DETROIT (Interstat) — Tarik Skubal struck out 12 over 7 1/3 innings and Hao-Yu Lee drove in a run as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday, July 24, 2026, at Comerica Park. Attendance was 40,638. The game lasted 2 hours, 7 minutes.

Detroit scored both runs in the first inning. Riley Greene’s sacrifice fly plated Colt Keith, and Lee’s single scored Gleyber Torres. Kansas City answered in the fourth on Nick Loftin’s RBI double. Skubal (7-5) allowed one earned run on four hits. Kenley Jansen earned his 12th save with a perfect ninth. Beck Way (1-1) took the loss, allowing two earned runs on three hits in one inning. Noah Cameron pitched seven innings of two-hit, scoreless relief for Kansas City. The Tigers improved to 50-54, while the Royals fell to 43-62.