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	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Kenley Jansen	Pelvis	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Javier Baez	Ankle	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 6
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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	Groin	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
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	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
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
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	56	211	35	60	21	3	33	34	.284	.386	.412	.798	12	3	8	0	177
R. Greene LF	58	208	30	64	25	4	30	67	.308	.400	.438	.838	15	0	1	1	145
D. Dingler C	52	186	23	43	34	11	20	46	.231	.319	.468	.787	11	0	0	0	145
S. Torkelson 1B	57	188	18	38	21	8	27	71	.202	.311	.394	.705	12	0	0	1	106
M. Vierling CF	48	146	14	31	21	4	15	28	.212	.280	.356	.636	9	0	2	1	91
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
C. Keith 3B	53	156	21	45	7	0	10	35	.288	.333	.353	.686	8	1	1	0	78
W. Perez RF	42	130	16	22	10	4	11	21	.169	.234	.292	.526	4	0	3	1	69
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	36	105	2	17	9	1	12	22	.162	.244	.219	.463	3	0	1	2	35
H. Lee 2B	29	73	4	14	8	1	4	21	.192	.234	.301	.535	3	1	0	0	27
J. Jones DH	39	68	6	11	7	2	6	24	.162	.230	.279	.509	2	0	0	2	24
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	19	48	4	7	4	0	5	17	.146	.232	.229	.461	2	1	1	0	18
G. Workman 3B	15	37	3	6	5	2	0	16	.162	.162	.405	.567	3	0	0	0	15
Z. Short SS	14	24	2	3	1	0	6	7	.125	.313	.167	.480	1	0	0	0	10
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	58	1918	221	443	209	50	221	498	.231	.314	.368	.682	95	9	21	9	1156

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	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	2.27	34	12	12	2	12	49	.200	0.97	122
F. Valdez SP	11	11	2-3	0	0	61.0	4.28	58	33	29	6	23	50	.243	1.33	113
K. Montero SP	10	10	2-3	0	0	55.0	4.09	44	26	25	7	15	39	.217	1.07	107
D. Anderson RP	19	1	2-2	2	3	37.1	3.62	28	17	15	4	16	46	.206	1.18	93
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
K. Finnegan RP	26	0	1-0	1	5	26.2	2.03	23	6	6	2	19	15	.247	1.58	53
E. De Jesus RP	16	0	2-0	0	0	21.1	5.91	25	17	14	1	11	21	.284	1.69	38
T. Melton SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	12.2	1.42	8	2	2	0	4	4	.178	0.95	36
J. Flaherty SP	12	12	0-7	0	0	52.2	5.81	55	42	34	8	30	64	.264	1.61	34
T. Madden P	3	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	2.38	7	3	3	1	2	12	.171	0.79	28
B. Hanifee RP	10	2	0-0	0	0	11.1	1.59	12	2	2	1	2	6	.279	1.24	21
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	18
T. Holton RP	24	2	0-4	0	1	25.2	4.56	29	15	13	4	8	23	.287	1.44	17
W. Vest RP	18	0	1-4	0	3	17.0	7.41	18	16	14	2	7	18	.269	1.47	8
D. Sommers RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.1	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	1
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	58	58	22-36	10	24	507.2	4.01	457	253	226	52	196	470	.239	1.29	952

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	57	225	27	64	25	9	23	44	.284	.348	.476	.824	14	1	16	3	189
M. Garcia 3B	55	220	28	59	20	3	20	35	.268	.326	.386	.712	15	1	4	3	140
V. Pasquantino 1B	54	199	21	41	24	5	25	42	.206	.293	.332	.625	6	2	2	0	120
S. Perez C	55	209	21	45	25	9	11	45	.215	.264	.373	.637	6	0	0	0	116
C. Jensen C	52	162	20	36	23	6	20	54	.222	.306	.383	.689	8	0	0	0	99
I. Collins LF	49	151	18	32	16	3	23	48	.212	.328	.311	.639	6	0	3	3	87
J. Caglianone RF	52	170	18	40	11	5	14	57	.235	.301	.388	.689	9	1	1	1	83
K. Isbel CF	47	139	15	34	11	3	8	36	.245	.298	.367	.665	6	1	5	0	80
M. Massey 2B	41	106	11	24	13	3	4	22	.226	.248	.396	.644	9	0	1	0	61
L. Thomas CF	43	97	8	20	9	1	21	26	.206	.347	.268	.615	3	0	3	3	55
N. Loftin 2B	25	63	9	13	13	0	8	9	.206	.316	.317	.633	7	0	0	0	48
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	24	56	3	15	2	0	4	17	.268	.333	.321	.654	3	0	0	1	19
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	11	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	0	0	3	1	7
Total	57	1873	212	437	205	51	190	454	.233	.308	.372	.680	95	6	38	15	1157

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	11	11	4-2	0	0	70.1	2.69	50	22	21	8	22	60	.200	1.02	190
S. Lugo SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	65.0	3.74	67	28	27	3	23	54	.271	1.38	120
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	22	0	3-2	11	15	21.1	5.06	23	14	12	0	13	18	.288	1.69	113
S. Kolek SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	31.0	3.48	23	14	12	4	6	19	.202	0.94	85
N. Cameron SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	52.2	4.61	57	30	27	5	17	48	.271	1.41	84
D. Lynch RP	22	0	1-0	1	2	22.2	1.59	13	7	4	1	7	27	.159	0.88	69
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	23	0	0-2	1	1	21.1	2.95	19	7	7	3	10	12	.250	1.36	30
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
A. Lange RP	22	0	0-2	0	0	24.1	4.81	21	14	13	2	13	23	.241	1.40	25
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
L. Avila RP	10	1	0-2	0	0	21.1	5.06	27	12	12	1	12	20	.325	1.83	13
E. Morgan RP	11	0	0-1	1	1	14.1	5.65	20	9	9	4	7	11	.323	1.88	13
M. Black RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	2.70	8	2	2	1	3	7	.296	1.65	10
T. Tolbert SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	7
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
S. Cruz RP	13	0	0-2	0	1	13.0	9.00	14	14	13	7	10	19	.264	1.85	1
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
Total	57	57	22-35	14	24	505.0	4.49	476	267	252	67	228	462	.250	1.39	969

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