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
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18
Will Vest	Forearm	05-16-2026Expected to be out until at least May 17
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
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
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
Ty Madden	Forearm	05-19-2026Expected to be out until at least May 20
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
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
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

	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	43	160	28	46	16	2	27	24	.288	.397	.425	.822	12	2	7	0	143
R. Greene LF	45	161	27	53	23	4	26	50	.329	.422	.491	.913	14	0	1	1	131
D. Dingler C	39	140	17	35	28	8	10	29	.250	.318	.486	.804	9	0	0	0	112
S. Torkelson 1B	44	145	14	29	17	6	25	55	.200	.324	.379	.703	8	0	0	1	84
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
M. Vierling RF	36	104	10	21	17	2	11	19	.202	.274	.346	.620	9	0	2	0	68
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
C. Keith 3B	40	125	18	38	6	0	7	30	.304	.346	.368	.714	8	0	1	0	65
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	23	69	2	12	5	1	7	16	.174	.250	.261	.511	3	0	1	1	25
H. Lee 2B	19	50	4	10	6	1	4	16	.200	.259	.340	.599	2	1	0	0	23
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jones 2B	29	51	6	10	5	2	3	19	.196	.241	.353	.594	2	0	0	2	20
J. Rogers C	15	38	4	6	4	0	2	12	.158	.209	.263	.472	2	1	1	0	17
G. Workman 3B	5	15	2	4	5	2	0	5	.267	.267	.800	1.067	2	0	0	0	16
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	45	1494	186	361	176	40	173	380	.242	.325	.387	.712	83	7	20	7	968

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	18	0	4-1	0	0	22.1	2.01	13	6	5	1	8	16	.169	0.94	71
K. Jansen RP	14	0	1-2	7	10	11.1	3.97	8	5	5	3	5	17	.195	1.15	70
D. Anderson RP	15	0	1-1	1	1	27.0	4.67	24	15	14	3	12	31	.238	1.33	54
K. Finnegan RP	20	0	1-0	1	3	20.2	1.31	15	3	3	1	15	14	.217	1.45	50
T. Madden P	3	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	2.38	7	3	3	1	2	12	.171	0.79	28
E. De Jesus RP	12	0	2-0	0	0	16.0	7.31	22	16	13	0	9	16	.319	1.94	26
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
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
T. Holton RP	19	2	0-1	0	1	19.0	4.74	23	10	10	3	8	15	.303	1.63	17
B. Smith RP	10	1	0-2	0	0	14.0	3.21	14	7	5	1	6	18	.264	1.43	16
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	45	45	20-25	9	17	389.1	4.02	358	195	174	39	156	370	.242	1.32	792

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	45	178	22	55	23	7	22	35	.309	.381	.506	.887	12	1	13	2	163
M. Garcia 3B	43	170	24	45	18	3	19	28	.265	.335	.400	.735	12	1	4	3	120
V. Pasquantino 1B	43	160	18	32	21	5	20	36	.200	.286	.344	.630	4	2	1	0	99
C. Jensen C	41	128	18	31	19	6	18	45	.242	.336	.422	.758	5	0	0	0	87
S. Perez C	43	170	16	34	18	6	6	40	.200	.238	.335	.573	5	0	0	0	80
I. Collins LF	39	120	16	27	15	3	19	38	.225	.345	.342	.687	5	0	2	3	77
K. Isbel CF	37	110	14	29	10	3	6	28	.264	.319	.400	.719	4	1	5	0	73
J. Caglianone 1B	41	130	17	31	8	4	12	43	.238	.313	.400	.713	7	1	0	1	68
M. Massey 2B	30	81	10	17	12	3	3	18	.210	.233	.407	.640	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	36	78	8	16	8	1	18	20	.205	.354	.256	.610	1	0	3	2	49
N. Loftin 1B	19	48	9	12	13	0	8	5	.250	.367	.375	.742	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	17	42	2	13	2	0	3	13	.310	.362	.381	.743	3	0	0	1	16
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	45	1487	185	355	178	44	163	367	.239	.318	.385	.703	74	6	30	13	979

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	57.1	2.83	39	18	18	7	18	47	.193	0.99	156
L. Erceg RP	19	0	3-1	10	13	18.1	3.44	15	9	7	0	12	17	.234	1.47	115
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	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	18	0	1-0	1	2	18.1	1.96	9	7	4	1	6	25	.138	0.82	60
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	18	0	2-2	0	2	15.2	2.87	13	5	5	1	8	12	.236	1.34	31
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	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	19	0	0-2	1	1	17.1	3.63	16	7	7	3	10	7	.258	1.50	18
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
L. Avila SP	8	1	0-2	0	0	15.1	5.28	19	9	9	1	9	16	.317	1.83	7
S. Cruz RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	8.31	9	9	8	4	7	13	.257	1.85	3
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 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	45	45	19-26	13	21	399.0	4.38	356	206	194	51	196	384	.240	1.38	785

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