Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 22, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	06-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 20
Javier Baez	Ankle	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22
Jack Flaherty	Ankle	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 25
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Casey Mize	Thigh	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23
Bailey Horn	Elbow	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Seth Lugo	Concussion	06-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 21
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 30
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	68	256	44	71	24	4	42	40	.277	.383	.406	.789	15	3	9	0	214
D. Dingler C	64	236	33	60	50	16	22	55	.254	.330	.525	.855	14	1	0	0	206
R. Greene LF	71	256	36	76	33	8	37	84	.297	.387	.453	.840	16	0	1	1	183
S. Torkelson 1B	70	234	25	49	28	11	30	90	.209	.307	.410	.717	14	0	0	1	137
G. Torres 2B	42	156	26	44	18	4	29	32	.282	.397	.397	.794	6	0	0	0	121
M. Vierling CF	60	176	16	36	23	4	16	31	.205	.265	.341	.606	10	1	2	2	101
K. Carpenter RF	48	135	15	32	26	9	13	49	.237	.316	.489	.805	3	2	0	0	99
W. Perez RF	52	158	22	29	17	7	13	29	.184	.246	.354	.600	4	1	3	1	98
C. Keith 3B	65	191	24	49	10	1	11	42	.257	.299	.335	.634	8	2	3	0	95
Z. McKinstry 2B	47	135	8	24	10	2	18	28	.178	.271	.259	.530	3	1	1	3	56
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
H. Lee 2B	33	85	6	18	9	2	4	24	.212	.247	.341	.588	3	1	0	0	36
J. Outman CF	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	0	0	0	0	32
J. Rogers C	22	57	6	9	5	1	6	20	.158	.242	.281	.523	2	1	1	0	26
J. Jones DH	47	81	6	11	7	2	9	27	.136	.222	.235	.457	2	0	0	2	25
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
G. Workman 3B	16	38	3	6	5	2	0	16	.158	.158	.395	.553	3	0	0	0	15
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	71	2353	288	551	276	76	264	607	.234	.315	.390	.705	111	14	24	11	1511

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	13	13	3-4	0	0	72.1	3.61	56	30	29	8	17	48	.211	1.01	153
F. Valdez SP	14	14	3-5	0	0	77.2	4.40	75	42	38	9	29	61	.249	1.34	130
T. Skubal SP	8	8	3-3	0	0	48.0	2.81	40	17	15	3	7	49	.227	0.98	125
C. Mize SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	2.27	34	12	12	2	12	49	.200	0.97	122
D. Anderson RP	25	1	2-3	2	4	43.2	3.92	39	21	19	6	17	53	.235	1.28	94
T. Melton SP	4	4	3-0	0	0	25.2	2.81	20	8	8	5	6	14	.213	1.01	76
K. Jansen RP	19	0	1-3	7	11	16.0	4.50	9	8	8	4	9	21	.161	1.13	73
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
K. Finnegan RP	31	0	1-0	1	5	32.2	1.93	27	7	7	2	21	20	.237	1.47	67
E. De Jesus RP	18	0	2-0	1	1	26.1	4.78	25	17	14	1	12	25	.245	1.41	61
J. Flaherty SP	15	15	1-8	0	0	65.2	5.35	69	47	39	8	34	78	.264	1.57	59
T. Madden RP	7	1	0-0	0	0	20.0	3.15	16	7	7	2	5	23	.211	1.05	42
T. Holton RP	31	2	1-4	0	1	31.1	4.02	37	16	14	4	8	27	.301	1.44	33
W. Vest RP	21	0	2-4	1	4	20.2	6.53	22	17	15	2	8	23	.272	1.45	28
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	26
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	14	2	0-0	0	0	13.2	3.29	15	5	5	2	4	6	.283	1.39	19
D. Sommers RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	7	.133	1.07	11
J. Waguespack RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.250	2.00	1
B. Brieske RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	12.46	6	6	6	2	4	4	.353	2.31	-1
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	71	71	29-42	12	27	620.2	3.94	565	300	272	68	229	567	.241	1.28	1190

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	72	286	36	82	28	9	32	56	.287	.358	.455	.813	19	1	26	4	240
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
M. Garcia 3B	65	254	32	68	28	3	23	43	.268	.326	.382	.708	16	2	5	3	156
J. Caglianone RF	66	219	28	59	20	8	22	73	.269	.344	.438	.782	11	1	3	1	136
C. Jensen C	66	218	30	48	35	8	22	71	.220	.289	.390	.679	13	0	0	0	136
S. Perez C	66	257	25	52	26	9	12	54	.202	.248	.331	.579	6	0	0	0	127
I. Collins LF	63	193	24	42	17	3	32	59	.218	.341	.306	.647	8	0	3	4	107
M. Massey 2B	55	156	19	41	23	6	5	30	.263	.280	.455	.735	12	0	1	0	106
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
L. Thomas CF	57	134	14	30	16	3	26	36	.224	.354	.321	.675	4	0	3	3	86
N. Loftin 2B	36	95	14	21	18	1	14	14	.221	.330	.358	.688	8	1	0	0	76
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	31	71	5	18	5	1	5	23	.254	.316	.338	.654	3	0	0	1	28
T. Tolbert RF	19	14	5	3	0	0	2	6	.214	.313	.214	.527	0	0	5	2	15
K. Misner CF	5	12	0	6	3	0	1	3	.500	.538	.500	1.038	0	0	1	0	7
J. Rojas 3B	2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	4
Total	71	2370	284	571	273	64	246	569	.241	.316	.379	.695	119	8	51	17	1507

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	14	14	4-5	0	0	88.0	3.58	75	37	35	10	27	69	.231	1.16	188
S. Lugo SP	14	14	2-4	0	0	79.1	3.86	82	37	34	7	25	66	.270	1.35	147
N. Cameron SP	13	13	3-4	0	0	70.0	4.11	68	36	32	8	17	64	.247	1.21	141
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	28	0	3-3	12	18	26.1	5.81	32	19	17	2	19	22	.308	1.94	111
S. Kolek SP	8	8	4-1	0	0	50.1	2.68	42	18	15	5	10	34	.225	1.03	110
D. Lynch RP	30	0	2-0	1	3	30.0	1.80	18	9	6	1	9	29	.167	0.90	87
A. Lange RP	30	0	0-4	4	4	32.2	4.13	28	17	15	2	19	35	.235	1.44	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	23	0	3-1	0	3	21.2	5.40	20	13	13	8	7	18	.235	1.25	48
J. Schreiber RP	31	0	0-3	1	2	28.2	2.83	23	10	9	5	11	21	.228	1.19	44
S. Cruz RP	19	0	1-2	0	1	20.1	5.75	18	14	13	7	12	27	.234	1.48	26
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
L. Avila RP	13	4	1-3	0	0	32.0	6.19	36	22	22	4	22	28	.298	1.81	22
M. Black RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	13.2	2.63	15	4	4	2	8	15	.283	1.68	19
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
T. Tolbert RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	15
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
B. Way RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	10.80	6	4	4	1	1	6	.375	2.10	2
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
Total	71	71	28-43	19	35	629.1	4.50	601	337	315	91	272	571	.252	1.39	1192

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