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	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Kenley Jansen	Pelvis	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Javier Baez	Ankle	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 6
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Casey Mize	Groin	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	07-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 2
Brant Hurter	Back	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23
Bailey Horn	Elbow	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	06-03-2026Probable for Jun 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12

	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	60	226	39	65	21	3	36	35	.288	.390	.412	.802	13	3	9	0	191
D. Dingler C	56	203	28	49	43	14	20	46	.241	.323	.507	.830	12	0	0	0	176
R. Greene LF	63	228	32	71	29	6	33	74	.311	.403	.461	.864	16	0	1	1	165
S. Torkelson 1B	62	206	20	44	23	8	28	76	.214	.317	.398	.715	14	0	0	1	118
M. Vierling CF	53	160	16	35	23	4	16	31	.219	.283	.369	.652	10	1	2	2	100
G. Torres 2B	34	125	22	34	12	3	26	23	.272	.396	.368	.764	3	0	0	0	95
W. Perez RF	46	147	19	25	13	6	11	25	.170	.228	.320	.548	4	0	3	1	82
C. Keith 3B	57	168	21	45	7	0	10	36	.268	.311	.327	.638	8	1	2	0	80
K. Carpenter RF	40	113	12	27	20	7	11	43	.239	.310	.487	.797	3	2	0	0	78
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	40	114	2	18	9	1	14	23	.158	.246	.211	.457	3	0	1	3	36
H. Lee 2B	32	83	6	17	9	2	4	24	.205	.241	.337	.578	3	1	0	0	35
J. Jones DH	43	76	6	11	7	2	8	26	.145	.226	.250	.476	2	0	0	2	25
J. Rogers C	21	54	5	9	5	1	5	20	.167	.242	.296	.538	2	1	1	0	24
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. Short SS	18	29	3	5	2	0	7	8	.172	.333	.241	.574	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
Total	63	2090	248	491	236	61	235	533	.235	.316	.382	.698	104	10	23	11	1303

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	11	11	2-3	0	0	61.0	3.69	46	26	25	7	15	43	.206	1.00	128
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	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	2.27	34	12	12	2	12	49	.200	0.97	122
F. Valdez SP	12	12	2-4	0	0	67.2	4.39	64	37	33	7	25	54	.243	1.32	118
D. Anderson RP	21	1	2-3	2	4	39.0	3.92	32	19	17	5	16	47	.221	1.23	87
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
K. Jansen RP	18	0	1-3	7	11	15.0	4.80	9	8	8	4	9	19	.170	1.20	69
T. Melton SP	3	3	2-0	0	0	20.2	1.74	12	4	4	1	6	9	.167	0.87	64
E. De Jesus RP	17	0	2-0	1	1	25.1	4.97	25	17	14	1	11	25	.253	1.42	59
K. Finnegan RP	27	0	1-0	1	5	28.0	1.93	24	6	6	2	19	16	.247	1.54	57
J. Flaherty SP	13	13	1-7	0	0	57.2	5.31	60	42	34	8	32	70	.263	1.60	52
T. Madden RP	4	1	0-0	0	0	14.2	3.07	10	5	5	2	4	16	.185	0.95	33
T. Holton RP	26	2	1-4	0	1	27.2	4.23	30	15	13	4	8	24	.283	1.37	30
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	24
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	12	2	0-0	0	0	12.1	3.65	13	5	5	2	4	6	.277	1.38	18
W. Vest RP	19	0	1-4	1	4	18.2	7.23	20	17	15	2	7	20	.267	1.45	18
D. Sommers RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	1.00	2
B. Brieske RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	32.40	3	6	6	2	3	3	.375	3.60	-5
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	63	63	25-38	12	27	550.2	4.02	489	273	246	59	210	505	.236	1.27	1070

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	62	244	31	69	26	9	28	48	.283	.356	.467	.823	16	1	20	3	213
M. Garcia 3B	56	224	28	60	21	3	20	35	.268	.325	.384	.709	15	1	4	3	142
V. Pasquantino 1B	59	220	22	47	28	6	29	46	.214	.303	.345	.648	7	2	2	0	137
S. Perez C	59	227	22	47	25	9	12	49	.207	.259	.352	.611	6	0	0	0	119
C. Jensen C	57	181	23	39	26	7	21	62	.215	.296	.376	.672	8	0	0	0	108
J. Caglianone RF	57	189	20	46	14	6	17	64	.243	.316	.397	.713	9	1	2	1	100
I. Collins LF	53	165	21	35	16	3	25	55	.212	.327	.309	.636	7	0	3	3	92
M. Massey 2B	46	124	15	32	19	5	5	27	.258	.280	.452	.732	9	0	1	0	83
K. Isbel CF	52	151	15	36	11	3	8	38	.238	.288	.358	.646	7	1	5	0	82
L. Thomas CF	48	111	10	24	14	2	23	28	.216	.350	.306	.656	4	0	3	3	71
N. Loftin 2B	30	78	13	17	16	1	11	12	.218	.326	.346	.672	7	0	0	0	64
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	26	61	4	16	2	0	4	19	.262	.324	.311	.635	3	0	0	1	20
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert RF	14	9	3	2	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	0	3	1	10
Total	62	2054	238	483	231	58	214	504	.235	.312	.375	.687	101	6	43	15	1294

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	12	12	4-3	0	0	75.1	3.23	58	28	27	8	26	65	.214	1.12	184
S. Lugo SP	12	12	2-4	0	0	71.0	3.55	73	31	28	4	23	60	.269	1.35	136
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
N. Cameron SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	59.2	4.22	58	31	28	6	17	56	.250	1.26	110
S. Kolek SP	6	6	3-1	0	0	38.0	3.32	29	16	14	5	8	27	.207	0.97	103
L. Erceg RP	24	0	3-3	11	17	22.1	6.45	29	18	16	2	15	20	.326	1.97	100
D. Lynch RP	24	0	2-0	1	2	24.1	1.85	16	8	5	1	8	28	.178	0.99	77
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
A. Lange RP	25	0	0-2	1	1	27.0	4.33	23	14	13	2	14	28	.237	1.37	40
M. Strahm RP	18	0	1-1	0	1	17.1	4.15	15	8	8	4	7	17	.224	1.27	31
J. Schreiber RP	26	0	0-3	1	1	23.1	2.70	20	8	7	3	11	14	.244	1.33	30
L. Avila RP	11	2	1-2	0	0	26.1	4.44	29	13	13	2	16	25	.290	1.71	30
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	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.2	2.08	10	2	2	1	3	9	.286	1.50	15
E. Morgan RP	13	0	0-1	1	1	16.1	5.51	23	10	10	4	8	15	.324	1.90	15
T. Tolbert RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	10
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
S. Cruz RP	14	0	0-2	0	1	14.0	8.36	15	14	13	7	11	20	.268	1.86	3
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
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
Total	62	62	24-38	15	27	548.1	4.43	518	288	270	74	245	511	.250	1.39	1040

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