MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT DETROIT TIGERS
08/24/2025
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT DETROIT TIGERS
GAME ID: 2535 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals (68-62) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 9 0
Detroit Tigers (80-52) 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 2 X 13 18 0
Tigers Clonk Royals, 13-4
Behind the hitting of António Peña, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals, 13-4. Peña was 2-3 with a home run and 2 walks, while scoring 2 times and driving in 2 for the Tigers. Jon Dwight, the winner, goes to 9-5. He allowed 4 runs on 8 hits, with 1 walk and 8 strikeouts over 8 innings. Detroit, at 80-52, is 11 games up in the American League Central Division.

Johandry Cortez chipped in a grand slam home run for Detroit in the bottom of the third. For the game, the catcher had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 4 runs batted in.

"We won," Peña told assembled media after the game. "I guess that's all that really matters."
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Palmeiro CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279 6 33
F. Wall 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .335 6 50
   b-J. Sargent PH, 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .248 1 9
D. García RF 4 2 1 2 0 1 2 .273 12 68
J. Washington 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .281 12 81
E. Medina DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .249 12 42
H. Masson LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 7 65
   c-C. Jones PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .218 2 5
L. Bejaran 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .228 0 14
I. Rodriguez SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .264 5 37
   a-R. Mondesi PH, SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .241 4 44
S. Núñez C 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .258 0 4
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 9 11      
a - R. Mondesi pinch hit for I. Rodriguez in the 7th
b - J. Sargent pinch hit for F. Wall in the 8th
c - C. Jones pinch hit for H. Masson in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: E. Medina (15, 6th Inning off J. Dwight, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: D. García (12, 8th Inning off J. Dwight, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Palmeiro , F. Wall , J. Sargent , D. García 4 , E. Medina 2 , L. Bejaran , R. Mondesi , S. Núñez 2
2-out RBI: E. Medina , S. Núñez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Masson
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Rodriguez-Bejaran-Washington)
OF assists: 1 (Palmeiro(Sala at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Arcia 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .278 9 40
   d-D. Jackson PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 5 26
A. Peña DH 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 .312 6 20
J. Navarro 3B 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .293 13 84
   c-A. O'Mullan 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 12 42
R. González RF, LF 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 .304 25 77
T. Johnson LF 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 .282 14 50
   a-J. Almonte RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .268 2 17
D. Bradley 1B 4 1 2 2 0 2 5 .322 16 62
J. Cortez C 4 1 2 4 0 1 3 .313 8 37
   b-A. Hedges C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .193 0 9
L. Guillorme SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248 0 23
J. Sala CF 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 .248 11 51
Totals 39 13 18 13 6 7 20      
a - J. Almonte substituted for T. Johnson in the 7th
b - A. Hedges substituted for J. Cortez in the 7th
c - A. O'Mullan substituted for J. Navarro in the 8th
d - D. Jackson pinch hit for O. Arcia in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Navarro (32, 3rd Inning off K. Martin, 1 on, 1 out) , O. Arcia (26, 5th Inning off J. Vergara, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Johnson (26, 6th Inning off J. Vergara, 1 on, 1 out) , D. Bradley (26, 8th Inning off J. Oramas, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. Sala (11, 3rd Inning off K. Martin, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Cortez (8, 3rd Inning off K. Martin, 3 on, 2 outs) , A. Peña (6, 4th Inning off C. Long, 1 on, 1 out) , J. Almonte (2, 8th Inning off J. Oramas, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: O. Arcia 2 , A. Peña 5 , J. Navarro 4 , R. González , T. Johnson 3 , J. Almonte 4 , D. Bradley 3 , J. Cortez 5 , L. Guillorme , J. Sala 6
2-out RBI: J. Cortez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Jackson , A. Peña , R. González , T. Johnson , J. Cortez , L. Guillorme
GIDP: L. Guillorme
Sac Fly: D. Bradley
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Sala(Bejaran at 3rd base))
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Martin L (5-6) 3.0 7 7 7 3 3 2 64 5.04   
C. Long 1.1 2 2 2 2 2 1 34 3.55   
J. Vergara 2.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 52 2.89   
J. Oramas 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 1 16 6.26   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Martin 15
Batters Faced: K. Martin 18, C. Long 8, J. Vergara 14, J. Oramas 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Martin 1-4, C. Long 0-2, J. Vergara 2-4, J. Oramas 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Martin 64-39, C. Long 34-17, J. Vergara 52-34, J. Oramas 16-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Long 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Dwight W (9-5) 8.0 8 4 4 1 8 1 100 3.03   
C. Rice 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Dwight 57
Batters Faced: J. Dwight 32, C. Rice 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Dwight 6-9, C. Rice 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Dwight 100-71, C. Rice 11-8
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: António Peña
Ballpark: Comerica Tigers Park
Weather: Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:40 PM ET
Time: 3:17
Attendance: 41473
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