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	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Zach McKinstry	Hip	04-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 26
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
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	Groin	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	Foot	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Maikel Garcia	Elbow	04-23-2026Probable for Apr 24
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	04-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 29
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

	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	25	94	19	30	11	1	14	14	.319	.407	.500	.907	10	2	1	0	86
R. Greene CF	26	90	17	26	16	2	16	25	.289	.396	.444	.840	8	0	1	1	77
D. Dingler C	22	76	11	20	19	5	5	15	.263	.341	.513	.854	4	0	0	0	70
G. Torres 2B	25	93	14	22	7	1	18	19	.237	.363	.290	.653	2	0	0	0	57
K. Carpenter RF	23	66	6	14	13	5	9	29	.212	.316	.455	.771	1	0	0	0	45
C. Keith 3B	23	73	12	23	6	0	4	15	.315	.351	.411	.762	7	0	0	0	44
S. Torkelson 1B	25	78	7	15	9	2	15	28	.192	.330	.308	.638	3	0	0	1	41
J. Baez SS	20	68	9	19	5	1	2	13	.279	.306	.397	.703	5	0	1	1	38
M. Vierling RF	19	43	5	10	6	1	3	9	.233	.277	.395	.672	4	0	1	0	28
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. McKinstry 3B	14	43	2	9	5	1	3	10	.209	.261	.326	.587	2	0	0	0	19
J. Jones 2B	14	25	3	6	4	2	0	6	.240	.240	.520	.760	1	0	0	0	17
J. Rogers C	9	23	2	3	4	0	1	7	.130	.185	.217	.402	2	0	1	0	11
W. Perez SS	12	35	3	2	1	1	2	4	.057	.108	.143	.251	0	0	0	0	9
H. Lee 2B	4	14	1	3	1	0	1	6	.214	.267	.286	.553	1	0	0	0	4
Total	26	857	114	211	109	22	95	210	.246	.327	.390	.717	51	3	8	3	567

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	6	6	3-2	0	0	36.1	2.72	30	12	11	1	6	38	.224	0.99	103
C. Mize SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	28.2	2.51	23	8	8	2	10	32	.221	1.15	78
F. Valdez SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	30.0	3.30	27	12	11	1	9	20	.231	1.20	73
K. Jansen RP	8	0	0-0	6	7	6.2	1.35	5	1	1	1	3	8	.200	1.20	57
K. Montero SP	4	4	1-2	0	0	22.0	3.68	17	10	9	0	3	18	.210	0.91	46
B. Hurter P	9	0	2-0	0	0	9.2	2.79	7	3	3	1	3	6	.206	1.03	33
J. Flaherty SP	5	5	0-1	0	0	23.1	3.47	17	12	9	1	20	24	.202	1.59	31
K. Finnegan RP	11	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	0.00	5	0	0	0	8	5	.143	1.18	29
C. Seabold RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	10.2	4.22	11	5	5	2	3	11	.275	1.31	24
D. Anderson RP	7	0	0-0	1	1	11.1	7.94	12	10	10	2	7	10	.267	1.68	16
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	11
T. Holton RP	11	0	0-1	0	1	11.0	3.27	11	4	4	1	7	8	.268	1.64	9
W. Vest RP	11	0	1-3	0	0	10.0	5.40	9	7	6	0	5	11	.231	1.40	7
E. De Jesus RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	8.0	10.13	16	12	9	0	6	9	.400	2.75	4
B. Smith RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.250	1.50	2
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Total	26	26	14-12	7	9	224.2	3.65	199	101	91	13	93	203	.236	1.30	517

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	25	95	4	27	10	0	13	21	.284	.364	.358	.722	7	0	9	1	67
M. Garcia 3B	25	98	14	26	10	2	11	20	.265	.336	.388	.724	6	0	2	2	65
C. Jensen C	23	69	11	19	14	6	8	22	.275	.354	.565	.919	2	0	0	0	62
K. Isbel CF	21	62	9	17	8	3	4	17	.274	.328	.468	.796	3	0	4	0	50
V. Pasquantino 1B	25	94	9	15	12	3	11	23	.160	.248	.298	.546	2	1	0	0	49
S. Perez C	24	93	6	16	6	3	4	21	.172	.212	.301	.513	3	0	0	0	34
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Caglianone 1B	22	75	7	19	2	1	6	25	.253	.325	.373	.698	4	1	0	1	31
L. Thomas RF	20	45	4	9	2	0	9	9	.200	.333	.222	.555	1	0	2	0	24
I. Collins LF	20	60	8	11	4	1	6	24	.183	.269	.250	.519	1	0	0	1	21
M. Massey 2B	14	33	3	8	4	1	1	9	.242	.257	.455	.712	4	0	0	0	18
N. Loftin 1B	6	13	3	4	3	0	3	1	.308	.438	.462	.900	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	8	23	1	5	0	0	0	7	.217	.250	.304	.554	2	0	0	0	5
E. Diaz C	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	3
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	25	817	88	187	83	22	84	213	.229	.305	.362	.667	39	2	18	6	479

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	32.1	2.51	20	9	9	3	10	28	.179	0.93	92
S. Lugo SP	5	5	1-1	0	0	31.1	1.15	19	5	4	0	10	28	.181	0.93	89
K. Bubic SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	28.2	4.08	19	13	13	3	13	29	.190	1.12	73
L. Erceg RP	10	0	1-1	5	7	9.1	5.79	9	6	6	0	7	5	.281	1.71	45
N. Cameron P	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.0	5.40	23	14	12	5	6	17	.277	1.45	29
D. Lynch SP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	1.00	2	4	1	0	3	12	.067	0.56	26
E. Morgan RP	6	0	0-1	1	1	9.2	2.79	7	3	3	2	6	9	.189	1.34	19
N. Mears RP	9	0	1-1	0	2	8.2	3.12	6	3	3	0	4	6	.207	1.15	18
M. Strahm RP	9	0	0-0	0	1	8.2	5.19	8	5	5	2	4	10	.235	1.38	13
C. Ragans RP	5	5	0-4	0	0	21.0	6.00	17	15	14	6	18	22	.233	1.67	11
M. Black P	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	3	.364	2.25	3
J. Schreiber RP	10	0	0-2	1	1	8.0	5.63	8	5	5	2	6	4	.276	1.75	3
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
A. Lange RP	9	0	0-2	0	0	10.2	7.59	12	10	9	2	6	17	.279	1.69	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
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
L. Avila SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	9.00	14	6	6	1	4	6	.483	3.00	-8
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	25	25	8-17	7	13	219.1	4.72	192	123	115	33	112	210	.237	1.39	397

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