MLB

Detroit 2, at Kansas City 5

Friday, August 21, 2026 · Final

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Detroit Tigers

76-86 · L1 · #16 (1295 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 60

Kansas City Royals

69-93 · W1 · #26 (1255 ELO +3)

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 110

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

Attendance: 29,535

Umpires: Scott Barry [HP], Manny Gonzalez [1B], Tom Hanahan [2B], Ron Kulpa [3B]

Royals’ three homers, Cameron lead Kansas City past Detroit 5‑2

KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Noah Cameron threw five scoreless innings, and the Kansas City Royals used three home runs to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Friday at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Detroit got two in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to one, but Kansas City answered in the bottom half and added another in the eighth. Kansas City finished with 10 hits; Detroit had six. Kyle Isbel homered, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a solo shot and Carter Jensen also went deep for the Royals.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Noah Cameron KCR 5.0ip 2h 0er 2k
Kyle Isbel KCR 2/4 1hr 2rbi
Troy Melton DET 5.2ip 6h 2er 3k

Forecasting

ELO Probability DET 54.9%

Spread DET -1.5

Projected Score KCR 5 DET 3

Money Line KCR +100/DET -120

Over/Under 8 (Under)