DET @ KC
Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, Missouri
Rafters Edge Simulation
A transparent, site-owned matchup read built from recent scoreboard history, scoring margin, recent form, and home-venue adjustment. For entertainment and analysis only.
Detroit Tigers 4.2 · Kansas City Royals 4.3
Kansas City Royals gets the model’s nod thanks to Detroit Tigers’s margin advantage, with Kansas City Royals’s recent run providing the second tip. Bullpen rest day is the sneakiest input — a long man on the mound erases a 3-run lead in two innings.
Three things to watch
- Form gap. Kansas City Royals is 60% over their recent sample; Detroit Tigers is 30%. Streaky teams tend to carry one more game than the math allows for.
- Pitching matchup. Burch Smith (Detroit Tigers) vs. Michael Wacha (Kansas City Royals).
Formula: expected win rate from points-for vs. points-allowed (anchored), scoring margin, recent form, and home/venue edge, adjusted by league volatility. Refreshes whenever the venue/game workflow republishes game pages.
Key Players to Watch
Detroit Tigers
- Framber Valdez SP · #59
- Jack Flaherty SP · #9
- Riley Greene LF · #31
- Kevin McGonigle SS · #7
Kansas City Royals
- Cole Ragans SP · #55
- Kris Bubic SP · #50
- Luinder Avila RP · #58
- Bobby Witt Jr. SS · #7
Injury Report
Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers
On The Diamond
A standard 1–9 lineup card pulled from the active roster. Click a player to open their profile.
Box Score
Live and final box-score stats appear here once the game tips.
Recent Form
Kansas City Royals
- Wvs CLE6-2
- Wvs CLE5-3
- Lvs CLE3-1
- Lvs CLE8-5
- Wvs DET4-3
Detroit Tigers
- Wvs TEX7-1
- Lvs BOS5-4
- Lvs BOS10-3
- Lvs BOS4-0
- L@ KC4-3