Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 22, 2026 Gametracker

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D. AndersonR	4-4 W-L	76.1 IP	4.01 ERA	3.00 SO/BB	1.30 WHIP
M. WachaR	6-8 W-L	155.2 IP	3.58 ERA	2.93 SO/BB	1.15 WHIP

.D. Anderson

4-4, 76.1 IP, 4.01 ERA

.M. Wacha

6-8, 155.2 IP, 3.58 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 18
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
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	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Beck Way	Back	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

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KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	121	465	82	131	50	13	77	77	.282	.386	.424	.810	21	3	12	1	393
D. Dingler C	116	446	65	115	82	26	31	109	.258	.323	.496	.819	24	2	0	0	357
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	124	426	53	97	63	20	53	149	.228	.318	.418	.736	21	0	0	1	276
C. Keith 3B	115	327	46	88	32	9	24	66	.269	.323	.422	.745	15	4	5	0	220
G. Torres 2B	68	255	43	69	33	8	44	57	.271	.382	.404	.786	10	0	0	0	197
Z. McKinstry 2B	100	300	34	67	25	4	35	51	.223	.307	.330	.637	14	3	1	5	166
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	80	207	21	57	30	6	12	52	.275	.312	.425	.737	11	1	1	2	125
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	38	134	19	35	14	2	4	26	.261	.291	.358	.649	7	0	1	2	74
E. Valencia C	19	54	12	21	17	6	1	15	.389	.411	.833	1.244	6	0	0	0	68
B. Malgeri RF	30	57	9	15	10	3	10	15	.263	.377	.456	.833	2	0	0	0	48
M. Clark CF	16	63	7	17	9	1	4	16	.270	.324	.413	.737	2	2	0	0	39
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	2	6	1	2	4	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	1	0	0	8
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	2
Total	125	4226	573	1029	546	151	446	1072	.243	.320	.408	.728	191	26	36	18	2772

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	121
D. Dingler C	116
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	124
C. Keith 3B	115
G. Torres 2B	68
Z. McKinstry 2B	100
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	80
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	38
E. Valencia C	19
B. Malgeri RF	30
M. Clark CF	16
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	2
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
Total	125

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	26	20	9-7	1	1	128.2	3.22	99	50	46	13	29	86	.208	0.99	312
T. Melton SP	14	14	7-1	0	0	84.1	1.71	57	18	16	8	25	73	.189	0.97	257
F. Valdez SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	138.2	4.35	140	74	67	13	54	111	.258	1.40	249
K. Jansen RP	37	0	3-4	16	20	33.2	3.74	20	15	14	5	20	39	.169	1.19	179
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	166
D. Anderson RP	43	5	4-4	2	7	76.1	4.01	70	37	34	11	29	87	.241	1.30	157
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
K. Finnegan RP	52	0	2-0	2	10	51.1	3.33	50	19	19	8	29	39	.263	1.54	102
T. Holton RP	53	3	1-5	2	4	58.0	3.10	59	25	20	7	14	45	.263	1.26	95
E. De Jesus RP	28	0	2-0	1	1	41.0	3.95	37	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.27	92
T. Madden RP	14	1	1-0	0	0	34.1	2.62	23	10	10	3	12	35	.183	1.02	81
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	20	0	1-1	0	0	27.0	1.67	13	6	5	4	9	16	.143	0.81	63
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	29	0	0-3	0	1	23.2	3.42	22	11	9	2	11	37	.247	1.39	31
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	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
J. Jobe SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	10	6	6	2	2	8	.286	1.38	12
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	4	.091	1.36	8
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	125	125	61-64	26	52	1108.2	3.56	959	487	438	123	386	1030	.231	1.21	2066

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	26
T. Melton SP	14
F. Valdez SP	25
K. Jansen RP	37
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	43
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	52
T. Holton RP	53
E. De Jesus RP	28
T. Madden RP	14
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	20
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	29
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
J. Jobe SP	2
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	3
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	125

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	107	419	67	120	46	15	48	83	.286	.359	.461	.820	26	1	33	6	373
J. Caglianone RF	117	421	57	116	60	22	29	117	.276	.327	.492	.819	21	2	6	2	308
C. Jensen C	117	411	55	90	56	16	46	136	.219	.297	.401	.698	25	1	1	0	258
S. Perez DH	116	446	41	96	54	16	18	97	.215	.261	.365	.626	17	1	0	0	239
M. Massey 2B	105	324	43	88	42	11	17	62	.272	.303	.441	.744	20	1	2	0	218
I. Collins LF	113	357	40	81	35	6	47	93	.227	.325	.350	.675	20	3	6	5	213
V. Pasquantino 1B	80	297	34	69	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.347	.665	12	2	4	0	187
N. Loftin 3B	87	264	33	62	35	5	31	47	.235	.325	.375	.700	20	1	2	1	183
M. Garcia 3B	70	273	33	72	31	3	24	46	.264	.321	.374	.695	17	2	5	4	173
K. Isbel CF	68	198	20	46	16	4	12	49	.232	.284	.338	.622	7	1	5	0	103
T. Tolbert SS	56	92	24	28	6	3	9	19	.304	.363	.457	.820	5	0	17	3	102
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	24	55	8	11	2	2	5	14	.200	.267	.418	.685	4	1	2	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	8	21	2	5	5	1	1	8	.238	.273	.429	.702	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	126	4218	522	1027	498	127	386	1000	.243	.311	.394	.705	223	16	97	27	2477

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	107
J. Caglianone RF	117
C. Jensen C	117
S. Perez DH	116
M. Massey 2B	105
I. Collins LF	113
V. Pasquantino 1B	80
N. Loftin 3B	87
M. Garcia 3B	70
K. Isbel CF	68
T. Tolbert SS	56
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	24
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	126

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	25	25	6-8	0	0	155.2	3.58	138	66	62	21	41	120	.237	1.15	331
N. Cameron SP	24	23	7-8	0	0	138.1	4.16	126	69	64	14	43	126	.240	1.22	275
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
S. Cruz RP	44	2	2-3	5	6	46.1	4.08	37	22	21	11	18	51	.218	1.19	120
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
A. Lange RP	46	0	2-7	10	13	47.2	6.23	49	35	33	6	26	51	.266	1.57	104
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	102
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	8	6	2-1	0	0	41.2	1.73	38	8	8	2	16	25	.242	1.30	87
N. Pearson RP	10	0	1-1	1	2	9.2	0.93	4	1	1	0	4	9	.125	0.83	76
J. Schreiber RP	50	0	0-3	1	4	45.0	3.60	40	21	18	7	21	33	.245	1.36	63
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	47
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	33
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
J. Cuas RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	12	2	2	0	4	13	.279	1.45	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
C. Thomas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.00	-17
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	126	126	52-74	31	54	1106.1	4.78	1097	629	588	160	464	929	.260	1.41	2090

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	25
N. Cameron SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
S. Cruz RP	44
L. Erceg RP	47
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	46
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	10
J. Schreiber RP	50
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	2
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	10
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
C. Thomas RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	126

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