Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 21, 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	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 14
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
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
Ty Madden	Forearm	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Beau Brieske	Thigh	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Troy Melton	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
James McArthur	Elbow	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 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

	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	49	182	29	52	16	2	31	28	.286	.395	.407	.802	12	2	7	0	152
R. Greene LF	51	181	29	59	24	4	28	58	.326	.422	.475	.897	15	0	1	1	141
D. Dingler C	45	162	19	39	29	9	14	37	.241	.317	.469	.786	10	0	0	0	123
S. Torkelson 1B	50	165	15	32	19	7	25	63	.194	.306	.376	.682	9	0	0	1	90
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
M. Vierling CF	42	125	12	25	20	4	14	25	.200	.275	.368	.643	9	0	2	1	82
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
C. Keith 3B	46	140	18	39	6	0	8	33	.279	.322	.336	.658	8	0	1	0	65
W. Perez RF	35	106	12	17	8	2	7	17	.160	.212	.236	.448	2	0	3	1	48
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	29	88	2	17	6	1	7	18	.193	.253	.261	.514	3	0	1	2	29
H. Lee 2B	23	60	4	12	6	1	4	19	.200	.250	.317	.567	2	1	0	0	23
J. Jones DH	32	57	6	10	6	2	6	21	.175	.254	.316	.570	2	0	0	2	23
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	17	44	4	7	4	0	3	15	.159	.220	.250	.470	2	1	1	0	17
G. Workman 3B	11	28	2	5	5	2	0	13	.179	.179	.464	.643	2	0	0	0	13
Z. Short 3B	11	15	1	1	0	0	4	5	.067	.300	.067	.367	0	0	0	0	4
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	51	1691	196	397	185	44	193	441	.235	.318	.372	.690	86	7	20	9	1026

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
C. Mize SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	43.2	2.47	32	12	12	2	11	43	.204	0.98	110
K. Montero SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	49.1	3.83	36	22	21	6	14	32	.201	1.01	101
F. Valdez SP	10	10	2-3	0	0	55.0	4.58	56	32	28	5	21	45	.256	1.40	94
K. Jansen RP	16	0	1-2	7	10	13.1	3.38	8	5	5	3	6	19	.170	1.05	76
B. Hurter RP	20	0	4-1	0	0	24.0	3.00	14	9	8	1	11	16	.173	1.04	69
D. Anderson RP	16	1	1-1	1	1	31.2	3.98	26	15	14	3	14	38	.222	1.26	68
K. Finnegan RP	22	0	1-0	1	4	22.2	1.59	18	4	4	2	16	15	.231	1.50	51
E. De Jesus RP	15	0	2-0	0	0	20.1	6.20	24	17	14	1	11	20	.286	1.72	36
C. Seabold RP	10	0	1-0	0	0	14.2	3.07	14	5	5	2	5	14	.255	1.30	33
J. Flaherty SP	10	10	0-5	0	0	43.2	5.77	41	33	28	6	29	48	.246	1.60	30
T. Madden P	3	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	2.38	7	3	3	1	2	12	.171	0.79	28
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	7	2	0-0	0	0	9.1	1.93	9	2	2	1	1	5	.257	1.07	18
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	17
W. Vest RP	15	0	1-3	0	2	13.2	5.93	13	11	9	1	6	15	.245	1.39	12
T. Holton RP	22	2	0-4	0	1	23.0	4.70	28	14	12	3	8	18	.304	1.57	9
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	4	0	0-1	0	1	4.1	14.54	10	8	7	2	4	3	.400	3.23	-11
Total	51	51	20-31	9	19	445.1	3.96	397	219	196	44	174	410	.237	1.28	878

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	50	197	23	59	23	7	23	38	.299	.369	.482	.851	13	1	15	3	172
M. Garcia 3B	48	192	26	49	18	3	19	30	.255	.319	.380	.699	13	1	4	3	126
V. Pasquantino 1B	47	175	18	34	22	5	21	41	.194	.279	.326	.605	4	2	1	0	100
S. Perez C	48	185	18	39	21	8	9	42	.211	.259	.368	.627	5	0	0	0	99
C. Jensen C	46	141	19	33	19	6	19	49	.234	.325	.404	.729	6	0	0	0	90
J. Caglianone RF	45	146	18	37	10	5	12	48	.253	.319	.432	.751	9	1	0	1	80
I. Collins LF	43	135	16	29	15	3	20	43	.215	.329	.319	.648	5	0	3	3	79
K. Isbel CF	41	123	14	33	10	3	7	32	.268	.323	.407	.730	6	1	5	0	78
M. Massey 2B	35	92	10	20	12	3	3	20	.217	.237	.402	.639	8	0	1	0	54
L. Thomas CF	39	86	8	18	9	1	19	23	.209	.352	.267	.619	2	0	3	3	51
N. Loftin 2B	22	54	9	12	13	0	8	8	.222	.343	.333	.676	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	21	51	3	15	2	0	4	16	.294	.351	.353	.704	3	0	0	1	19
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	50	1652	194	392	187	48	173	409	.237	.314	.382	.696	83	6	33	15	1031

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	63.1	2.70	45	20	19	7	20	55	.200	1.03	172
L. Erceg RP	20	0	3-1	11	14	19.1	3.26	15	9	7	0	13	17	.224	1.45	124
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Lugo SP	10	10	1-4	0	0	58.2	3.68	61	25	24	2	21	51	.275	1.40	100
D. Lynch RP	20	0	1-0	1	2	21.0	1.71	12	7	4	1	7	26	.158	0.90	65
N. Cameron SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	41.2	5.40	49	28	25	5	14	36	.287	1.51	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
S. Kolek SP	3	3	2-0	0	0	17.0	4.24	13	8	8	3	4	12	.203	1.00	51
N. Mears RP	19	0	2-2	0	2	17.2	3.06	15	6	6	1	8	14	.242	1.30	35
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
J. Schreiber RP	21	0	0-2	1	1	19.1	3.26	18	7	7	3	10	11	.257	1.45	24
A. Lange RP	20	0	0-2	0	0	23.0	5.09	20	14	13	2	13	23	.244	1.43	22
L. Avila RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	8	0	0-1	1	1	11.1	5.56	15	7	7	3	6	9	.313	1.85	12
M. Black RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	50	50	20-30	14	23	443.0	4.29	404	224	211	54	209	419	.244	1.38	862

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