Matt Manning wasn’t at his best on a drizzly Sunday afternoon in the Motor City, but it was Gregory Soto’s late-game mistakes that cost the Detroit Tigers the game and series against the Kansas City Royals. The Tigers fell, 3-2, after keeping things tied for most of the afternoon.
Manning had a long first inning, despite allowing just one baserunner. Tucker Barnhart and Javier Báez connected to catch Bobby Witt Jr. stealing, but Nick Pratto’s nine-pitch at-bat still dragged Manning past the 20-pitch mark. The Tigers stranded Báez in the bottom half of the inning after a two-out infield single.