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	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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
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	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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
Bobby Witt	Back	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8

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Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	106	403	68	115	39	10	67	66	.285	.389	.424	.813	20	3	11	1	336
D. Dingler C	101	379	56	102	72	23	26	92	.269	.333	.520	.853	22	2	0	0	317
R. Greene LF	109	394	58	109	53	15	58	121	.277	.368	.457	.825	24	1	3	1	295
S. Torkelson 1B	109	371	49	80	54	20	46	133	.216	.308	.426	.734	18	0	0	1	244
C. Keith 3B	100	289	41	76	26	8	18	60	.263	.311	.415	.726	12	4	4	0	186
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
G. Torres 2B	53	194	29	51	23	5	35	46	.263	.378	.381	.759	8	0	0	0	140
Z. McKinstry 2B	85	257	25	53	23	4	28	47	.206	.282	.315	.597	10	3	1	4	131
H. Lee 2B	68	186	17	50	26	6	9	50	.269	.299	.430	.729	10	1	1	2	107
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	36	90	12	15	13	4	5	41	.167	.219	.322	.541	0	1	2	1	68
J. Baez SS	27	92	15	28	11	2	2	17	.304	.323	.435	.758	6	0	1	1	61
E. Valencia DH	9	24	8	10	7	4	0	6	.417	.440	.958	1.398	1	0	0	0	36
B. Malgeri RF	20	39	5	11	7	1	7	10	.282	.383	.410	.793	2	0	0	0	30
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
M. Clark CF	1	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.750	.800	1.250	2.050	2	0	0	0	9
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	110	3689	486	885	464	134	387	950	.240	.316	.407	.723	167	23	34	16	2385

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	106
D. Dingler C	101
R. Greene LF	109
S. Torkelson 1B	109
C. Keith 3B	100
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
G. Torres 2B	53
Z. McKinstry 2B	85
H. Lee 2B	68
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	36
J. Baez SS	27
E. Valencia DH	9
B. Malgeri RF	20
P. Meadows CF	12
G. Workman 3B	16
M. Clark CF	1
J. Jung DH	3
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	110

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	16	16	7-5	0	0	96.2	2.79	74	33	30	10	14	116	.210	0.91	277
K. Montero SP	23	17	7-6	1	1	110.1	3.34	89	45	41	11	23	79	.217	1.02	260
C. Mize SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	86.2	2.70	67	27	26	5	19	85	.213	0.99	211
T. Melton SP	11	11	6-1	0	0	67.0	1.75	41	14	13	8	21	60	.174	0.93	209
F. Valdez SP	21	21	5-7	0	0	113.1	4.53	115	63	57	12	41	92	.257	1.38	191
K. Jansen RP	32	0	2-4	12	16	28.2	3.77	17	13	12	5	18	32	.168	1.22	133
D. Anderson RP	39	2	4-4	2	7	62.1	4.33	58	33	30	9	24	76	.242	1.32	131
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	131
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	46	0	2-0	2	9	46.0	2.93	44	15	15	6	26	36	.263	1.52	98
E. De Jesus RP	23	0	2-0	1	1	33.2	3.74	27	17	14	1	13	32	.216	1.19	84
T. Holton RP	46	3	1-4	1	2	49.1	3.10	53	22	17	6	12	38	.276	1.32	75
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	15	0	0-1	0	0	20.0	1.80	9	5	4	3	7	13	.136	0.80	40
B. Hanifee RP	21	2	0-0	0	0	20.1	3.98	21	9	9	4	6	8	.269	1.33	28
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
D. Sommers RP	23	0	0-2	0	1	16.2	4.32	17	9	8	2	8	24	.266	1.50	18
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
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	110	110	52-58	21	45	974.2	3.60	843	436	390	108	336	921	.231	1.21	2211

PITCHING	GP
T. Skubal SP	16
K. Montero SP	23
C. Mize SP	16
T. Melton SP	11
F. Valdez SP	21
K. Jansen RP	32
D. Anderson RP	39
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	46
E. De Jesus RP	23
T. Holton RP	46
T. Madden RP	11
B. Hurter RP	21
W. Vest RP	27
J. Waguespack RP	15
B. Hanifee RP	21
B. Smith RP	13
D. Sommers RP	23
B. Brieske RP	8
J. Verlander SP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	110

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	103	362	47	85	54	15	38	120	.235	.305	.425	.730	24	0	1	0	236
J. Caglianone RF	102	362	47	91	40	17	27	110	.251	.310	.450	.760	17	2	3	1	231
S. Perez DH	103	401	39	86	45	15	17	92	.214	.263	.369	.632	15	1	0	0	214
I. Collins LF	100	314	38	76	34	6	43	83	.242	.342	.369	.711	18	2	6	5	202
L. Thomas CF	96	283	31	65	37	10	39	78	.230	.325	.392	.717	16	0	7	3	192
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	91	275	36	72	36	8	16	50	.262	.298	.418	.716	19	0	2	0	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	73	219	30	55	35	5	24	35	.251	.333	.406	.739	17	1	1	0	167
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	46	72	21	24	6	3	6	13	.333	.380	.486	.866	2	0	14	3	86
S. Marte RF	51	129	13	33	9	1	8	36	.256	.315	.310	.625	4	0	2	2	58
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	24	59	6	14	6	1	2	9	.237	.262	.339	.601	3	0	1	0	31
J. Rave RF	11	24	4	7	1	1	3	7	.292	.370	.667	1.037	4	1	1	0	22
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	111	3732	460	915	437	112	347	892	.245	.314	.396	.710	201	13	86	23	2427

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
C. Jensen C	103
J. Caglianone RF	102
S. Perez DH	103
I. Collins LF	100
L. Thomas CF	96
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
M. Massey 2B	91
M. Garcia 3B	69
N. Loftin 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	46
S. Marte RF	51
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	24
J. Rave RF	11
L. Maile C	4
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	111

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	42	0	4-3	12	18	40.0	5.85	44	30	26	5	24	28	.288	1.70	132
D. Lynch IV RP	45	0	4-2	1	3	45.0	2.00	30	13	10	2	12	34	.183	0.93	123
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
L. Avila SP	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.95	67	37	37	6	39	59	.269	1.57	109
A. Lange RP	42	0	1-6	10	13	42.2	6.33	42	32	30	4	24	44	.258	1.55	96
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	86
S. Cruz RP	37	2	2-3	2	3	39.0	4.38	32	20	19	10	17	46	.222	1.26	84
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
N. Pearson RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	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. Schreiber RP	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	54
M. Strahm RP	40	0	3-4	0	4	34.2	7.27	38	28	28	11	14	29	.270	1.50	37
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	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
E. McGee RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	8
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
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	111	111	46-65	27	48	976.0	4.77	969	556	517	142	413	828	.260	1.42	1912

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	22
S. Lugo SP	22
N. Cameron SP	21
L. Erceg RP	42
D. Lynch IV RP	45
K. Bubic SP	9
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	20
A. Lange RP	42
T. Tolbert SS	5
S. Cruz RP	37
R. Dobnak SP	5
N. Pearson RP	2
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Schreiber RP	45
M. Strahm RP	40
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	5
E. McGee RP	1
C. Estevez RP	1
B. Falter RP	5
M. Spence RP	3
Total	111

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