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	Hamstring	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Javier Baez	Ankle	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Burch Smith	Shoulder	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 5
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
Will Vest	Elbow	08-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 27
Parker Meadows	Arm	07-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 30
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Casey Mize	Groin	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
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	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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Jac Caglianone	Shoulder	07-22-2026Probable for Jul 23

	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	99	373	61	105	35	9	63	61	.282	.390	.424	.814	20	3	11	1	310
D. Dingler C	93	347	53	94	65	22	24	82	.271	.335	.533	.868	21	2	0	0	297
R. Greene LF	101	365	53	104	50	15	53	116	.285	.375	.471	.846	21	1	2	1	275
S. Torkelson 1B	101	345	43	72	50	19	43	128	.209	.304	.426	.730	18	0	0	1	223
C. Keith 3B	92	266	37	67	24	8	15	56	.252	.297	.395	.692	10	2	4	0	164
K. Carpenter RF	78	222	26	46	36	13	18	74	.207	.278	.423	.701	5	2	0	0	142
M. Vierling CF	87	254	23	53	30	5	19	47	.209	.260	.331	.591	12	2	4	2	138
G. Torres 2B	45	164	27	46	18	4	31	37	.280	.397	.390	.787	6	0	0	0	123
Z. McKinstry 2B	77	235	21	45	20	4	26	46	.191	.270	.294	.564	8	2	1	4	111
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
H. Lee 2B	60	168	14	43	20	5	7	45	.256	.286	.399	.685	7	1	1	2	85
J. Outman CF	29	74	10	11	10	3	5	34	.149	.203	.297	.500	0	1	2	0	59
J. Rogers C	35	90	11	15	9	3	13	31	.167	.274	.311	.585	2	1	1	0	48
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
E. Valencia DH	6	12	3	5	3	2	0	4	.417	.462	.917	1.379	0	0	0	0	16
B. Malgeri RF	15	30	2	8	4	0	4	8	.267	.343	.333	.676	2	0	0	0	16
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	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	102	3404	433	799	413	125	358	893	.235	.312	.400	.712	149	19	33	15	2187

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	22	16	7-5	1	1	106.0	3.14	80	39	37	10	22	78	.206	0.96	267
T. Skubal SP	14	14	6-5	0	0	82.2	2.83	66	29	26	10	11	98	.217	0.93	228
C. Mize SP	15	15	4-6	0	0	80.2	2.79	64	26	25	5	19	82	.216	1.03	193
F. Valdez SP	20	20	5-7	0	0	108.1	4.57	111	60	55	11	38	88	.260	1.38	184
T. Melton SP	9	9	5-1	0	0	55.0	1.80	33	12	11	7	15	50	.170	0.87	174
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
K. Jansen RP	30	0	2-4	11	15	26.2	4.05	17	13	12	5	17	30	.179	1.28	120
D. Anderson RP	36	2	3-4	2	5	58.1	4.17	54	30	27	9	23	73	.241	1.32	118
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	111
K. Finnegan RP	43	0	2-0	1	7	45.0	2.40	40	12	12	5	25	35	.248	1.44	95
E. De Jesus RP	22	0	2-0	1	1	31.2	3.98	27	17	14	1	13	31	.227	1.26	77
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
T. Holton RP	42	2	1-4	1	2	44.1	3.05	49	20	15	5	10	37	.282	1.33	68
T. Madden RP	8	1	0-0	0	0	23.1	3.09	17	8	8	2	9	28	.195	1.11	49
J. Rogers C	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	3	.300	1.71	48
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	11	0	0-0	0	0	14.1	1.26	8	2	2	2	4	10	.157	0.84	33
B. Hanifee RP	17	2	0-0	0	0	17.2	4.08	20	8	8	3	5	7	.290	1.42	22
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	19	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	4.50	12	6	6	1	7	16	.267	1.58	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	102	102	48-54	19	39	899.2	3.64	790	405	364	100	310	860	.234	1.22	2057

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	95	333	44	80	52	14	34	106	.240	.308	.432	.740	22	0	1	0	224
J. Caglianone RF	95	337	46	87	37	16	25	105	.258	.316	.463	.779	17	2	3	1	220
S. Perez C	95	369	36	78	43	14	15	83	.211	.258	.363	.621	14	0	0	0	196
I. Collins LF	92	287	36	70	32	5	39	77	.244	.344	.362	.706	17	1	6	5	185
L. Thomas CF	88	254	29	61	36	9	36	69	.240	.337	.409	.746	16	0	6	3	181
V. Pasquantino 1B	75	278	33	63	33	6	36	55	.227	.316	.345	.661	11	2	4	0	180
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
M. Massey 2B	83	248	34	67	33	7	15	45	.270	.308	.427	.735	18	0	2	0	169
N. Loftin 3B	65	194	28	48	32	4	21	29	.247	.332	.397	.729	15	1	1	0	150
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	39	61	17	20	5	2	4	11	.328	.364	.443	.807	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	46	119	13	32	9	1	8	35	.269	.331	.328	.659	4	0	2	2	57
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	19	45	5	11	5	1	1	9	.244	.261	.356	.617	2	0	0	0	22
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
L. Maile C	3	10	2	2	3	1	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	9
A. Velazquez SS	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	1	0	3
Total	103	3468	438	859	418	104	324	828	.248	.316	.399	.715	189	11	80	23	2283

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	20	20	5-7	0	0	125.1	3.66	111	53	51	15	36	101	.239	1.17	262
S. Lugo SP	21	21	4-6	0	0	117.2	4.36	123	65	57	15	38	94	.274	1.37	211
N. Cameron SP	19	19	5-8	0	0	100.2	5.27	113	64	59	14	34	92	.279	1.46	150
L. Erceg RP	40	0	4-3	12	18	38.1	5.40	42	27	23	5	23	27	.286	1.70	133
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 IV RP	42	0	3-2	1	3	42.1	2.13	27	13	10	2	12	34	.176	0.92	111
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	19	10	5-3	0	0	63.0	4.86	63	34	34	6	35	57	.272	1.56	106
A. Lange RP	40	0	1-5	9	11	41.0	6.15	39	30	28	4	23	41	.252	1.51	93
S. Cruz RP	33	2	2-2	1	2	35.0	4.63	28	19	18	10	16	42	.219	1.26	74
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	66
J. Schreiber RP	42	0	0-3	1	2	38.1	3.29	34	17	14	6	15	28	.245	1.28	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
B. Way RP	18	0	1-0	0	0	22.1	3.22	24	11	8	4	10	21	.276	1.52	42
M. Strahm RP	37	0	3-3	0	3	33.0	7.09	35	26	26	10	13	27	.263	1.45	42
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
R. Dobnak RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	13	3	3	2	8	7	.241	1.50	21
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
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	103	103	43-60	25	43	907.2	4.93	914	534	497	139	391	780	.263	1.44	1688

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