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	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
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	Thigh	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	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
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
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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	61	230	39	66	21	3	36	35	.287	.388	.409	.797	13	3	9	0	192
D. Dingler C	57	207	29	50	44	14	20	46	.242	.322	.502	.824	12	0	0	0	179
R. Greene LF	64	232	33	73	29	6	33	74	.315	.404	.461	.865	16	0	1	1	168
S. Torkelson 1B	63	210	21	45	25	9	28	77	.214	.316	.410	.726	14	0	0	1	124
G. Torres 2B	35	129	23	37	14	3	26	23	.287	.405	.388	.793	4	0	0	0	102
M. Vierling CF	53	160	16	35	23	4	16	31	.219	.283	.369	.652	10	1	2	2	100
K. Carpenter RF	41	117	13	28	22	8	11	45	.239	.308	.504	.812	3	2	0	0	84
W. Perez RF	46	147	19	25	13	6	11	25	.170	.228	.320	.548	4	0	3	1	82
C. Keith 3B	58	172	22	46	7	0	10	39	.267	.310	.326	.636	8	1	2	0	80
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	41	118	3	19	9	1	14	25	.161	.246	.212	.458	3	0	1	3	37
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	19	32	3	6	2	0	7	10	.188	.333	.250	.583	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	64	2125	255	503	243	63	235	543	.237	.316	.384	.700	105	10	23	11	1330

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez SP	13	13	3-4	0	0	72.2	4.21	69	38	34	7	27	59	.245	1.32	133
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
D. Anderson RP	22	1	2-3	2	4	41.0	3.95	34	20	18	6	16	48	.222	1.22	91
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
K. Finnegan RP	28	0	1-0	1	5	28.2	1.88	24	6	6	2	19	17	.242	1.50	59
E. De Jesus RP	17	0	2-0	1	1	25.1	4.97	25	17	14	1	11	25	.253	1.42	59
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	27	2	1-4	0	1	28.0	4.50	33	16	14	4	8	24	.300	1.46	27
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
W. Vest RP	20	0	1-4	1	4	19.2	6.86	21	17	15	2	8	22	.266	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
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	64	64	26-38	12	27	559.2	4.00	500	276	249	60	213	514	.237	1.27	1090

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	64	252	33	71	26	9	30	51	.282	.358	.464	.822	17	1	22	3	222
M. Garcia 3B	58	225	28	60	22	3	21	35	.267	.327	.382	.709	15	1	4	3	144
V. Pasquantino 1B	61	227	23	48	29	6	30	47	.211	.302	.344	.646	8	2	2	0	141
S. Perez C	61	235	22	48	26	9	12	49	.204	.254	.345	.599	6	0	0	0	121
C. Jensen C	59	190	24	40	28	7	21	65	.211	.288	.368	.656	9	0	0	0	111
J. Caglianone RF	59	195	21	49	15	6	19	64	.251	.327	.405	.732	10	1	2	1	108
I. Collins LF	55	171	22	37	16	3	27	56	.216	.333	.310	.643	7	0	3	3	97
M. Massey 2B	48	132	16	36	20	6	5	27	.273	.293	.477	.770	9	0	1	0	92
K. Isbel CF	54	159	16	39	11	3	9	39	.245	.297	.358	.655	7	1	5	0	86
L. Thomas CF	50	113	11	25	14	2	23	29	.221	.353	.310	.663	4	0	3	3	72
N. Loftin 2B	32	84	14	18	16	1	12	12	.214	.324	.333	.657	7	0	0	0	67
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	28	62	4	16	2	0	4	20	.258	.319	.306	.625	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	15	9	4	2	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	0	3	1	11
J. Rojas 2B	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	3
Total	64	2125	249	503	240	59	224	515	.237	.313	.375	.688	105	6	45	15	1348

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	13	13	4-4	0	0	81.0	3.44	66	33	31	9	26	67	.223	1.14	185
S. Lugo SP	13	13	2-4	0	0	76.0	3.91	79	36	33	7	24	64	.271	1.36	141
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	25	0	2-0	1	2	25.1	1.78	17	8	5	1	8	29	.181	0.99	79
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	26	0	0-2	2	2	28.0	4.18	24	14	13	2	15	28	.238	1.39	48
M. Strahm RP	19	0	2-1	0	1	18.1	3.93	15	8	8	4	7	17	.214	1.20	41
J. Schreiber RP	27	0	0-3	1	2	24.1	2.96	21	9	8	4	11	16	.244	1.32	32
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	11
S. Cruz RP	15	0	0-2	0	1	15.1	7.63	16	14	13	7	11	22	.262	1.76	7
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
B. Way RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	1.00	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	64	64	25-39	16	29	565.1	4.46	537	299	280	79	247	524	.251	1.39	1076

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