Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 21, 2026 Gametracker

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T. MeltonR	7-1 W-L	74.0 IP	1.58 ERA	2.78 SO/BB	0.91 WHIP
N. CameronL	6-8 W-L	123.2 IP	4.37 ERA	2.90 SO/BB	1.29 WHIP

7-1, 74.0 IP, 1.58 ERA

6-8, 123.2 IP, 4.37 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
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	Groin	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
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	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
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	111	422	74	120	44	12	72	69	.284	.391	.431	.822	20	3	11	1	361
D. Dingler C	106	403	63	112	78	26	27	99	.278	.341	.536	.877	22	2	0	0	347
R. Greene LF	113	410	62	113	54	16	59	127	.276	.367	.459	.826	25	1	3	1	307
S. Torkelson 1B	114	394	51	86	58	20	47	141	.218	.307	.419	.726	19	0	0	1	254
C. Keith 3B	105	306	42	84	31	8	19	62	.275	.321	.425	.746	14	4	5	0	204
G. Torres 2B	58	213	38	57	29	7	39	51	.268	.385	.404	.789	8	0	0	0	169
Z. McKinstry 2B	90	273	29	59	23	4	30	49	.216	.296	.326	.622	12	3	1	5	145
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	72	194	17	51	27	6	9	51	.263	.293	.418	.711	10	1	1	2	108
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	39	91	13	16	14	5	5	41	.176	.227	.363	.590	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	30	105	16	30	13	2	3	20	.286	.309	.400	.709	6	0	1	1	66
E. Valencia C	12	34	9	14	11	4	0	9	.412	.429	.853	1.282	3	0	0	0	45
B. Malgeri RF	22	42	6	12	7	1	9	10	.286	.404	.405	.809	2	0	0	0	34
M. Clark CF	6	24	4	8	4	1	4	9	.333	.448	.542	.990	2	0	0	0	21
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	115	3879	526	945	502	144	408	999	.244	.320	.412	.732	175	23	35	17	2547

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	24	18	8-6	1	1	116.1	3.17	91	45	41	11	25	81	.212	1.00	284
F. Valdez SP	23	23	7-7	0	0	127.1	4.17	129	65	59	12	45	103	.259	1.37	238
T. Melton SP	12	12	7-1	0	0	74.0	1.58	44	14	13	8	23	64	.170	0.91	237
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	145
D. Anderson RP	41	3	4-4	2	7	67.1	4.01	62	33	30	9	25	78	.241	1.29	142
K. Jansen RP	33	0	2-4	13	17	29.2	3.94	19	14	13	5	18	34	.179	1.25	141
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
K. Finnegan RP	48	0	2-0	2	9	47.1	3.42	48	18	18	7	27	36	.276	1.58	94
E. De Jesus RP	25	0	2-0	1	1	36.2	3.68	31	18	15	2	13	36	.226	1.20	89
T. Holton RP	48	3	1-4	1	2	52.0	2.94	55	22	17	6	12	39	.272	1.29	81
T. Madden RP	11	1	1-0	0	0	30.0	2.40	19	8	8	2	12	33	.174	1.03	73
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
J. Waguespack RP	17	0	0-1	0	0	21.2	1.66	10	5	4	3	8	15	.139	0.83	44
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
D. Sommers RP	24	0	0-2	0	1	17.0	4.24	17	9	8	2	8	25	.262	1.47	19
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	115	115	56-59	22	46	1018.2	3.53	883	446	400	111	349	955	.232	1.21	1849

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	97	381	55	109	41	13	42	74	.286	.356	.457	.813	24	1	31	5	333
J. Caglianone RF	107	382	49	97	45	18	27	112	.254	.309	.453	.762	18	2	4	2	248
C. Jensen C	108	381	50	87	54	15	41	127	.228	.301	.415	.716	24	1	1	0	242
S. Perez DH	108	418	40	90	48	16	18	93	.215	.263	.376	.639	17	1	0	0	227
I. Collins LF	104	328	40	78	34	6	44	86	.238	.337	.366	.703	18	3	6	5	208
M. Massey 2B	95	289	38	76	39	9	16	53	.263	.297	.426	.723	20	0	2	0	193
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	78	233	31	58	35	5	26	38	.249	.332	.399	.731	18	1	1	0	173
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
K. Isbel CF	59	173	17	42	13	3	10	42	.243	.293	.347	.640	7	1	5	0	92
T. Tolbert SS	50	80	22	26	6	3	6	15	.325	.368	.475	.843	3	0	15	3	91
S. Marte RF	54	137	14	35	12	1	8	37	.255	.311	.314	.625	5	0	2	2	64
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	26	64	6	15	6	1	3	9	.234	.269	.328	.597	3	0	1	0	33
J. Rave RF	16	38	6	10	2	2	4	8	.263	.333	.579	.912	4	1	1	0	32
L. Maile C	5	15	2	4	5	1	1	5	.267	.313	.533	.846	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	116	3891	480	954	457	116	357	919	.245	.312	.396	.708	210	15	89	24	2340

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	23	23	5-8	0	0	144.0	3.44	125	59	55	17	41	112	.234	1.15	302
N. Cameron SP	22	21	6-8	0	0	123.2	4.37	119	65	60	14	40	116	.250	1.29	230
S. Lugo SP	23	23	4-7	0	0	128.2	4.41	134	71	63	15	45	99	.274	1.39	219
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	46	0	4-2	1	3	46.0	1.96	31	13	10	2	12	35	.185	0.93	125
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
A. Lange RP	44	0	1-6	10	13	45.2	6.11	44	33	31	5	26	48	.253	1.53	102
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
S. Cruz RP	40	2	2-3	3	4	42.0	4.29	34	21	20	11	17	48	.219	1.21	98
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	91
R. Dobnak SP	6	4	2-0	0	0	31.0	1.16	24	4	4	2	13	15	.212	1.19	76
N. Pearson RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.083	0.50	62
J. Schreiber RP	46	0	0-3	1	3	41.2	3.67	39	20	17	7	18	31	.257	1.37	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
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
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
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
J. Cuas RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	2.70	8	2	2	0	2	9	.286	1.50	12
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	8
A. Bummer RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	4	3	3	1	0	0	.571	4.00	-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	116	116	48-68	28	50	1019.0	4.80	1011	583	544	148	435	859	.260	1.42	1861

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