Royals’ ineptitude costs them again in 2-1 loss in Detroit

Apr 15, 2026; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Kansas City Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone gets tagged out at home plate by Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers in the second inning at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images | Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Royals did it again. They lost 2-1.

The offense has now scored 2 or fewer runs in 11 of their first 18 games and in 7 of their last 8. The offense was miserable and missed the few opportunities they had to do something, per usual. The pitching was awesome again, unfortunately perfection has been required lately.

There was a couple of bright spots. Jac Caglianone was on base all four times, including three hits and a walk. He hit his second career triple as well.

His leadoff triple in the 3rd was followed up by a Lane Thomas pop out to center and a Kyle Isbel ground out to second, where Cags was thrown out at the plate on the contact play. Caglianone also got an outfield assist in the bottom half of the inning, cutting down a Tigers run, and he almost did it on the next play as well, but Javier Baez got by Salvador Perez just in time. Seth Lugo was awesome again, all four of his starts have been after two straight Royals losses.