{"id":1978409,"date":"2025-08-25T09:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1978409"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:06:44","slug":"detroit-tigers-torch-kansas-city-royals-bullpen-for-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/detroit-tigers-torch-kansas-city-royals-bullpen-for-4th-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers torch Kansas City Royals bullpen for 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"85766974007\" title=\"Should Detroit Tigers call up MLB's No. 2 prospect Kevin McGonigle?\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/21\/PDTF\/85766865007-freep-sports-thumbnails-roar-call-up-mc-gonigle.png?crop=1279,719,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Should Detroit Tigers call up MLB&#8217;s No. 2 prospect Kevin McGonigle?<\/p>\n<p>On &#8220;Days of Roar,&#8221; Evan Petzold invites Chris Brown of &#8220;Tigers Minor League Report&#8221; to debate when the Tigers should call up their No. 1 prospect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><story-highlights class=\"spacer-small column ten-column no-gutter\" util-module-path=\"elements\/story\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-5, on Friday night at Comerica Park.<\/li>\n<li>Riley Greene tied it in the 6th inning with a 2-run homer for the Tigers.<\/li>\n<li>Zach McKinstry, on Central Michigan night, went 3-for-4 with a homer and a triple for the Tigers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/story-highlights><partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/tigers\/\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> showed their grit.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>And they got the win.<\/p>\n<p>Down in the early innings, the Tigers clawed back by scoring seven straight runs for a 7-5 victory over the <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/kansas-city-royals\/231\" data-autotag=\"4e385f64-3a66-4395-b052-9f6495f4718b\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> on Friday, Aug. 22, in the first of three games in the series at Comerica Park. The rally featured two runs in the sixth inning and four runs in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers (77-53) were sparked by Riley Greene tying the game with a two-run home run in the sixth inning, but Zach McKinstry delivered the first run of the comeback (and the Tigers&#8217; first hit of the game) with a solo home run in the third inning.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit has won four games in a row \u2014 and eight of its last nine.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/23\/PDTF\/85786451007-082225-tigersroyals-008.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/23\/PDTF\/85786451007-082225-tigersroyals-008.jpg?crop=3289,2466,x410,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/23\/PDTF\/85786451007-082225-tigersroyals-008.jpg?crop=1850,2466,x1295,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/23\/PDTF\/85786451007-082225-tigersroyals-008.jpg?crop=3699,2082,x0,y192 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press\" caption=\"Detroit Tigers short stop Zach McKinstry (39) celebrates a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals during the third inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Friday, August 22, 2025.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ON THE FARM: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/tigers\/2025\/08\/22\/detroit-tigers-top-prospect-kevin-mcgonigle-no-2025-mlb-debut\/85762965007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">No plans for No. 1 prospect Kevin McGonigle to make MLB debut in 2025<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the sixth, the Tigers had a runner on first base and two outs when the Royals called on left-handed reliever Angel Zerpa for a matchup with Greene, who entered Friday hitting just .207 with a .594 OPS against left-handers.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Greene won the left-on-left clash.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old, a two-time All-Star, demolished Zerpa&#8217;s sixth-pitch slider that caught too much of the plate for a 435-foot home run to right-center field.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>It was his 30th homer in 126 games.<\/p>\n<p>The two-run blast tied the game, 3-3.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tigers125.pictorialbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Celebrate 125 seasons of the Tigers with our new book!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The floodgates opened in the seventh, as the Tigers scored four runs off left-handed reliever Bailey Falter \u2014\u00a0fueled by a leadoff single from McKinstry.<\/p>\n<p>After McKinstry&#8217;s single, Javier B\u00e1ez slapped a single to right field. On the single, McKinsry hustled from first to third on the bases, but a throwing error by right fielder Randal Grichuk sent the ball to the front of the Tigers&#8217; dugout.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>McKinstry didn&#8217;t think twice.<\/p>\n<p>He dashed home and scored on a head-first slide for a 4-3 lead, taking advantage of the error.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers tacked on three more runs for a 7-3 lead in the seventh, thanks to pinch-hitter Andy Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez&#8217;s RBI single, Gleyber Torres&#8217; RBI double and Wenceel P\u00e9rez&#8217;s RBI single.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Aside from the offense, the Tigers received scoreless performances from two of three relievers: left-hander Drew Sommers and right-hander Kyle Finnegan. Right-hander Will Vest surrendered a two-run home run to Vinnie Pasquantino with two outs in the ninth inning, making it 7-5.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Pasquantino has hit a home run in five consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh, Sommers \u2014\u00a0who recorded the final out in the sixth in his MLB debut \u2014\u00a0walked back-to-back batters, but Finnegan cleaned up his mess by getting Bobby Witt Jr. to ground into a double play and Pasquantino to fly out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><em><strong>[ MUST LISTEN:<\/strong>\u00a0Make\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/days-of-roar-a-free-press-sports-detroit-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Days of Roar&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0your go-to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/detroit-tigers\/230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> podcast, available anywhere you listen to podcasts (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/days-of-roar-a-free-press-sports-detroit-tigers-podcast\/id1674627945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7hWybDP3lhBSo9HFkSshac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>)\u00a0<strong>]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Casey Mize starts<\/h2>\n<p>Right-hander Casey Mize allowed three runs on nine hits and one walk across 5\u2154 innings \u2014 without any strikeouts. The 28-year-old, who had 10 strikeouts in his last start, generated just three whiffs on 41 swings for a 7.3% whiff rate.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals collected seven of their nine hits off Mize in the first three innings.<\/p>\n<p>They scored all three runs in the third inning, taking a 3-0 lead on Witt&#8217;s RBI single and Salvador Perez&#8217;s two-RBI double. The Perez double occurred with two outs.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Mize retired eight of his final 10 batters.<\/p>\n<p>He owns a 3.68 ERA in 22 starts.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85785508007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Zach McKinstry shines on &#8216;CMU Night&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>It was &#8220;CMU Night&#8221; at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n<p>McKinstry \u2014\u00a0an All-Star in 2025 who was drafted by the <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/243\" data-autotag=\"71975c0f-8b3f-4650-915e-eebafe288e15\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in the 33rd round out of Central Michigan in 2016 \u2014\u00a0put on a show for the CMU Chippewas in the crowd, finishing a double shy of the cycle.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>With a cycle on the line, McKinstry flew out to center field in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the 30-year-old use his legs for the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, but he also sparked the Tigers with their first hit and first run of the game \u2014\u00a0hitting a solo home run off right-hander Ryan Bergert with one out in the third inning.<\/p>\n<p>His 11th homer cut the Tigers&#8217; deficit to 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>McKinstry also ripped a two-out triple off Bergert with two outs in the fifth inning, but he was stranded. He then hit a single off Falter to kickstart the three-run seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, McKinstry is hitting .263 with an .795 OPS in 116 games. He played for Central Michigan in the 2015 and 2016 seasons before the Dodgers drafted him.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><em>Contact Evan Petzold at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:epetzold@freepress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">epetzold@freepress.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow him\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EvanPetzold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@EvanPetzold<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><em>Listen to our weekly Tigers show\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/days-of-roar-a-free-press-sports-detroit-tigers\/a-j-hinch-joins-days-of-roar-to-talk-detroit-tiger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Days of Roar&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0every Monday afternoon on\u00a0Apple,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0or wherever you listen to podcasts.\u00a0And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">freep.com\/podcasts<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-23 02:06:04 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-23 12:10:21 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.freep.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should Detroit Tigers call up MLB&#8217;s No. 2 prospect Kevin McGonigle? 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