Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - May 9, 2026 Gametracker

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T. MaddenR	0-0 W-L	5.0 IP	0.00 ERA	- SO/BB	0.80 WHIP
M. WachaR	3-2 W-L	44.1 IP	3.05 ERA	2.40 SO/BB	1.06 WHIP

0-0, 5.0 IP

3-2, 44.1 IP, 3.05 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
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	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Will Vest	Forearm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Cole Ragans	Triceps	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
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	05-06-2026Expected to be out until at least May 7
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	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	36	137	25	41	16	2	20	20	.299	.392	.453	.845	11	2	4	0	122
R. Greene CF	38	135	24	40	19	4	22	44	.296	.395	.459	.854	10	0	1	1	106
D. Dingler C	32	113	12	28	26	6	7	23	.248	.315	.469	.784	7	0	0	0	90
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	37	121	13	25	14	6	22	45	.207	.333	.405	.738	6	0	0	1	75
K. Carpenter RF	35	100	11	21	17	6	11	40	.210	.296	.450	.746	2	2	0	0	66
C. Keith 3B	33	104	17	34	6	0	6	21	.327	.369	.394	.763	7	0	1	0	62
M. Vierling RF	30	80	9	18	15	2	8	14	.225	.289	.388	.677	7	0	1	0	58
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	23	65	7	10	6	2	5	8	.154	.214	.262	.476	1	0	3	0	37
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jones 2B	24	43	6	9	5	2	2	15	.209	.244	.395	.639	2	0	0	1	21
Z. McKinstry 3B	16	49	2	9	5	1	5	12	.184	.259	.286	.545	2	0	0	0	20
J. Rogers C	12	33	4	6	4	0	1	10	.182	.216	.303	.519	2	1	1	0	17
H. Lee 2B	14	41	3	7	5	1	3	15	.171	.227	.293	.520	2	0	0	0	15
J. Jung 2B	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	38	1260	165	308	157	36	143	317	.244	.326	.393	.719	67	6	15	4	838

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	8	8	2-2	0	0	43.1	4.57	46	26	22	5	15	35	.261	1.41	79
K. Montero SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	33.2	3.48	27	14	13	3	7	25	.216	1.01	76
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	15	0	4-0	0	0	18.2	1.45	10	4	3	1	4	13	.156	0.75	72
K. Finnegan RP	17	0	1-0	1	1	17.2	0.51	10	1	1	1	12	13	.172	1.25	50
D. Anderson RP	12	0	1-0	1	1	20.2	4.79	17	11	11	3	12	25	.221	1.40	47
K. Jansen RP	11	0	0-2	6	9	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	3	5	10	.250	1.56	44
J. Flaherty SP	8	8	0-3	0	0	34.0	5.56	30	26	21	5	26	42	.236	1.65	29
B. Smith RP	7	0	0-1	0	0	11.1	1.59	9	2	2	0	4	16	.220	1.15	22
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	17
B. Hanifee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	4	.217	0.90	16
T. Madden P	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	7	.200	0.80	14
E. De Jesus RP	9	0	1-0	0	0	11.2	7.71	19	13	10	0	8	14	.358	2.31	12
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
T. Holton RP	15	2	0-1	0	1	14.2	4.91	20	8	8	2	8	11	.328	1.91	7
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	2	0	0-1	0	1	2.0	22.50	4	5	5	1	2	2	.364	3.00	-9
Total	38	38	18-20	8	14	329.1	3.88	301	159	142	32	134	323	.241	1.32	698

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	37	147	16	41	16	3	17	31	.279	.349	.422	.771	10	1	12	2	117
M. Garcia 3B	35	136	19	36	13	3	15	25	.265	.333	.412	.745	9	1	4	2	96
V. Pasquantino 1B	35	129	15	25	17	4	16	31	.194	.280	.349	.629	4	2	1	0	80
S. Perez C	36	141	14	29	17	5	5	33	.206	.245	.348	.593	5	0	0	0	71
C. Jensen C	34	108	14	24	17	6	13	39	.222	.309	.407	.716	2	0	0	0	69
K. Isbel CF	30	86	12	24	8	3	6	23	.279	.347	.430	.777	4	0	5	0	64
I. Collins LF	32	98	14	24	12	3	15	34	.245	.353	.378	.731	4	0	2	3	64
J. Caglianone 1B	33	106	14	26	8	4	11	37	.245	.328	.425	.753	5	1	0	1	60
L. Thomas RF	29	66	7	15	6	1	15	14	.227	.378	.288	.666	1	0	3	2	45
M. Massey 2B	24	65	7	14	9	2	3	18	.215	.243	.385	.628	5	0	1	0	37
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	13	37	7	9	9	0	7	4	.243	.364	.324	.688	3	0	0	0	33
S. Marte RF	14	35	2	11	2	0	1	10	.314	.342	.400	.742	3	0	0	1	14
E. Diaz C	5	14	2	4	3	1	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	2	0	0	0	14
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	37	1221	152	291	145	37	133	314	.238	.318	.385	.703	58	5	29	12	800

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
L. Erceg RP	16	0	2-1	10	12	15.1	3.52	10	7	6	0	11	14	.196	1.37	105
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	41	14	13	1	13	37	.256	1.24	99
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
D. Lynch SP	14	0	1-0	1	2	14.2	1.84	5	6	3	1	4	18	.100	0.61	54
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	14	0	2-1	0	2	12.2	2.13	6	3	3	0	7	10	.146	1.03	36
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
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	15	0	0-2	1	1	14.0	3.86	13	6	6	2	8	5	.265	1.50	13
A. Lange RP	14	0	0-2	0	0	16.0	6.19	14	12	11	2	11	19	.233	1.56	10
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
E. Cerantola P	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	2	.333	2.00	2
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
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
L. Avila SP	5	1	0-2	0	0	11.0	7.36	18	9	9	1	6	11	.383	2.18	-4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	37	37	17-20	13	20	328.1	4.25	287	165	155	42	156	312	.236	1.35	703

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