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	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	06-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 10
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	06-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 3
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	59	221	38	63	21	3	36	35	.285	.390	.407	.797	12	3	9	0	187
D. Dingler C	54	195	27	47	38	13	20	46	.241	.324	.503	.827	12	0	0	0	164
R. Greene LF	61	220	31	68	28	5	31	71	.309	.399	.450	.849	16	0	1	1	156
S. Torkelson 1B	60	200	18	42	22	8	27	75	.210	.315	.395	.710	13	0	0	1	111
M. Vierling CF	51	152	14	32	21	4	16	30	.211	.281	.349	.630	9	0	2	2	91
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
C. Keith 3B	56	165	21	45	7	0	10	36	.273	.316	.333	.649	8	1	2	0	80
K. Carpenter RF	39	109	12	26	19	7	11	42	.239	.315	.495	.810	3	2	0	0	77
W. Perez RF	45	143	17	23	11	5	11	25	.161	.221	.294	.515	4	0	3	1	73
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
H. Lee 2B	32	83	6	17	9	2	4	24	.205	.241	.337	.578	3	1	0	0	35
Z. McKinstry 2B	39	111	2	18	9	1	13	23	.162	.246	.216	.462	3	0	1	3	35
J. Jones DH	42	71	6	11	7	2	8	24	.155	.241	.268	.509	2	0	0	2	26
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	20	51	4	7	4	0	5	19	.137	.220	.216	.436	2	1	1	0	17
G. Workman 3B	16	38	3	6	5	2	0	16	.158	.158	.395	.553	3	0	0	0	15
Z. Short SS	16	25	2	3	1	0	7	8	.120	.324	.160	.484	1	0	0	0	11
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	61	2020	233	468	221	56	230	523	.232	.314	.373	.687	99	9	23	11	1227

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	20	1	2-3	2	4	38.0	4.03	32	19	17	5	16	46	.225	1.26	84
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
K. Finnegan RP	27	0	1-0	1	5	28.0	1.93	24	6	6	2	19	16	.247	1.54	57
E. De Jesus RP	16	0	2-0	0	0	21.1	5.91	25	17	14	1	11	21	.284	1.69	38
T. Melton SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	12.2	1.42	8	2	2	0	4	4	.178	0.95	36
J. Flaherty SP	12	12	0-7	0	0	52.2	5.81	55	42	34	8	30	64	.264	1.61	34
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
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
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	17
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	61	61	23-38	11	26	532.2	4.12	480	271	244	58	206	489	.239	1.29	993

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	60	237	30	68	26	9	25	46	.287	.355	.477	.832	16	1	17	3	203
M. Garcia 3B	56	224	28	60	21	3	20	35	.268	.325	.384	.709	15	1	4	3	142
V. Pasquantino 1B	57	211	21	45	26	5	28	45	.213	.303	.336	.639	7	2	2	0	128
S. Perez C	57	218	21	45	25	9	11	47	.206	.257	.358	.615	6	0	0	0	116
C. Jensen C	55	175	23	39	26	7	21	57	.223	.305	.389	.694	8	0	0	0	110
J. Caglianone RF	55	182	20	44	13	6	16	61	.242	.310	.401	.711	9	1	1	1	94
I. Collins LF	52	162	21	35	16	3	25	53	.216	.332	.315	.647	7	0	3	3	93
K. Isbel CF	50	148	15	36	11	3	8	37	.243	.294	.365	.659	7	1	5	0	82
M. Massey 2B	44	116	14	29	16	5	5	24	.250	.274	.457	.731	9	0	1	0	78
L. Thomas CF	46	106	10	24	14	2	21	27	.226	.354	.321	.675	4	0	3	3	69
N. Loftin 2B	28	70	11	15	14	0	10	10	.214	.326	.314	.640	7	0	0	0	55
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	25	57	3	15	2	0	4	18	.263	.328	.316	.644	3	0	0	1	19
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	12	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	3	1	7
Total	60	1983	230	469	223	56	203	480	.237	.312	.378	.690	101	6	39	15	1249

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
L. Erceg RP	23	0	3-3	11	16	21.1	6.33	28	17	15	1	13	18	.329	1.92	100
S. Kolek SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	31.0	3.48	23	14	12	4	6	19	.202	0.94	85
N. Cameron SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	52.2	4.61	57	30	27	5	17	48	.271	1.41	84
D. Lynch RP	23	0	1-0	1	2	23.1	1.93	15	8	5	1	8	27	.174	0.99	67
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	25	0	0-2	1	1	23.0	2.74	19	7	7	3	11	13	.238	1.30	34
A. Lange RP	24	0	0-2	0	0	26.0	4.50	22	14	13	2	13	26	.237	1.35	31
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	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 SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	7
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
Total	60	60	23-37	14	25	530.0	4.50	506	282	265	70	240	489	.252	1.41	1000

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