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	Hip	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-12-2026Expected to be out until at least May 13
Will Vest	Forearm	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-20-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 21
Casey Mize	Thigh	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-19-2026Expected to be out until at least May 20
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Beau Brieske	Thigh	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Troy Melton	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Bailey Horn	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-12-2026Expected to be out until at least May 13

	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	40	150	26	45	16	2	24	22	.300	.403	.447	.850	12	2	6	0	136
R. Greene CF	42	149	26	47	20	4	25	48	.315	.414	.483	.897	13	0	1	1	120
D. Dingler C	36	128	14	30	27	7	9	28	.234	.305	.461	.766	8	0	0	0	99
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	41	136	14	28	16	6	23	50	.206	.323	.397	.720	8	0	0	1	82
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
M. Vierling RF	34	96	9	20	17	2	10	17	.208	.278	.365	.643	9	0	1	0	64
C. Keith 3B	37	115	17	36	6	0	6	25	.313	.352	.383	.735	8	0	1	0	63
W. Perez SS	27	81	10	14	8	2	5	11	.173	.221	.272	.493	2	0	3	1	44
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 3B	20	58	2	10	5	1	6	13	.172	.250	.276	.526	3	0	1	0	24
H. Lee 2B	18	48	4	10	6	1	3	16	.208	.255	.354	.609	2	1	0	0	22
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jones 2B	27	49	6	9	5	2	3	18	.184	.231	.347	.578	2	0	0	1	21
J. Rogers C	14	36	4	6	4	0	1	11	.167	.200	.278	.478	2	1	1	0	16
G. Workman 3B	2	6	1	2	2	1	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	1	0	0	0	8
J. Jung 2B	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	5	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	0	0	0	2
Total	42	1397	177	339	168	38	160	352	.243	.324	.392	.716	80	7	18	5	917

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	43.1	2.70	35	14	13	2	6	45	.222	0.95	123
K. Montero SP	7	7	2-2	0	0	39.2	3.18	30	15	14	3	8	29	.205	0.96	94
F. Valdez SP	8	8	2-2	0	0	43.1	4.57	46	26	22	5	15	35	.261	1.41	79
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
B. Hurter P	17	0	4-1	0	0	21.2	1.66	12	5	4	1	6	15	.162	0.83	72
K. Jansen RP	12	0	0-2	7	10	9.1	4.82	8	5	5	3	5	12	.229	1.39	55
D. Anderson RP	13	0	1-0	1	1	22.2	5.56	22	14	14	3	12	29	.253	1.50	47
K. Finnegan RP	19	0	1-0	1	2	19.1	1.40	14	3	3	1	15	13	.215	1.50	46
T. Madden P	2	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	1	2	12	.154	0.73	28
E. De Jesus RP	11	0	2-0	0	0	15.1	7.04	21	15	12	0	8	16	.318	1.89	27
J. Flaherty SP	9	9	0-4	0	0	37.2	5.73	36	29	24	5	29	44	.250	1.73	24
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
T. Holton RP	18	2	0-1	0	1	18.2	3.86	21	8	8	2	8	15	.288	1.55	20
B. Hanifee RP	5	1	0-0	0	0	7.1	0.00	7	0	0	0	1	4	.259	1.09	16
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	16
B. Smith RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	3.75	13	7	5	1	6	17	.271	1.58	10
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
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	3	0	0-1	0	1	3.0	18.00	8	7	6	1	3	3	.421	3.67	-11
Total	42	42	19-23	9	16	363.0	3.99	336	181	161	34	148	350	.243	1.33	745

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	42	167	20	51	20	6	19	32	.305	.372	.491	.863	11	1	12	2	147
M. Garcia 3B	40	156	21	44	17	3	17	26	.282	.349	.429	.778	12	1	4	3	114
V. Pasquantino 1B	40	149	16	31	19	5	18	33	.208	.291	.362	.653	4	2	1	0	93
C. Jensen C	39	122	17	27	18	6	17	45	.221	.317	.393	.710	3	0	0	0	78
S. Perez C	40	157	15	31	18	6	6	37	.197	.238	.344	.582	5	0	0	0	77
I. Collins LF	36	112	16	27	13	3	17	38	.241	.348	.366	.714	5	0	2	3	71
K. Isbel CF	35	101	13	27	10	3	6	25	.267	.327	.396	.723	4	0	5	0	69
J. Caglianone 1B	38	126	17	30	8	4	11	41	.238	.309	.405	.714	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	33	72	7	15	7	1	16	17	.208	.356	.264	.620	1	0	3	2	45
N. Loftin 1B	17	43	9	12	12	0	8	5	.279	.385	.419	.804	6	0	0	0	44
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	15	36	2	11	2	0	1	11	.306	.333	.389	.722	3	0	0	1	13
E. Diaz C	7	17	2	4	3	1	1	3	.235	.278	.529	.807	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	42	1387	174	336	167	43	148	345	.242	.319	.394	.713	71	5	29	13	918

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	113
S. Lugo SP	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	17	0	0-2	1	1	16.0	3.38	14	6	6	2	9	6	.250	1.44	18
A. Lange RP	16	0	0-2	0	0	18.2	5.79	15	13	12	2	13	20	.221	1.50	15
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
S. Cruz RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	10.29	8	8	8	4	5	11	.276	1.86	5
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	7	1	0-2	0	0	13.1	6.08	19	9	9	1	7	14	.345	1.95	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	42	42	19-23	13	20	372.1	4.33	326	189	179	47	182	358	.235	1.36	767

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