{"id":2513879,"date":"2026-07-23T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2513879"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:17:51","slug":"detroit-tigers-head-home-to-host-kansas-city-royals-for-4-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/detroit-tigers-head-home-to-host-kansas-city-royals-for-4-game-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers head home to host Kansas City Royals for 4-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Detroit Tigers earned their second straight series win on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Keider Montero matched his career-high of eight strikeouts and Hao-Yu Lee\u2019s three-run home run in the fourth inning helped power the offense to the victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Motor City Kitties now head home to host the Kansas City Royals for a four-game American League Central showdown at Comerica Park. The visitors currently reside in the division basement a full five games behind the Tigers, but Detroit cannot take anything for granted in pursuit of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Opening up the series is right-hander Troy Melton, who has truly found his groove over his last five starts. Stretching across the past 29 1\/3 innings of work, the 25-year-old has posted a microscopic 0.92 ERA along with a healthy 2.56 FIP, giving up 13 hits (three home runs) and nine walks while striking out a whopping 36 batters along with a wild pitch and a hit batter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Melton started slow in the strikeout column this season, but has K\u2019d nine in two straight games and has struck out at least one per inning since mid-June. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For the Royals, fellow righty and former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Ftigers-decline-option-on-randy-dobnak\" rel=\"sponsored\">Tigers minor leaguer<\/a> Randy Dobnak will be making his fourth appearance of the season and second start since being called up from Triple-A. The 31-year-old was fairly effective but not terribly efficient in his last game against the San Diego Padres, getting the start and going 4 1\/3 innings, allowing four hits \u2014 including a solo home run \u2014 and four walks while striking out three en route to a no-decision in a 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Here is a look at how the two hurlers match up in the series opener on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h2 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Detroit Tigers<\/strong> (48-54) vs. <strong>Kansas City Royals<\/strong> (X-X)<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\"><strong>Time (ET):<\/strong> 6:40 p.m.<br \/><strong>Place:<\/strong> Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan<br \/><strong>SB Nation Site:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\">Royals Review<\/a><br \/><strong>Media: <\/strong>Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\"><strong>Game 103<\/strong>: RHP Troy Melton (5-1, 1.80 ERA) vs. RHP Randy Dobnak (0-0, 1.93 ERA)<\/p>\n<\/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.blessyouboys.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers earned their second straight series win on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Keider Montero matched his career-high of eight strikeouts and Hao-Yu Lee\u2019s three-run home run in the fourth inning helped power the offense to the victory. 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