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	07-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 8
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
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7
Wenceel Perez	Face	06-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 27
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
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	06-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 20

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Cole Ragans	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Maikel Garcia	Hand	06-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 21
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
Bobby Witt	Knee	06-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 21
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22
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	72	270	47	76	26	6	45	42	.281	.388	.430	.818	16	3	9	0	233
D. Dingler C	68	251	38	66	51	16	22	59	.263	.335	.526	.861	14	2	0	0	219
R. Greene LF	75	271	37	79	33	8	39	89	.292	.382	.439	.821	16	0	1	1	186
S. Torkelson 1B	74	248	27	50	29	12	32	95	.202	.301	.403	.704	14	0	0	1	143
G. Torres 2B	43	157	26	44	18	4	29	33	.280	.395	.395	.790	6	0	0	0	120
C. Keith 3B	68	199	27	52	16	4	11	43	.261	.308	.382	.690	8	2	3	0	117
K. Carpenter RF	52	145	16	34	29	10	14	53	.234	.313	.497	.810	4	2	0	0	108
M. Vierling CF	63	184	17	37	25	5	16	33	.201	.260	.348	.608	10	1	2	2	107
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
Z. McKinstry 2B	50	143	8	24	10	2	18	31	.168	.258	.245	.503	3	1	1	3	54
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
H. Lee 2B	37	98	7	23	10	2	4	28	.235	.265	.357	.622	4	1	1	1	43
J. Outman CF	5	9	1	1	1	1	1	6	.111	.200	.444	.644	0	0	0	0	29
J. Rogers C	24	61	6	9	5	1	6	22	.148	.229	.262	.491	2	1	1	0	25
J. Jones DH	50	86	6	12	7	2	9	29	.140	.221	.233	.454	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
T. Cruz RF	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	75	2480	305	578	292	84	273	650	.233	.313	.393	.706	114	15	25	12	1589

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	14	13	3-5	0	0	73.2	3.67	58	32	30	8	17	50	.212	1.02	150
F. Valdez SP	15	15	3-5	0	0	83.2	4.09	81	43	38	9	32	67	.249	1.35	145
T. Skubal SP	9	9	3-3	0	0	53.2	3.02	47	20	18	5	8	57	.235	1.02	135
C. Mize SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	52.1	2.58	40	15	15	3	13	52	.211	1.01	123
D. Anderson RP	27	2	3-3	2	4	47.2	3.78	42	22	20	6	19	61	.232	1.28	111
K. Jansen RP	20	0	1-3	8	12	17.0	4.24	9	8	8	4	9	22	.153	1.06	84
T. Melton SP	4	4	3-0	0	0	25.2	2.81	20	8	8	5	6	14	.213	1.01	76
K. Finnegan RP	33	0	2-0	1	5	34.2	2.08	31	8	8	2	24	21	.252	1.59	72
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
E. De Jesus RP	19	0	2-0	1	1	27.1	4.61	25	17	14	1	12	26	.238	1.35	65
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	32	2	1-4	0	1	33.0	3.82	38	16	14	4	8	29	.295	1.39	38
W. Vest RP	24	0	2-4	1	5	23.1	6.17	24	18	16	2	10	23	.270	1.46	30
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	25
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	8	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	7	.118	0.94	13
J. Waguespack RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	4.15	3	2	2	2	1	3	.188	0.92	8
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	75	75	31-44	13	29	654.2	3.89	598	314	283	73	241	601	.242	1.28	1265

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	76	299	40	88	32	10	35	57	.294	.368	.465	.833	19	1	28	4	270
M. Garcia 3B	67	259	32	69	30	3	24	44	.266	.326	.378	.704	16	2	5	3	169
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
C. Jensen C	70	235	33	56	38	9	23	72	.238	.303	.421	.724	16	0	1	0	160
J. Caglianone RF	71	241	32	65	24	10	22	79	.270	.341	.452	.793	12	1	3	1	156
S. Perez C	71	279	27	58	27	10	12	56	.208	.250	.344	.594	8	0	0	0	139
I. Collins LF	68	212	27	48	23	3	32	61	.226	.339	.321	.660	11	0	4	4	128
M. Massey 2B	59	168	22	43	25	7	6	31	.256	.277	.452	.729	12	0	1	0	115
L. Thomas CF	62	155	19	36	20	5	29	38	.232	.356	.368	.724	6	0	3	3	111
N. Loftin 2B	41	113	15	27	20	1	17	18	.239	.346	.389	.735	12	1	0	0	90
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	34	83	8	23	6	1	5	25	.277	.330	.361	.691	4	0	0	1	37
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	22	21	7	4	1	0	3	9	.190	.280	.190	.470	0	0	5	2	18
J. Rave RF	3	6	3	3	1	1	3	1	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	1	1	0	0	15
K. Misner CF	7	16	0	6	3	0	1	6	.375	.412	.375	.787	0	0	1	1	8
J. Rojas 3B	2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	4
Total	77	2580	321	637	308	73	263	607	.247	.320	.392	.712	137	9	59	19	1703

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	15	15	4-5	0	0	94.0	3.64	82	40	38	10	28	72	.236	1.17	199
S. Lugo SP	15	15	3-4	0	0	85.1	3.69	87	39	35	7	28	66	.269	1.35	166
N. Cameron SP	14	14	4-4	0	0	75.0	4.20	76	40	35	8	19	70	.255	1.27	152
S. Kolek SP	8	8	4-1	0	0	50.1	2.68	42	18	15	5	10	34	.225	1.03	138
L. Erceg RP	29	0	3-3	12	18	27.1	5.60	32	19	17	2	19	23	.299	1.87	114
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
D. Lynch RP	32	0	2-1	1	3	32.0	2.53	20	12	9	2	11	30	.172	0.97	85
A. Lange RP	32	0	0-4	5	5	34.0	3.97	29	17	15	2	19	35	.234	1.41	67
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	33	0	0-3	1	2	30.2	2.64	24	10	9	5	11	22	.224	1.14	50
L. Avila RP	14	5	2-3	0	0	37.2	5.50	39	23	23	4	23	33	.277	1.65	43
M. Strahm RP	25	0	3-1	0	3	22.2	6.75	24	17	17	8	8	18	.264	1.41	42
C. Seabold RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	2.00	32
S. Cruz RP	19	0	1-2	0	1	20.1	5.75	18	14	13	7	12	27	.234	1.48	28
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
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 SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	18
B. Way RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	4.91	8	4	4	1	5	10	.276	1.77	10
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
M. Spence SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	8.0	13.50	11	12	12	1	6	4	.324	2.13	-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
Total	77	77	32-45	20	36	681.1	4.48	651	363	339	93	292	598	.252	1.38	1332

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