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T. MeltonR	7-1 W-L	80.0 IP	1.46 ERA	2.88 SO/BB	0.90 WHIP
N. CameronL	6-8 W-L	129.1 IP	4.45 ERA	2.81 SO/BB	1.29 WHIP

.T. Melton

7-1, 80.0 IP, 1.46 ERA

.N. Cameron

6-8, 129.1 IP, 4.45 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Beck Way	Back	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	116	444	78	127	48	12	75	71	.286	.391	.428	.819	21	3	11	1	379
D. Dingler C	111	424	65	113	80	26	29	103	.267	.330	.514	.844	23	2	0	0	353
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	119	411	52	94	62	20	51	144	.229	.318	.426	.744	21	0	0	1	272
C. Keith 3B	110	317	42	84	31	8	22	65	.265	.317	.410	.727	14	4	5	0	205
G. Torres 2B	63	235	40	61	31	8	40	55	.260	.371	.396	.767	8	0	0	0	179
Z. McKinstry 2B	95	287	32	64	24	4	33	49	.223	.306	.331	.637	13	3	1	5	158
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	76	198	19	53	28	6	10	51	.268	.300	.424	.724	11	1	1	2	115
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	43	92	14	17	14	5	5	41	.185	.235	.370	.605	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	34	120	18	34	14	2	4	23	.283	.310	.383	.693	6	0	1	2	71
E. Valencia C	15	41	10	16	13	4	1	11	.390	.419	.805	1.224	5	0	0	0	52
B. Malgeri RF	25	47	7	12	7	1	9	13	.255	.368	.362	.730	2	0	0	0	33
M. Clark CF	11	45	6	13	7	1	4	14	.289	.360	.444	.804	2	1	0	0	31
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	120	4053	549	985	522	145	429	1035	.243	.320	.407	.727	183	24	35	18	2646

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	116
D. Dingler C	111
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	119
C. Keith 3B	110
G. Torres 2B	63
Z. McKinstry 2B	95
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	76
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	43
J. Baez SS	34
E. Valencia C	15
B. Malgeri RF	25
M. Clark CF	11
P. Meadows CF	12
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	1
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	120

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	25	19	8-7	1	1	122.1	3.38	96	50	46	13	28	86	.212	1.01	287
T. Melton SP	13	13	7-1	0	0	80.0	1.46	48	15	13	8	24	69	.171	0.90	255
F. Valdez SP	24	24	7-8	0	0	133.0	4.26	135	69	63	13	50	106	.259	1.39	236
K. Jansen RP	35	0	3-4	14	18	31.2	3.98	20	15	14	5	20	37	.179	1.26	158
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	158
D. Anderson RP	42	4	4-4	2	7	71.1	3.91	66	34	31	10	27	82	.243	1.30	149
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
T. Holton RP	51	3	1-4	2	3	55.1	2.77	55	22	17	6	12	44	.259	1.21	101
K. Finnegan RP	50	0	2-0	2	10	49.0	3.49	49	19	19	8	28	37	.271	1.57	96
E. De Jesus RP	27	0	2-0	1	1	38.2	3.72	34	19	16	2	13	38	.233	1.22	92
T. Madden RP	13	1	1-0	0	0	32.2	2.48	21	9	9	2	12	34	.176	1.01	79
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	18	0	1-1	0	0	23.2	1.52	12	5	4	3	9	15	.150	0.89	54
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	27	0	0-2	0	1	20.0	3.60	20	10	8	2	10	30	.263	1.50	26
J. Jobe SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	4	.067	0.40	22
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	1.20	3
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	120	120	59-61	24	49	1063.2	3.50	915	462	414	116	369	994	.230	1.21	1978

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	25
T. Melton SP	13
F. Valdez SP	24
K. Jansen RP	35
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	42
J. Flaherty SP	19
T. Holton RP	51
K. Finnegan RP	50
E. De Jesus RP	27
T. Madden RP	13
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	18
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	27
J. Jobe SP	1
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	1
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	120

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	103	404	60	115	42	13	45	79	.285	.355	.448	.803	25	1	32	6	347
J. Caglianone RF	113	406	54	109	53	21	28	115	.268	.321	.485	.806	21	2	5	2	286
C. Jensen C	113	397	53	88	55	16	45	132	.222	.299	.408	.707	24	1	1	0	252
S. Perez DH	113	436	41	94	52	16	18	94	.216	.262	.369	.631	17	1	0	0	237
I. Collins LF	109	343	40	80	35	6	46	88	.233	.332	.359	.691	19	3	6	5	213
M. Massey 2B	101	310	40	80	39	9	16	60	.258	.290	.416	.706	20	1	2	0	198
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	84	254	33	61	35	5	29	43	.240	.328	.386	.714	20	1	2	0	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	55	90	24	28	6	3	9	18	.311	.370	.467	.837	5	0	17	3	103
K. Isbel CF	64	188	18	43	15	4	11	46	.229	.279	.340	.619	7	1	5	0	98
S. Marte RF	58	150	15	37	14	2	9	39	.247	.303	.320	.623	5	0	2	2	72
J. Rojas 3B	29	72	6	17	9	1	3	11	.236	.267	.319	.586	3	0	1	0	37
J. Rave RF	21	47	7	11	2	2	5	12	.234	.308	.489	.797	4	1	2	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	7	19	2	5	5	1	1	6	.263	.300	.474	.774	1	0	0	0	14
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	122	4088	503	995	479	122	376	963	.243	.311	.394	.705	219	16	95	25	2466

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	103
J. Caglianone RF	113
C. Jensen C	113
S. Perez DH	113
I. Collins LF	109
M. Massey 2B	101
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	84
M. Garcia 3B	69
T. Tolbert SS	55
K. Isbel CF	64
S. Marte RF	58
J. Rojas 3B	29
J. Rave RF	21
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	7
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	122

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
S. Lugo SP	24	24	5-7	0	0	134.2	4.41	139	74	66	16	46	104	.271	1.37	241
N. Cameron SP	23	22	6-8	0	0	129.1	4.45	125	69	64	14	42	118	.251	1.29	236
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	103
S. Cruz RP	42	2	2-3	3	4	44.1	4.26	36	22	21	11	18	50	.220	1.22	101
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
A. Lange RP	45	0	1-7	10	13	46.2	6.17	47	34	32	5	26	49	.263	1.56	96
N. Pearson RP	7	0	1-0	1	2	6.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	6	.136	0.75	76
R. Dobnak SP	7	5	2-1	0	0	36.0	2.00	34	8	8	2	14	19	.248	1.33	73
J. Schreiber RP	48	0	0-3	1	4	43.0	3.77	40	21	18	7	21	33	.255	1.42	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	37
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	33
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
J. Cuas RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	10.2	1.69	12	2	2	0	3	13	.286	1.41	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	122	122	49-73	29	52	1071.1	4.84	1072	617	576	156	456	901	.261	1.43	1963

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	24
S. Lugo SP	24
N. Cameron SP	23
L. Erceg RP	46
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
T. Tolbert SS	5
S. Cruz RP	42
L. Avila SP	21
A. Lange RP	45
N. Pearson RP	7
R. Dobnak SP	7
J. Schreiber RP	48
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	9
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	122

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