Overview
- Detroit improved to 78-53 and widened its AL Central lead to 11.5 games with nine wins in its last 10.
- Spencer Torkelson hit his 27th home run, and Jake Rogers delivered two RBIs with an early double and a later single.
- Chris Paddack earned the win by allowing one run in five innings, while Michael Wacha gave up three over six in the loss.
- Tyler Holton induced a key double play in the seventh, and Will Vest ended an eighth-inning threat and closed for his 19th save.
- Bobby Witt Jr. homered and Vinnie Pasquantino doubled in a run for Kansas City, and Andy Ibáñez provided late insurance with a pinch-hit homer.