Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 23, 2026 Gametracker

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F. ValdezL	7-7 W-L	127.1 IP	4.17 ERA	2.29 SO/BB	1.37 WHIP
D. Lynch IVL	4-3 W-L	47.2 IP	2.45 ERA	2.64 SO/BB	1.01 WHIP

7-7, 127.1 IP, 4.17 ERA

4-3, 47.2 IP, 2.45 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
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-11-2026Probable for Aug 12
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
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	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

	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	115	441	77	127	48	12	73	71	.288	.391	.431	.822	21	3	11	1	376
D. Dingler C	110	419	64	113	80	26	29	101	.270	.334	.520	.854	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	118	408	52	93	60	20	50	142	.228	.317	.424	.741	20	0	0	1	268
C. Keith 3B	109	316	42	84	31	8	22	64	.266	.318	.411	.729	14	4	5	0	206
G. Torres 2B	62	230	39	59	30	7	40	54	.257	.371	.383	.754	8	0	0	0	173
Z. McKinstry 2B	94	285	32	63	24	4	33	49	.221	.304	.330	.634	13	3	1	5	157
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	75	195	18	52	28	6	10	51	.267	.300	.421	.721	10	1	1	2	112
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	33	116	18	33	14	2	4	21	.284	.311	.388	.699	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	24	45	7	12	7	1	9	12	.267	.382	.378	.760	2	0	0	0	34
M. Clark CF	10	41	6	12	7	1	4	13	.293	.370	.463	.833	2	1	0	0	30
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
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	119	4018	545	978	519	144	426	1024	.243	.320	.408	.728	181	24	35	18	2630

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	23	23	7-7	0	0	127.1	4.17	129	65	59	12	45	103	.259	1.37	238
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	157
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	26	0	2-0	1	1	37.2	3.58	31	18	15	2	13	37	.221	1.17	92
T. Madden RP	12	1	1-0	0	0	32.0	2.25	20	8	8	2	12	34	.172	1.00	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
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	119	119	59-60	24	49	1054.2	3.48	905	456	408	115	362	989	.230	1.20	1976

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	102	399	60	113	42	13	45	78	.283	.355	.446	.801	24	1	32	6	345
J. Caglianone RF	112	402	53	108	53	21	28	115	.269	.322	.488	.810	21	2	5	2	284
C. Jensen C	112	393	53	88	55	16	45	131	.224	.302	.412	.714	24	1	1	0	252
S. Perez DH	112	434	41	93	51	16	18	94	.214	.260	.369	.629	17	1	0	0	234
I. Collins LF	108	340	40	80	35	6	45	87	.235	.333	.362	.695	19	3	6	5	212
M. Massey 2B	100	309	40	80	39	9	16	59	.259	.291	.417	.708	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	83	249	33	61	35	5	29	43	.245	.333	.394	.727	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	54	88	23	28	6	3	8	16	.318	.371	.477	.848	5	0	16	3	100
K. Isbel CF	64	188	18	43	15	4	11	46	.229	.279	.340	.619	7	1	5	0	98
S. Marte RF	57	147	15	36	14	2	9	38	.245	.302	.320	.622	5	0	2	2	72
J. Rojas 3B	28	68	6	16	8	1	3	10	.235	.268	.324	.592	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	20	46	7	11	2	2	5	12	.239	.314	.500	.814	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	6	18	2	5	5	1	1	6	.278	.316	.500	.816	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	121	4053	501	989	477	122	374	955	.244	.312	.396	.708	218	16	94	25	2454

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	47	1	4-3	1	3	47.2	2.45	34	17	13	2	14	37	.193	1.01	118
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
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
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	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	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
M. Black RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	22.2	3.57	22	9	9	4	14	17	.256	1.59	29
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	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	2.00	10	2	2	0	2	11	.270	1.33	18
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	121	121	49-72	29	52	1063.1	4.84	1064	613	572	153	452	895	.261	1.43	1954

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