{"id":676869,"date":"2026-04-16T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/676869\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:29:41","slug":"game-19-preview-tigers-look-to-sweep-royals-extend-winning-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/676869\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 19 Preview: Tigers look to sweep Royals, extend winning streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five straight games on Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. They also improved to a robust 7-1 at home so far this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Thursday afternoon, the Motor City Kitties have a chance to sweep their second straight series with a win over their American League Central rivals. On the topic of the division, Detroit (9-9) is currently third in the standings, with the Minnesota Twins (11-8) and Cleveland Guardians (10-9) ahead, respectively, while the Royals (7-11) and Chicago White Sox (6-11) trail behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the hill for the Tigers is right-hander Keider Montero, who has looked sharp so far in his first two starts, while the Royals send lefty Kris Bubic to the bump. The last time K.C.\u2019s southpaw faced the Olde English D, he tossed seven innings of one-run ball on four hits and two walks while striking out nine in a 1-0 loss on June 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here is a look at how the two hurlers match up on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Tigers (9-9) vs. Kansas City Royals (7-11)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Time (ET): 1:10 p.m.<br \/>Place: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan<br \/>SB Nation Site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royals Review<\/a><br \/>Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Game 19: RHP Keider Montero (1-1, 1.74 ERA) vs. LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 2.50 ERA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five straight games on Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,82835,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-676869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit-tigers-game-information","10":"tag-kansas","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-royals","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascityroyals","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116414156837839330","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}