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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 2
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Matt Vierling	Groin	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
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	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Back	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Luinder Avila	Forearm	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 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	107	407	70	118	41	11	68	66	.290	.394	.435	.829	20	3	11	1	347
D. Dingler C	102	384	56	103	72	23	26	93	.268	.332	.516	.848	22	2	0	0	317
R. Greene LF	110	398	59	109	53	15	59	122	.274	.366	.452	.818	24	1	3	1	297
S. Torkelson 1B	110	376	50	82	55	20	46	134	.218	.309	.426	.735	18	0	0	1	248
C. Keith 3B	101	292	41	78	27	8	18	60	.267	.314	.418	.732	12	4	4	0	189
G. Torres 2B	54	199	31	53	25	6	35	48	.266	.378	.397	.775	8	0	0	0	148
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
Z. McKinstry 2B	86	261	26	54	23	4	28	49	.207	.282	.318	.600	11	3	1	4	133
H. Lee 2B	68	186	17	50	26	6	9	50	.269	.299	.430	.729	10	1	1	2	107
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	36	90	12	15	13	4	5	41	.167	.219	.322	.541	0	1	2	1	68
J. Baez SS	28	97	15	28	11	2	2	19	.289	.307	.412	.719	6	0	1	1	60
E. Valencia DH	10	26	8	12	7	4	0	6	.462	.481	.962	1.443	1	0	0	0	38
B. Malgeri RF	20	39	5	11	7	1	7	10	.282	.383	.410	.793	2	0	0	0	30
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
M. Clark CF	2	9	3	5	3	1	1	2	.556	.600	1.111	1.711	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	111	3731	494	900	472	137	389	961	.241	.316	.409	.725	168	23	34	16	2423

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	23	17	7-6	1	1	110.1	3.34	89	45	41	11	23	79	.217	1.02	260
F. Valdez SP	22	22	6-7	0	0	120.1	4.41	124	65	59	12	43	98	.261	1.39	212
C. Mize SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	86.2	2.70	67	27	26	5	19	85	.213	0.99	211
T. Melton SP	11	11	6-1	0	0	67.0	1.75	41	14	13	8	21	60	.174	0.93	209
K. Jansen RP	33	0	2-4	13	17	29.2	3.94	19	14	13	5	18	34	.179	1.25	141
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	133
D. Anderson RP	39	2	4-4	2	7	62.1	4.33	58	33	30	9	24	76	.242	1.32	131
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	47	0	2-0	2	9	46.1	3.50	47	18	18	7	27	36	.275	1.60	92
E. De Jesus RP	23	0	2-0	1	1	33.2	3.74	27	17	14	1	13	32	.216	1.19	84
T. Holton RP	46	3	1-4	1	2	49.1	3.10	53	22	17	6	12	38	.276	1.32	75
T. Madden RP	11	1	1-0	0	0	30.0	2.40	19	8	8	2	12	33	.174	1.03	73
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
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	16	0	0-1	0	0	20.2	1.74	10	5	4	3	7	14	.145	0.82	42
B. Hanifee RP	21	2	0-0	0	0	20.1	3.98	21	9	9	4	6	8	.269	1.33	28
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	23	0	0-2	0	1	16.2	4.32	17	9	8	2	8	24	.266	1.50	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	111	111	53-58	22	46	983.2	3.62	858	442	396	109	339	930	.232	1.22	1961

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	104	366	48	86	54	15	39	120	.235	.307	.429	.736	24	1	1	0	241
J. Caglianone RF	103	367	48	92	42	18	27	111	.251	.308	.455	.763	17	2	3	1	237
S. Perez DH	104	405	40	87	46	16	17	92	.215	.263	.375	.638	15	1	0	0	220
I. Collins LF	101	318	39	77	34	6	43	85	.242	.341	.374	.715	18	3	6	5	205
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	92	278	36	73	37	8	16	51	.263	.298	.417	.715	19	0	2	0	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	74	223	30	57	35	5	24	35	.256	.336	.413	.749	18	1	1	0	170
T. Tolbert SS	47	76	22	26	6	3	6	14	.342	.386	.500	.886	3	0	15	3	92
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	52	132	13	33	10	1	8	36	.250	.308	.303	.611	4	0	2	2	59
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	24	59	6	14	6	1	2	9	.237	.262	.339	.601	3	0	1	0	31
J. Rave RF	12	28	5	9	2	2	3	8	.321	.387	.750	1.137	4	1	1	0	29
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	112	3769	466	927	443	115	348	898	.246	.314	.399	.713	203	15	87	23	2273

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	45	0	4-2	1	3	45.0	2.00	30	13	10	2	12	34	.183	0.93	123
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
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	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
A. Lange RP	43	0	1-6	10	13	44.2	6.25	44	33	31	5	25	47	.257	1.54	99
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	92
S. Cruz RP	37	2	2-3	2	3	39.0	4.38	32	20	19	10	17	46	.222	1.26	84
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
N. Pearson RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	57
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	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	54
M. Strahm RP	41	0	3-4	0	4	35.2	7.32	39	29	29	12	14	30	.269	1.49	39
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
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
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
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	6
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	112	112	46-66	27	48	984.0	4.84	985	568	529	145	418	836	.262	1.43	1930

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