Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 22, 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	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
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	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
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	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

	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	41	153	27	46	16	2	26	22	.301	.409	.444	.853	12	2	7	0	142
R. Greene CF	43	154	26	50	22	4	25	48	.325	.419	.487	.906	13	0	1	1	125
D. Dingler C	37	133	15	32	27	7	9	29	.241	.308	.466	.774	9	0	0	0	102
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	42	139	14	28	16	6	24	53	.201	.321	.388	.709	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	38	119	17	37	6	0	6	26	.311	.349	.378	.727	8	0	1	0	64
W. Perez SS	28	85	10	14	8	2	6	12	.165	.220	.259	.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	21	62	2	11	5	1	6	15	.177	.250	.274	.524	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	14	36	4	6	4	0	1	11	.167	.200	.278	.478	2	1	1	0	16
G. Workman 3B	3	7	1	2	2	1	0	1	.286	.286	.857	1.143	1	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	43	1433	179	347	170	38	165	362	.242	.325	.388	.713	81	7	19	6	932

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	7	7	2-2	0	0	39.2	3.18	30	15	14	3	8	29	.205	0.96	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	11	0	2-0	0	0	15.1	7.04	21	15	12	0	8	16	.318	1.89	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	18	2	0-1	0	1	18.2	3.86	21	8	8	2	8	15	.288	1.55	20
B. Hanifee RP	5	1	0-0	0	0	7.1	0.00	7	0	0	0	1	4	.259	1.09	16
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	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	3	0	0-1	0	1	3.0	18.00	8	7	6	1	3	3	.421	3.67	-11
Total	43	43	19-24	9	17	372.1	3.94	343	184	163	34	150	362	.242	1.32	766

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	43	170	22	52	22	7	21	33	.306	.378	.506	.884	11	1	12	2	156
M. Garcia 3B	41	159	22	44	17	3	19	28	.277	.350	.421	.771	12	1	4	3	116
V. Pasquantino 1B	41	153	16	32	21	5	18	34	.209	.290	.359	.649	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	41	161	15	31	18	6	6	38	.193	.233	.335	.568	5	0	0	0	77
I. Collins LF	37	115	16	27	13	3	17	38	.235	.346	.357	.703	5	0	2	3	72
K. Isbel CF	35	101	13	27	10	3	6	25	.267	.327	.396	.723	4	0	5	0	69
J. Caglianone 1B	39	127	17	30	8	4	11	42	.236	.307	.402	.709	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	18	45	9	12	13	0	8	5	.267	.375	.400	.775	6	0	0	0	46
L. Thomas RF	34	75	8	15	7	1	17	19	.200	.351	.253	.604	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	16	39	2	12	2	0	2	12	.308	.349	.385	.734	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	43	1417	179	341	172	44	154	355	.241	.319	.392	.711	72	5	29	13	942

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	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	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
J. Schreiber RP	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
A. Lange RP	17	0	0-2	0	0	19.2	5.49	15	13	12	2	13	21	.214	1.42	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	7	1	0-2	0	0	13.1	6.08	19	9	9	1	7	14	.345	1.95	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	43	43	19-24	13	20	380.1	4.38	336	195	185	48	186	366	.237	1.37	768

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