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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Gleyber Torres	Side	05-04-2026Probable for May 5
Zach McKinstry	Hip	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Will Vest	Forearm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-20-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 21
Casey Mize	Thigh	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Beau Brieske	Thigh	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Troy Melton	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Bailey Horn	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	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	34	130	24	41	16	2	19	19	.315	.407	.477	.884	11	2	3	0	118
R. Greene CF	36	128	24	37	19	4	21	41	.289	.389	.453	.842	9	0	1	1	102
D. Dingler C	30	105	12	27	25	6	7	20	.257	.328	.495	.823	7	0	0	0	90
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	35	115	13	25	14	6	20	41	.217	.338	.426	.764	6	0	0	1	75
K. Carpenter RF	33	95	11	20	17	6	11	38	.211	.300	.463	.763	2	2	0	0	66
C. Keith 3B	32	101	17	32	6	0	5	21	.317	.355	.386	.741	7	0	1	0	59
M. Vierling RF	28	73	8	15	14	1	7	14	.205	.268	.342	.610	7	0	1	0	49
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	21	60	7	9	5	2	5	7	.150	.215	.267	.482	1	0	3	0	35
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jones 2B	22	40	5	8	5	2	2	14	.200	.238	.400	.638	2	0	0	1	20
Z. McKinstry 3B	14	43	2	9	5	1	3	10	.209	.261	.326	.587	2	0	0	0	19
J. Rogers C	12	33	4	6	4	0	1	10	.182	.216	.303	.519	2	1	1	0	17
H. Lee 2B	13	37	3	7	5	1	3	13	.189	.250	.324	.574	2	0	0	0	16
J. Jung 2B	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	36	1197	162	296	154	35	135	298	.247	.328	.400	.728	66	6	14	4	815

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	43.1	2.70	35	14	13	2	6	45	.222	0.95	123
F. Valdez SP	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	3.35	37	16	15	2	14	32	.236	1.26	93
K. Montero SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	33.2	3.48	27	14	13	3	7	25	.216	1.01	76
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
B. Hurter P	14	0	4-0	0	0	18.0	1.50	10	4	3	1	4	12	.161	0.78	70
K. Finnegan RP	16	0	1-0	1	1	16.2	0.54	10	1	1	1	10	13	.179	1.20	49
D. Anderson RP	11	0	1-0	1	1	19.1	5.12	16	11	11	3	9	22	.222	1.29	46
K. Jansen RP	11	0	0-2	6	9	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	3	5	10	.250	1.56	44
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
J. Flaherty SP	7	7	0-2	0	0	29.0	5.90	27	22	19	5	25	32	.248	1.79	21
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	17
T. Madden P	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	7	.200	0.80	14
B. Smith RP	5	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	2.16	8	2	2	0	3	11	.258	1.32	12
B. Hanifee RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	2	.231	0.82	9
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
E. De Jesus RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	10.2	8.44	19	13	10	0	8	12	.380	2.53	8
T. Holton RP	15	2	0-1	0	1	14.2	4.91	20	8	8	2	8	11	.328	1.91	7
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	2	0	0-1	0	1	2.0	22.50	4	5	5	1	2	2	.364	3.00	-9
Total	36	36	18-18	8	14	311.1	3.84	285	145	133	29	125	297	.241	1.32	679

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	35	139	14	39	16	3	17	29	.281	.354	.424	.778	9	1	11	2	111
M. Garcia 3B	33	130	18	34	13	3	13	24	.262	.324	.415	.739	9	1	4	2	92
V. Pasquantino 1B	33	121	15	24	17	4	16	30	.198	.289	.364	.653	4	2	1	0	80
C. Jensen C	33	104	14	24	17	6	13	35	.231	.319	.423	.742	2	0	0	0	71
S. Perez C	34	135	14	28	14	5	4	29	.207	.245	.356	.601	5	0	0	0	68
K. Isbel CF	28	83	12	24	8	3	5	22	.289	.352	.446	.798	4	0	5	0	64
J. Caglianone 1B	31	101	14	26	8	4	11	35	.257	.342	.446	.788	5	1	0	1	61
I. Collins LF	30	91	12	21	11	2	15	32	.231	.349	.330	.679	3	0	1	3	53
L. Thomas RF	28	64	7	15	6	1	14	14	.234	.380	.297	.677	1	0	3	1	45
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	12	35	7	9	9	0	6	3	.257	.366	.343	.709	3	0	0	0	32
M. Massey 2B	23	62	6	12	7	1	3	18	.194	.224	.323	.547	5	0	1	0	29
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	13	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	35	1162	146	279	139	35	126	296	.240	.319	.387	.706	56	5	27	11	768

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	40	14	13	1	13	37	.250	1.21	100
L. Erceg RP	15	0	2-1	9	11	14.1	3.77	10	7	6	0	10	13	.208	1.40	95
D. Lynch SP	13	0	1-0	1	2	13.2	1.98	5	6	3	1	3	18	.106	0.59	52
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	14	0	0-2	1	1	12.1	4.38	11	6	6	2	8	5	.256	1.54	10
A. Lange RP	13	0	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.14	14	11	10	2	10	19	.250	1.64	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	35	35	16-19	12	19	310.1	4.32	276	159	149	41	148	299	.239	1.37	655

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