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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
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	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
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	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
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	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9

	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
R. Greene CF	39	139	25	43	19	4	22	45	.309	.404	.475	.879	11	0	1	1	110
D. Dingler C	33	117	13	28	26	6	7	24	.239	.305	.453	.758	7	0	0	0	91
S. Torkelson 1B	38	125	13	26	15	6	22	45	.208	.331	.408	.739	7	0	0	1	78
K. Carpenter RF	36	101	11	21	17	6	11	40	.208	.293	.446	.739	2	2	0	0	66
C. Keith 3B	34	106	17	34	6	0	6	21	.321	.363	.387	.750	7	0	1	0	62
M. Vierling RF	31	84	9	19	15	2	8	14	.226	.287	.393	.680	8	0	1	0	60
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	24	69	8	12	7	2	5	9	.174	.230	.290	.520	2	0	3	0	41
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	12	33	4	6	4	0	1	10	.182	.216	.303	.519	2	1	1	0	17
J. Jung 2B	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	1
Total	39	1294	168	316	159	36	148	323	.244	.326	.393	.719	72	6	16	4	593

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
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	16	0	4-1	0	0	20.1	1.77	12	5	4	1	5	14	.171	0.84	69
D. Anderson RP	12	0	1-0	1	1	20.2	4.79	17	11	11	3	12	25	.221	1.40	47
K. Finnegan RP	18	0	1-0	1	2	17.2	1.53	13	3	3	1	13	13	.213	1.47	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. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	17
B. Hanifee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	4	.217	0.90	16
T. Madden P	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	7	.200	0.80	14
T. Holton RP	16	2	0-1	0	1	15.2	4.60	20	8	8	2	8	12	.313	1.79	11
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
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	39	39	18-21	8	15	338.0	3.89	309	163	146	32	137	329	.241	1.32	431

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	39	154	17	46	17	4	19	31	.299	.371	.461	.832	11	1	12	2	130
M. Garcia 3B	37	145	19	39	15	3	15	26	.269	.333	.414	.747	10	1	4	2	102
V. Pasquantino 1B	37	137	16	26	18	5	17	32	.190	.277	.358	.635	4	2	1	0	87
S. Perez C	38	149	14	29	17	5	6	35	.195	.238	.329	.567	5	0	0	0	71
C. Jensen C	36	115	15	25	17	6	14	43	.217	.305	.391	.696	2	0	0	0	70
K. Isbel CF	32	92	13	26	10	3	6	24	.283	.347	.424	.771	4	0	5	0	69
I. Collins LF	34	104	15	26	13	3	17	36	.250	.363	.375	.738	4	0	2	3	69
J. Caglianone 1B	35	115	15	28	8	4	11	39	.243	.320	.417	.737	6	1	0	1	63
L. Thomas RF	31	67	7	15	7	1	16	14	.224	.376	.284	.660	1	0	3	2	47
M. Massey 2B	26	70	9	16	9	2	3	18	.229	.253	.414	.667	7	0	1	0	43
N. Loftin 1B	15	39	8	11	10	0	7	4	.282	.383	.410	.793	5	0	0	0	39
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	14	35	2	11	2	0	1	10	.314	.342	.400	.742	3	0	0	1	14
E. Diaz C	6	14	2	4	3	1	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	2	0	0	0	14
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	39	1289	161	311	154	39	141	327	.241	.320	.390	.710	65	5	29	12	854

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Bubic SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	113
S. Lugo SP	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	15	0	1-0	1	2	15.2	1.72	5	6	3	1	4	20	.094	0.57	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	16	0	2-1	0	2	14.0	1.93	9	3	3	0	7	10	.191	1.14	37
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
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	16	0	0-2	1	1	15.0	3.60	14	6	6	2	8	5	.264	1.47	15
A. Lange RP	15	0	0-2	0	0	17.0	6.35	15	13	12	2	12	20	.234	1.59	11
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
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
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
L. Avila SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	6.75	19	9	9	1	6	12	.373	2.08	-2
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	39	39	18-21	13	20	346.1	4.31	306	176	166	43	169	329	.238	1.37	723

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