Loftin and Rave HRs, Isbel's 3 RBIs help Royals win 8th straight game, 11-7 over Tigers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Loftin and John Rave homered, Kyle Isbel drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals extended their winning streak to eight games with an 11-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

The Royals' winning streak is their longest since May 2024. Kansas City has won seven straight at home, only the fourth time in franchise history the team has completed an undefeated homestand of seven or more games.

Isbel drove in the first runs of the game with a two-run single, and Loftin added a three-run shot over the left-center field wall, putting Kansas City up 5-1.

Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez added RBI doubles in the fifth before Rave extended the Royals' lead to 9-5 with a two-run shot to right field.

Isbel and Loftin added RBI singles in the eighth to cap the scoring as the Royals completed the three-game sweep.

John Schreiber (1-3) worked two-thirds of an inning in the fifth and earned his first win of the season. Daniel Lynch IV pitched 4 1/3 innings of two-run ball, allowing four hits and striking out two. Steven Cruz worked a hitless ninth.

Kevin McGonigle had an RBI double and a game-tying home run for the Tigers. Gleyber Torres and Max Clark had run-scoring groundouts, Hao-Yu Lee added an RBI single and Ben Malgeri walked with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Andrew Sears (0-1) made his MLB debut for Detroit and allowed five runs on six hits in four innings.

Kansas City right fielder Jac Caglianone was scratched from the lineup due to ankle soreness

The Royals have not announced a starter for their series opener against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Tuesday.

The Tigers have not announced a starter for their home series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.

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Kansas City Royals' Nick Loftin (12) celebrates after his three-run home run with Kyle Isbel (28) during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Kansas City Royals' Nick Loftin, right, celebrates after his three-run home run with Bobby Witt Jr. (7) during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Kansas City Royals' Nick Loftin celebrates in the dugout after his three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Kansas City Royals' John Rave (16) celebrates after his two-run home run with Salvador Perez (13) during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Moke was swirling past Hawaii on Sunday, close enough to dump heavy rain on Big Island communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Lala.

The National Hurricane Center located Moke's center about 320 miles (515 kilometers) south-southwest of Hilo around midday. Top sustained winds were around 40 mph (65 kph), though the real impact is expected from rainfall in places where last weekend’s hurricane flooded communities, triggered mudslides and damaged roads and power lines. Two deaths linked to the hurricane have been reported in Hawaii.

Forecasters expected Moke to produce as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of total rain across the Big Island, and up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) in some isolated places, enough to cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides for the windward and southeast slopes, especially in steep terrain and over areas affected by Lala.

Forecasters aid the center of Moke was expected to pass south of the Big Island later in the day, then south of the smaller main islands in Hawaii early in the week.

In eastern Maui, the next in the island chain, up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain was expected, and the other islands may get an inch or two (between 2.5 and 5 centimeters), according to the hurricane center.

As with Hurricane Lala, the Big Island was expected to bear the brunt of Moke's rain and winds as the storm moves westward, south of the island chain. After moving away from the islands, Lala was downgraded and remained a strong tropical storm on Sunday far out in the Central Pacific.

The northeast coast of the Big Island saw the heaviest total rainfall from Lala, at 43.54 inches (1.1 meters), according to the weather service. More than 6,700 customers, most of them on the Big Island, remained without electricity on Sunday, according to poweroutage.us.

Ahead of Moke's approach, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green urged people to prepare by restocking food, medicine and other essentials.

In the eastern Pacific, meanwhile, Tropical Storm Iselle formed earlier Sunday and was gaining strength, far away from Mexico's southwest coast.

Iselle had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) on Sunday afternoon and was about 535 miles (860 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect for Iselle as it moved to the northwest at 16 mph (26 kph).

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Iselle could become a hurricane in another day or two and would kick up strong ocean swells on Baja's western coastline starting Monday.

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Moke at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, near Hawaii. (NOAA via AP)

A woman and child walk past a debris-strewn street in Naalehu, Hawaii, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, shows the water vapor of Tropical Storm Moke as it advanced toward Hawaii's Big Island. (NOAA via AP)