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	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Will Vest	Forearm	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
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
Casey Mize	Thigh	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-19-2026Expected to be out until at least May 20
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	Thigh	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	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15

	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	42	157	27	46	16	2	26	24	.293	.400	.433	.833	12	2	7	0	141
R. Greene CF	44	157	27	52	22	4	26	48	.331	.426	.490	.916	13	0	1	1	125
D. Dingler C	38	137	16	33	28	8	9	29	.241	.307	.482	.789	9	0	0	0	108
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	43	142	14	28	16	6	24	54	.197	.320	.380	.700	8	0	0	1	81
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
M. Vierling RF	35	100	9	20	17	2	11	18	.200	.274	.350	.624	9	0	1	0	65
C. Keith 3B	39	122	18	37	6	0	7	29	.303	.346	.369	.715	8	0	1	0	64
W. Perez SS	29	89	10	15	8	2	6	13	.169	.221	.258	.479	2	0	3	1	45
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 3B	22	66	2	12	5	1	6	15	.182	.250	.273	.523	3	0	1	1	23
H. Lee 2B	18	48	4	10	6	1	3	16	.208	.255	.354	.609	2	1	0	0	22
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jones 2B	28	50	6	9	5	2	3	19	.180	.226	.340	.566	2	0	0	1	20
J. Rogers C	15	38	4	6	4	0	2	12	.158	.209	.263	.472	2	1	1	0	16
G. Workman 3B	4	11	2	4	5	2	0	2	.364	.364	1.091	1.455	2	0	0	0	8
J. Jung 2B	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	6	9	1	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.308	.000	.308	0	0	0	0	3
Total	44	1464	183	354	174	40	168	371	.242	.324	.389	.713	82	7	19	6	937

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
F. Valdez SP	9	9	2-2	0	0	50.0	4.32	51	28	24	5	17	42	.254	1.36	96
K. Montero SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	44.1	3.65	34	19	18	5	10	31	.207	0.99	94
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
B. Hurter P	17	0	4-1	0	0	21.2	1.66	12	5	4	1	6	15	.162	0.83	72
K. Jansen RP	13	0	0-2	7	10	10.1	4.35	8	5	5	3	5	15	.211	1.26	59
K. Finnegan RP	20	0	1-0	1	3	20.2	1.31	15	3	3	1	15	14	.217	1.45	50
D. Anderson RP	14	0	1-1	1	1	23.0	5.48	23	15	14	3	12	30	.258	1.52	43
T. Madden P	2	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	1	2	12	.154	0.73	28
E. De Jesus RP	12	0	2-0	0	0	16.0	7.31	22	16	13	0	9	16	.319	1.94	27
J. Flaherty SP	9	9	0-4	0	0	37.2	5.73	36	29	24	5	29	44	.250	1.73	24
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
T. Holton RP	19	2	0-1	0	1	19.0	4.74	23	10	10	3	8	15	.303	1.63	20
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	16
B. Hanifee RP	6	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	1.08	8	1	1	1	1	4	.258	1.08	16
B. Smith RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	3.75	13	7	5	1	6	17	.271	1.58	10
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
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	44	44	19-25	9	17	380.1	4.07	353	193	172	39	154	364	.243	1.33	766

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	44	173	22	53	22	7	22	33	.306	.381	.503	.884	11	1	13	2	156
M. Garcia 3B	42	164	23	45	18	3	19	28	.274	.346	.415	.761	12	1	4	3	116
V. Pasquantino 1B	42	157	16	32	21	5	18	35	.204	.283	.350	.633	4	2	1	0	96
C. Jensen C	40	124	18	29	18	6	17	45	.234	.326	.411	.737	4	0	0	0	82
S. Perez C	42	165	15	33	18	6	6	39	.200	.239	.339	.578	5	0	0	0	78
I. Collins LF	38	118	16	27	13	3	17	38	.229	.343	.347	.690	5	0	2	3	72
K. Isbel CF	36	105	14	28	10	3	6	27	.267	.325	.410	.735	4	1	5	0	69
J. Caglianone 1B	40	128	17	30	8	4	11	42	.234	.305	.398	.703	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
N. Loftin 1B	19	48	9	12	13	0	8	5	.250	.367	.375	.742	6	0	0	0	46
L. Thomas RF	35	77	8	16	8	1	17	19	.208	.351	.260	.611	1	0	3	2	46
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	17	42	2	13	2	0	3	13	.310	.362	.381	.743	3	0	0	1	15
E. Diaz C	8	19	2	4	3	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	44	1449	181	348	174	44	156	360	.240	.319	.389	.708	72	6	30	13	943

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	117
L. Erceg RP	18	0	3-1	10	12	17.1	3.63	13	8	7	0	12	15	.220	1.44	113
S. Lugo SP	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
A. Lange RP	18	0	0-2	0	0	20.2	5.23	16	13	12	2	13	21	.219	1.40	19
J. Schreiber RP	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
S. Cruz RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	8	8	8	4	6	13	.242	1.75	8
M. Black P	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
L. Avila SP	8	1	0-2	0	0	15.1	5.28	19	9	9	1	9	16	.317	1.83	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
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
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	44	44	19-25	13	20	388.1	4.43	344	201	191	49	191	373	.238	1.38	770

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