Game 19 - Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals, April 16, 2026, 1:10 PM

[tigermud]

Well I’ll be! How bout that hum shitter walk off

 

[coulomb]

Wow!!! I was gonna bitch the Umpire Poopy Pants cost us the game. But Great comeback win!@#

 

[gotime909]

There we go!!!

 

[biggunsbob]

10-9 feels way better then 9-10 !

 

[biggunsbob]

First 6 game streak since 2024.

 

[biggunsbob]

I heard on the radio early from Dickerson that Torkelson had been on base 21 of his last 39 times. Did I hear that right ? I think that was two at bats ago on my way home. So hopefully his homers will start to come.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-sweep-royals-with-walk-off-comeback-in-ninth

Tigers roar to life with 3 in 9th to walk off KC for 6th straight win.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-tigers/2026/04/16/824289/live/box

Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-vs-tigers/2026/04/16/824289/live/video

Video highlights of the Tigers walk off win over the royals.

Tigers 10, Royals 9: Colt Keith is the walk-off hero

It was good, then it was bad, then it was great.

www.blessyouboys.com

Tigers 10 - Royals 9: Colt Keith is the walk-off hero.
It was good, then it was bad, then it was great.
BYBTB

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2026/04/16/detroit-tigers-game-score-kansas-city-royals-colt-keith/89647944007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115717p119250c119250e1129xxv115717d--34--b--34--&gca-ft=6&gca-ds=sophi

Detroit Tigers sweep Royals with epic 9th-inning rally for 10-9 win. Paywall.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/04/tigers-lose-big-lead-then-rally-back-for-thrilling-walk-off-victory.html

Tigers lose big lead, then rally back for thrilling walk-off victory. Paywall.
Mlive

 

[biggunsbob]

Minor League Scores
Toledo Mudhens (8-10)
Mudhens beat Louisville 10-5. Mac Clark was only 1 for 5 and rbi.
Some hitters in the middle of the order that were not hitting had some hits today. Cruz, Valencia, even Jung. Julks and Gentry keep hitting . Madden went five and picked up the win. All pitchers combined for a 12/3 Max had a outfield assist today.
K/BB

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Gameday: Mud Hens 10, Bats 5 Final Score (04/16/2026)

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Erie Seawolves (2-9)
Blasted 11-9. This team is bad .
A couple of hitters are hitting. First 2 Pitchers were bad. Next four
Gave them a shot. But the 5 runs in the late innings were not enough
They will try the doubleheader Friday

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Gameday: Senators 11, SeaWolves 9 Final Score (04/16/2026)

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West Michigan Whitecaps (6-5)
Postponed Doubleheader at Lansing Friday.
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Lakeland Flying Tigers (8-4)
Lost 7-4. Rainer sitting.

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Gameday: Flying Tigers 4, Mighty Mussels 7 Final Score (04/16/2026)

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[kalinecountry]

FIVE FOR FRIDAY

by Holly Horning Less than 2 weeks into the season, the Tigers Opening Day roster is already changing. All due to the significant injury experienced by Parker Meadows. It’s interesting …

totallytigers.wordpress.com

FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

Less than 2 weeks into the season, the Tigers Opening Day roster is already changing. All due to the significant injury experienced by Parker Meadows.
It’s interesting how a single event can change the entire dynamics of a team. It’s similar to when you line up dominoes and tilting just 1 creates a chain of events. That is what’s happening here.
You’ll see it in my comments below along with other interesting observations created by Meadows’ injury. Here are my 5 most interesting observations and changes I noticed after Parker’s collision with Riley Greene.

 

[tomdalton22]

FIVE FOR FRIDAY

by Holly Horning Less than 2 weeks into the season, the Tigers Opening Day roster is already changing. All due to the significant injury experienced by Parker Meadows. It’s interesting …

totallytigers.wordpress.com

FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

Less than 2 weeks into the season, the Tigers Opening Day roster is already changing. All due to the significant injury experienced by Parker Meadows.
It’s interesting how a single event can change the entire dynamics of a team. It’s similar to when you line up dominoes and tilting just 1 creates a chain of events. That is what’s happening here.
You’ll see it in my comments below along with other interesting observations created by Meadows’ injury. Here are my 5 most interesting observations and changes I noticed after Parker’s collision with Riley Greene.

I don't think replacing Meadows with Perez creates a better roster.

 

[kalinecountry]

I’m hoping perez is a stop gap and or part of a rotation of him Baez and Vierling until Clark or someone else comes along that will be an everyday player.

 

[tomdalton22]

I’m hoping perez is a stop gap and or part of a rotation of him Baez and Vierling until Clark or someone else comes along that will be an everyday player.

same

 

[kalinecountry]

Maybe Riley Greene is slow in the outfield, maybe he doesn't get a good read on the ball, but he sure looks fast scoring in this game from second base to win it.

 

[kalinecountry]

Kevin McGonigle during the Tigers 6 game win streak:
26 PA
.368/.538/.684
1 HR
7 R
26.9 BB%
11.5 K%
240 wRC+
0.5 fWAR
An integral part to this team’s success.

 

[kalinecountry]

Riley Greene is just the 14th player in franchise history to reach 100 career doubles before his 26th birthday.

 

[kalinecountry]

Keider Montero has had a tough job the last few years as Detroit's defacto 6th starter, getting optioned out 6 times in '25 alone. In '26, Montero is making a case to stick around for good. Both his BB + K rates have improved by 5%, his xERA is 1.20 and he's put up 0.8 fWAR already.

 

[kalinecountry]

We won all three games against Kansas City by runs scored in our last half-inning at the plate (B8, B8, B9). It marked the 6th time in franchise history doing so in a series that's at least three games long.

 

[kalinecountry]

Luke Ritter, who hit 97 homers in the Mets' farm system from 2019-25, is signing a minor league deal with the Tigers and will join AAA Toledo.

 

[kalinecountry]

Kevin McGonigle has drawn at least one walk in 10 of the 19 games he has appeared in, and he's drawn multiple walks in a game three times. His .420 on-base % ranks 12th in all of MLB, and his 1.30 walk to strikeout ratio is 6th best in MLB.
He has a .500 RISP as well.

Tigers have 3 of the top 18 batters in MLB in RISP actually.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGHABiKWYAAI0Yw?format=jpg&name=medium

 

[kalinecountry]

People can be mad at Tyler Holton for allowing the HR, but it was the first run he's allowed this season.