 Cole Wilcox: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 4.00 Josh Simpson: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 33 pitches | season ERA 5.06 Victor Robles: 1.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 26 pitches | season ERA 27.00 ### 2026-08-05 — L 2-4 @ Seattle Mariners Innings: DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | SEA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 x R/H/E: DET 2/4/0 — SEA 4/7/0 Decisions: W: Bryan Woo | L: Brenan Hanifee | SV: Andrés Muñoz Conditions: Weather: 83 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 6 mph, In From LF. | First pitch: 6:42 PM. | T: 2:21. | Att: 40,743. DET batting: 2 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 11 LOB Kevin McGonigle (SS): 0-4 | avg .282 Gleyber Torres (2B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .268 Dillon Dingler (DH): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .275 Riley Greene (LF): 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .276 Colt Keith (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .269 Spencer Torkelson (1B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .218 Max Clark (CF): 1-3, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .368 Eduardo Valencia (C): 0-3, 1 K | avg .412 Zach McKinstry (RF): 0-1, 1 HBP | avg .219 Hao-Yu Lee (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .266 DET pitching: Drew Anderson: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 42 pitches | season ERA 4.01 Tyler Holton: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 2.94 Brenan Hanifee: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 6 pitches | season ERA 5.31 Drew Sommers: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4 pitches | season ERA 4.24 Enmanuel De Jesus: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 3.68 SEA batting: 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 SB, 9 LOB Cole Young (2B): 0-4 | avg .265 Randy Arozarena (LF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B | avg .284 Dominic Canzone (RF): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .254 Julio Rodríguez (CF): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB | avg .258 Josh Naylor (1B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .260 Cal Raleigh (C): 0-2, 1 K, 1 HBP | avg .162 Brendan Donovan (3B): 1-3 | avg .264 Taylor Ward (DH): 1-3, 1 K | avg .245 Colt Emerson (SS): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .199 SEA pitching: Bryan Woo: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 91 pitches | season ERA 4.31 Gabe Speier: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 2.10 Eduard Bazardo: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 3.47 Andrés Muñoz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 3.89 ============================================================================== End of packet. 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