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

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D. Lynch IVL

4-4

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54.0

2.83

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2.56

SO/BB

1.02

WHIP

.D. Lynch IV

4-4, 54.0 IP, 2.83 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	09-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 8
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	09-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 8
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 23
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 23
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 23
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 23
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
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-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	125	480	82	135	53	13	78	78	.281	.383	.421	.804	22	3	12	1	402
D. Dingler C	120	459	65	116	82	26	31	113	.253	.318	.484	.802	24	2	0	0	357
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	128	437	53	97	63	20	56	156	.222	.315	.407	.722	21	0	0	1	276
C. Keith 3B	119	337	46	91	32	9	27	68	.270	.328	.421	.749	16	4	5	0	226
G. Torres 2B	72	271	43	71	34	8	45	59	.262	.371	.387	.758	10	0	0	0	200
Z. McKinstry 2B	104	311	35	69	26	4	37	55	.222	.307	.328	.635	15	3	1	5	171
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	84	216	24	60	31	7	14	53	.278	.319	.435	.754	11	1	1	2	136
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	40	141	19	36	14	2	4	27	.255	.284	.355	.639	8	0	1	2	75
E. Valencia C	22	61	12	21	17	6	1	18	.344	.365	.738	1.103	6	0	0	0	67
B. Malgeri RF	32	60	9	15	10	3	11	15	.250	.370	.433	.803	2	0	0	0	49
M. Clark CF	20	76	9	19	9	1	5	18	.250	.305	.382	.687	3	2	0	0	44
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	6	17	2	5	5	1	0	5	.294	.294	.647	.941	1	1	0	0	15
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	2
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	129	4352	580	1050	553	153	460	1102	.241	.318	.404	.722	197	26	36	18	2818

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	125
D. Dingler C	120
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	128
C. Keith 3B	119
G. Torres 2B	72
Z. McKinstry 2B	104
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	84
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	40
E. Valencia C	22
B. Malgeri RF	32
M. Clark CF	20
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	6
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	129

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	27	21	9-8	1	1	133.2	3.30	103	53	49	14	30	89	.209	1.00	315
T. Melton SP	15	15	7-2	0	0	90.0	1.60	62	21	16	10	28	76	.191	1.00	263
F. Valdez SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	138.2	4.35	140	74	67	13	54	111	.258	1.40	249
K. Jansen RP	38	0	3-5	16	21	34.1	4.19	22	17	16	7	20	40	.180	1.22	173
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	171
D. Anderson RP	44	6	4-5	2	7	81.1	4.09	75	40	37	13	30	91	.241	1.29	160
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	53	0	2-0	2	10	52.1	3.27	50	19	19	8	31	40	.259	1.55	104
T. Holton RP	55	3	1-5	2	4	59.2	3.17	62	26	21	8	14	48	.267	1.27	98
E. De Jesus RP	30	0	2-0	1	1	42.1	3.83	38	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.25	94
T. Madden RP	16	1	1-0	0	0	37.1	2.89	26	12	12	3	12	37	.188	1.02	86
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	21	0	1-1	0	0	27.2	1.95	14	7	6	5	9	16	.149	0.83	63
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	31	0	0-3	0	1	26.0	3.12	22	11	9	2	11	42	.229	1.27	41
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
J. Jobe SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.0	4.50	14	7	7	2	5	11	.264	1.36	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	4	.071	1.07	11
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	129	129	61-68	26	53	1141.1	3.56	987	503	451	132	396	1055	.231	1.21	2110

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	27
T. Melton SP	15
F. Valdez SP	25
K. Jansen RP	38
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	44
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	53
T. Holton RP	55
E. De Jesus RP	30
T. Madden RP	16
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	21
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	31
B. Smith RP	13
J. Jobe SP	3
B. Hanifee RP	23
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	4
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	129

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	112	438	71	126	48	16	51	86	.288	.362	.461	.823	26	1	34	6	393
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	121	424	57	93	57	17	50	139	.219	.301	.403	.704	25	1	1	1	268
S. Perez DH	121	464	44	102	57	17	19	97	.220	.265	.373	.638	18	1	0	0	256
M. Massey 2B	109	338	46	93	43	11	18	62	.275	.307	.444	.751	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	117	365	41	83	38	6	50	94	.227	.328	.348	.676	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	85	315	39	77	37	8	39	60	.244	.328	.378	.706	14	2	4	0	214
N. Loftin 3B	92	278	33	64	36	5	35	51	.230	.325	.371	.696	20	2	2	1	190
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	72	212	23	50	20	6	12	52	.236	.284	.368	.652	8	1	5	0	120
T. Tolbert SS	60	102	25	30	8	3	11	21	.294	.360	.431	.791	5	0	18	3	110
J. Rave RF	27	62	10	12	5	2	5	16	.194	.254	.403	.657	5	1	2	0	41
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	9	25	2	5	5	1	1	10	.200	.231	.360	.591	1	0	0	0	12
Total	131	4380	549	1074	523	134	406	1026	.245	.313	.398	.711	233	18	99	28	2622

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	112
J. Caglianone RF	121
C. Jensen C	121
S. Perez DH	121
M. Massey 2B	109
I. Collins LF	117
V. Pasquantino 1B	85
N. Loftin 3B	92
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	72
T. Tolbert SS	60
J. Rave RF	27
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	9
Total	131

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	46	2	2-3	5	6	48.2	4.25	41	24	23	12	18	52	.227	1.21	122
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	49	0	2-7	10	13	50.2	5.86	49	35	33	6	26	53	.254	1.48	114
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	110
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-1	2	3	11.2	0.77	5	1	1	0	5	10	.128	0.86	88
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
J. Schreiber RP	52	0	0-3	1	4	46.2	3.86	41	23	20	7	22	34	.243	1.35	65
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
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
J. Cuas RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	12	2	2	0	6	13	.261	1.50	22
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.222	0.75	-5
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	131	131	57-74	33	56	1151.1	4.71	1130	644	603	162	485	957	.257	1.40	2228

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	26
N. Cameron SP	25
S. Lugo SP	26
D. Lynch IV RP	49
S. Cruz RP	46
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	49
S. Kolek SP	10
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	9
N. Pearson RP	12
C. Kimbrel RP	5
J. Schreiber RP	52
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	15
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
J. Cuas RP	11
E. Morgan RP	16
C. Duran RP	2
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Thomas RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	131

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