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	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
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	Orbital	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Parker Meadows	Arm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 6
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
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
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	80	300	50	85	28	6	51	47	.283	.391	.423	.814	18	3	11	0	256
D. Dingler C	76	281	42	75	58	19	23	67	.267	.333	.537	.870	15	2	0	0	246
R. Greene LF	83	300	40	87	34	9	44	93	.290	.382	.437	.819	17	0	1	1	205
S. Torkelson 1B	82	275	31	57	32	12	36	104	.207	.308	.404	.712	18	0	0	1	162
C. Keith 3B	75	222	30	55	18	5	12	45	.248	.294	.369	.663	8	2	4	0	130
K. Carpenter RF	60	168	20	38	35	12	15	59	.226	.300	.488	.788	4	2	0	0	126
G. Torres 2B	43	157	26	44	18	4	29	33	.280	.395	.395	.790	6	0	0	0	120
M. Vierling CF	70	203	18	41	27	5	17	37	.202	.259	.340	.599	11	1	2	2	114
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
Z. McKinstry 2B	58	168	12	31	12	2	22	35	.185	.276	.274	.550	5	2	1	3	73
H. Lee 2B	45	119	9	31	11	3	5	34	.261	.290	.395	.685	5	1	1	1	56
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
J. Outman CF	12	24	4	4	5	2	4	14	.167	.286	.417	.703	0	0	1	0	43
J. Rogers C	27	71	7	11	6	1	7	25	.155	.235	.254	.489	2	1	1	0	28
J. Jones DH	54	92	7	13	7	2	9	33	.141	.218	.228	.446	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
B. Malgeri RF	3	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	.333	.286	.333	.619	0	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	83	2746	339	645	324	93	301	716	.235	.314	.394	.708	126	16	29	12	1766

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	16	15	4-5	0	0	87.2	3.39	69	35	33	9	18	56	.212	0.99	193
F. Valdez SP	17	17	4-5	0	0	95.2	4.05	93	48	43	10	34	77	.249	1.33	177
T. Skubal SP	10	10	3-4	0	0	59.2	3.32	51	24	22	8	8	66	.230	0.99	145
C. Mize SP	11	11	2-5	0	0	58.0	2.95	48	19	19	4	14	58	.224	1.07	125
T. Melton SP	6	6	4-1	0	0	37.2	2.39	23	10	10	7	9	25	.173	0.85	116
D. Anderson RP	29	2	3-3	2	4	49.2	4.17	45	25	23	7	20	64	.237	1.31	111
K. Jansen RP	22	0	1-3	9	13	19.0	4.26	12	9	9	4	10	22	.179	1.16	92
K. Finnegan RP	36	0	2-0	1	5	38.0	1.89	31	8	8	2	24	27	.233	1.45	85
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
J. Flaherty SP	15	15	1-8	0	0	65.2	5.35	69	47	39	8	34	78	.264	1.57	59
T. Holton RP	35	2	1-4	0	1	37.0	3.41	42	16	14	4	9	33	.290	1.38	47
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
T. Madden RP	7	1	0-0	0	0	20.0	3.15	16	7	7	2	5	23	.211	1.05	42
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	28
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	11	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	3	10	.167	1.00	18
J. Waguespack RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	2.57	4	2	2	2	2	5	.167	0.86	14
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	83	83	35-48	15	32	727.2	3.80	655	340	307	82	253	670	.239	1.25	1463

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	78	306	41	89	32	10	36	58	.291	.365	.461	.826	20	1	28	4	274
J. Caglianone RF	78	268	39	71	30	14	25	90	.265	.337	.481	.818	12	2	3	1	187
C. Jensen C	77	262	39	64	43	11	27	78	.244	.312	.431	.743	16	0	1	0	186
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
S. Perez C	78	305	29	61	30	10	12	64	.200	.242	.331	.573	10	0	0	0	146
I. Collins LF	74	232	28	53	23	3	34	65	.228	.337	.319	.656	12	0	4	4	135
M. Massey 2B	65	190	24	51	27	7	8	33	.268	.294	.453	.747	14	0	2	0	132
N. Loftin 3B	48	139	21	33	24	3	17	22	.237	.331	.403	.734	12	1	1	0	113
L. Thomas CF	69	180	19	38	22	5	30	47	.211	.327	.333	.660	7	0	3	3	112
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	37	89	10	23	7	1	8	27	.258	.327	.337	.664	4	0	0	1	42
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	27	29	9	7	1	0	4	10	.241	.324	.241	.565	0	0	7	2	28
J. Rave RF	8	15	3	4	1	1	3	6	.267	.389	.733	1.122	2	1	0	0	15
J. Rojas 2B	7	14	2	4	4	1	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	1	0	0	0	13
K. Misner CF	12	28	1	8	4	0	1	12	.286	.310	.321	.631	1	0	2	1	12
Total	84	2813	352	686	334	82	280	669	.244	.316	.391	.707	148	10	64	19	1848

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	17	17	5-5	0	0	108.2	3.31	94	42	40	10	30	84	.234	1.14	246
S. Lugo SP	16	16	3-5	0	0	90.1	4.18	94	46	42	10	30	69	.272	1.37	161
N. Cameron SP	15	15	4-5	0	0	80.0	4.50	84	45	40	8	22	75	.263	1.33	147
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
L. Erceg RP	32	0	3-3	12	18	30.2	5.58	36	21	19	3	19	25	.300	1.79	118
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	35	0	2-2	1	3	34.0	2.65	24	13	10	2	11	30	.190	1.03	81
A. Lange RP	34	0	0-4	6	6	35.1	5.09	33	22	20	2	21	37	.250	1.53	68
L. Avila RP	15	6	3-3	0	0	42.2	5.06	42	24	24	4	27	39	.268	1.62	59
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	36	0	0-3	1	2	33.0	3.27	30	14	12	6	12	26	.252	1.27	49
M. Strahm RP	28	0	3-1	0	3	25.2	5.96	25	17	17	8	10	20	.248	1.36	49
S. Cruz RP	22	1	1-2	0	1	24.1	5.92	23	17	16	8	14	33	.245	1.52	33
C. Seabold RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	7	4	4	0	2	5	.350	2.08	33
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	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
B. Way RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	4.26	13	6	6	3	6	13	.260	1.50	19
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
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	84	84	34-50	21	37	740.2	4.84	740	423	398	107	317	650	.261	1.43	1376

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