GAME 17 - Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, April 14, 2026, 6:40 PM

[byco42]

GAME 17 - Tigers (7-9) W3 vs. Royals (7-9) L1
April 14, 2026 - 6:40 PM
Comerica Park


Framber Valdez #59 LHP
1-1 / 4.76 / 1.47

Tigers' Lineup

1. G Torres (R) DH
2. M Vierling (R) CF
3. K McGonigle (L) 3B
4. D Dingler (R) C
5. W Pérez (S) RF
6. R Greene (L) LF
7. S Torkelson (R) 1B
8. J Báez (R) SS
9. Z McKinstry (L) 2B

Cole Ragans #55 LHP
0-3 / 5.91 / 1.69
Royals' Lineup

1. M Garcia (R) 3B
2. B Witt Jr. (R) SS
3. L Thomas (R) CF
4. S Perez (R) C
5. V Pasquantino (L) 1B
6. S Marte (R) RF
7. J India (R) 2B
8. C Jensen (L) DH
9. I Collins (S) LF

 

[kalinecountry]

Kevin McGonigle is getting his first Tigers bobblehead. The rookie’s first home run is the subject of the new figure from FOCO. The bobbleheads are $80 and are limited to just 126. This is the mockup image from FOCO:

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Max Clark’s first 14 AAA games:.352 AVG | 8 2B | 12 R | 6 SB | .439 OBP

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/why-tigers-didnt-call-up-max-clark-after-parker-meadows-injury?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Here's why Tigers haven't called up red-hot Clark ... yet.
Tigers official site

The Detroit Tigers Minor League Report Podcast: The Future of Tigers Pitching is in Lakeland?

Brandon, Chris and Rogelio recap the sweep of the Tigers and Marlins series and Toledo’s offense comes alive at just the right time.

bleav.com

The Future of Tigers Pitching is in Lakeland? 88 minutes.
Brandon, Chris and Rogelio recap the sweep of the Tigers and Marlins series and Toledo's offense comes alive at just the right time.
TMLR

Enjoy 4 minutes of Kevin McGonigle being the best SS in baseball so far in 2026:


The Tigers game on Thursday, April 23 will be Gibby’s Day, a benefit game for the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s.A portion of proceeds from tickets purchased directly through Gibson's website will benefit the foundation. Link: http://GibbysDay.org

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Tigers claim RHP Yoniel Curet, move Parker Meadows to the 60-day IL

The Tigers opened up a roster spot to claim Curet by moving Meadows to the long-term IL.

www.blessyouboys.com

Tigers claim RHP Yoniel Curet, move Parker Meadows to the 60-day IL
BYBTB

AJ Hinch reveals delayed Justin Verlander timeline, but Tigers fans shouldn’t panic

There’s a natural reaction any time a future Hall of Famer isn’t immediately penciled back into the lineup: concern, impatience, maybe even a little panic. But

motorcitybengals.com

AJ Hinch reveals delayed Justin Verlander timeline, but Tigers fans shouldn’t panic.
Sometimes patience is the play.
MCBTB

 

[biggunsbob]

So the rookie gives a great at bat and I get it Dingler is one of our better hitters but why not work the count. ? It’s not like he is dealing.
Dingler hacks at first pitch with 2 Runners on and grounds into a double play. Had a chance to get his pitch count up . Shame.

 

[biggunsbob]

Holy hell that was a terrible throw to second by Fv….Valdez keeps giving up singles. Just like at a Minnesota he is not Not very sharp.
Bases loaded.
Had Jensen 1-2 and now it’s full.
Fielders choice out at 2nd. Trail 1-0 . Nice play by Tork.
5-3 to end the inning.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers do nothing in the 2nd.

 

[biggunsbob]

Man these at bats are awful. Guess we struggle in the division so far.

 

[biggunsbob]

Clark 2 more Singles tonight. Sadly Gibson-Long was crushed.

 

[biggunsbob]

FV has had two really sharp innings. Can this offense get him some runs.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers get a runner to 3rd. Dingler moves him to 3rd .
Perez BB.
Greene had hitters count but grounds out to 2nd. Fails to drive runners in.

 

[biggunsbob]

Valdez is a terrible fielder but that runner was way off the line and was called out. .

Come on hitters Get him some runs.

 

[biggunsbob]

(Ragans has walked 4).

Tigers 5th
Tork BB
Baez popout ss.
Mckinstry 4-6-3 DP

Man we just stink against leftys. 4 walks plenty of good hitters counts. 0 runs.

 

[biggunsbob]

Nice pitch FV. Bottom 6th
trail 1-0.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers 6th
Torres F-8
Vierling 5-3
Kevin 4-3


Our right handed hitters are just poor.
Torres, Vierling, Perez , Jones, Tork. . Only Dingler and Beaz are doing much. We need some homers from Tork badly.

 

[biggunsbob]

Heading to Bottom 7th . Trail 1-0.

Dingler infield single
Perez popout 2nd.
Greene 0-2, 1-2 K'S LOOKING.
Tork BB
Baez (0-2) 5-3


Perez is just terrible not even productive at bat.
Tigers strand 2 more runners.

 

[tigermud]

Smash ball into ground fest

 

[biggunsbob]

Have we seen enough of Perez ? Why not give Anderson or Lee a shot ?

 

[tigermud]

Now or never let’s go bats!

 

[biggunsbob]

Vest has a clean 8th. Strikes out Witt jr to end the inning.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers 8th
McKinstry lead off double (two 3rd)
Torres 4-3
Keith lineout to Ss (sigh]
Wild pitch scores McKinstry. (1-1)
Kevin BB
Dingler double rbi (2-1) tigers.
Perez G-3

Tigers lead 2-1

I think Perez is now 0-11 or thereabouts.

 

[gotime909]

We really sat Colt and Carp because a scary lefty was on the mound again????? I thought we went all in with analytics. Didn’t any of these nerds tell dipshit AJ that Ragans has reverse splits and lefties have been much better against him his whole career?