{"id":2373875,"date":"2026-04-15T04:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2373875"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:58:34","slug":"royals-offense-still-painful-in-2-1-loss-at-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-offense-still-painful-in-2-1-loss-at-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals offense still painful in 2-1 loss at Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DETROIT \u2014 Kenley Jansen got his 479th save, moving past Lee Smith for sole possession of third place on the career list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied from an eighth-inning deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.<\/p>\n<p>Jansen allowed a leadoff single in the ninth to Lane Thomas, who stole second, then advanced to third on Salvador Perez&#8217;s groundout. Vinnie Pasquantino grounded out, with Thomas holding at third, and Jansen retired Starling Marte on a flyout for his third save this season.<\/p>\n<p>Only Mariano Rivera (652) and Trevor Hoffman (601) have more saves.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Jensen hit into a run-scoring forceout in the second off Framber Valdez, who allowed three hits in seven innings.<\/p>\n<p>Zach McKinstry doubled leading off the eighth against Nick Mears (1-1), took third on a groundout and stayed at third when, with the infield in, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. robbed pinch-hitter Colt Keith with a diving catch.<\/p>\n<p>Mears bounced a changeup past Perez, allowing McKinstry to score, rookie Kevin McGonigle walked and Dillon Dingler hit a 106.7 mph grounder past third baseman Maikel Garcia. The ball bounced to the left-field wall for an RBI double<\/p>\n<p>Will Vest (1-2) struck out the side in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City&#8217;s Cole Ragans, the first left-handed starter Detroit faced this season. allowed one hit and four walks in six innings.<\/p>\n<p>Royals left fielder Isaac Collins left during the bottom of the first after bruising his right knee while flipping over a wall in pursuit of a foul ball.<\/p>\n<h4>Up Next<\/h4>\n<p>Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-1, 5.14) and Royals RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 1.53) are scheduled to start Wednesday night, when heavy rain is forecast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '1557642287829215',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\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.kshb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT \u2014 Kenley Jansen got his 479th save, moving past Lee Smith for sole possession of third place on the career list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied from an eighth-inning deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. 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