{"id":2518335,"date":"2026-07-26T22:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2518335"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:39:23","slug":"detroit-tigers-narrowly-defeated-by-kansas-city-royals-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/detroit-tigers-narrowly-defeated-by-kansas-city-royals-5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers narrowly defeated by Kansas City Royals 5-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The Detroit Tigers were edged by the Royals 5-4 at Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon after Kansas City&#8217;s Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals led 3-0 through four innings, fell behind after giving up four runs in the fifth before going back ahead on Massey&#8217;s blast to right.<\/p>\n<p>Nate Pearson (2-0) threw a scoreless inning. Steven Cruz pitched the ninth for his second save after giving up a walk and hit to the first two batters, closing the game by striking out Riley Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Sommers (0-1) allowed two runs on two hits over 1 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a four-run fifth inning for the Tigers, but they failed to maintain the lead and lost a second straight game to the last-place team in the AL Central.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have a week to decide whether to keep ace Tarik Skubal or to trade him ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Lane Thomas led off the game with a homer and Luke Maile had an RBI double in the fourth, giving the Royals a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Strahm entered to face Greene in the fifth and he hit a ball up the middle that could have been fielded by shifting shortstop Tyler Tolbert or second baseman Andrew Velazquez, who was charged with an error, and two Tigers scored.<\/p>\n<p>Dingler followed with a shot that went behind Strahm&#8217;s head to give Detroit a 4-3 lead that wasn&#8217;t large enough.<\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<p>Tigers RHP Keider Montero (7-5, 3.14) and Baltimore RHP Kyle Bradish (7-9, 3.49) are scheduled to pitch on Monday night at Comerica Park. <\/p>\n<p>The Royals have not announced who their probable pitcher will be on Tuesday night at Minnesota.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\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.cbsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers were edged by the Royals 5-4 at Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon after Kansas City&#8217;s Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning. 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