Royals starter Michael Wacha ended his night with a 15-pitch battle against Dillon Dingler in the sixth. Dingler fouled off nine pitches before being rung up on a called third strike that appeared well outside the zone. Two runners were stranded, and Wacha exited with a quality start, allowing three runs over six innings.

Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin Newman hit .202 with two home runs, one walk and 23 strikeouts across 56 games for the Angels in the 2025 season.

Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres is in his eighth MLB season, but first outside of The Bronx. Spending the first seven years of his career with the New York Yankees, Torres signed a one-year, $15 million contract to join Detroit this past offseason.

DETROIT -- Veteran reliever Paul Sewald put on his Detroit Tigers home whites and stepped onto a mound on Saturday for the first time since joining the team last month. It was only a bullpen of about 20 pitches, but it represented the first step in his push to join the Tigers’ bullpen in September and, potentially, the playoffs.

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch on the bullpen: "If we were just identified ... as a ninth-inning guy, what an opportunity we would have missed..."

Zach McKinstry put on a show for his fans from Central Michigan. He also showed the DNA of the gritty Detroit Tigers in a 7-5 win over the Royals.

KC lefty Sam Long took over, so the Tigers’ righty bench was deployed. Andy Ibanez came in for Keith and promptly went yard, doubling Detroit’s lead. Torres walked, but Perez – in for Carpenter – and Greene got out to end the inning. 4-2 Tigers going into the ninth.

The AL Central is being dominated by one team — the Detroit Tigers. Even though they had a rough stretch in July with a pair of six-game losing streaks, the clu