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
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 6
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 14
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
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
Beau Brieske	Thigh	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Brant Hurter	Back	06-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 7
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	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
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

	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	52	195	32	55	19	3	31	30	.282	.386	.410	.796	12	2	8	0	165
R. Greene LF	54	193	30	60	24	4	28	61	.311	.404	.451	.855	15	0	1	1	141
D. Dingler C	48	173	22	40	31	10	16	41	.231	.311	.462	.773	10	0	0	0	132
S. Torkelson 1B	53	173	17	35	20	7	26	63	.202	.312	.382	.694	10	0	0	1	98
M. Vierling CF	44	134	12	29	21	4	14	26	.216	.285	.373	.658	9	0	2	1	87
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
C. Keith 3B	49	147	18	41	7	0	8	34	.279	.318	.333	.651	8	0	1	0	68
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
W. Perez RF	38	117	13	19	8	2	8	20	.162	.216	.239	.455	3	0	3	1	52
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	32	96	2	17	7	1	8	18	.177	.240	.240	.480	3	0	1	2	31
H. Lee 2B	26	66	4	14	8	1	4	20	.212	.257	.333	.590	3	1	0	0	28
J. Jones DH	35	61	6	10	6	2	6	22	.164	.239	.295	.534	2	0	0	2	23
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	18	47	4	7	4	0	4	16	.149	.222	.234	.456	2	1	1	0	18
G. Workman 3B	12	32	3	6	5	2	0	16	.188	.188	.469	.657	3	0	0	0	15
Z. Short 3B	13	22	1	3	0	0	5	6	.136	.321	.182	.503	1	0	0	0	8
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	54	1794	207	418	196	46	200	462	.233	.314	.368	.682	91	7	21	9	1082

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	11	11	2-3	0	0	61.0	4.28	58	33	29	6	23	50	.243	1.33	113
C. Mize SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	43.2	2.47	32	12	12	2	11	43	.204	0.98	110
K. Montero SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	49.1	3.83	36	22	21	6	14	32	.201	1.01	101
D. Anderson RP	17	1	1-1	2	2	33.2	3.74	27	15	14	3	16	42	.218	1.28	80
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	17	0	1-3	7	11	14.1	5.02	9	8	8	4	8	19	.176	1.19	68
K. Finnegan RP	24	0	1-0	1	4	24.2	1.82	21	5	5	2	19	15	.244	1.62	50
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. Madden P	3	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	2.38	7	3	3	1	2	12	.171	0.79	28
J. Flaherty SP	11	11	0-6	0	0	47.0	5.94	49	39	31	8	29	55	.263	1.66	27
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
T. Melton SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	1.59	2	1	1	0	3	3	.111	0.88	19
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	18
B. Hanifee RP	7	2	0-0	0	0	9.1	1.93	9	2	2	1	1	5	.257	1.07	18
W. Vest RP	16	0	1-3	0	2	14.2	5.52	13	11	9	1	6	16	.232	1.30	16
T. Holton RP	23	2	0-4	0	1	24.1	4.44	28	14	12	3	8	20	.292	1.48	14
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	54	54	21-33	10	21	471.0	3.94	419	232	206	48	187	435	.236	1.29	898

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	53	210	25	62	23	7	23	41	.295	.362	.471	.833	14	1	16	3	178
M. Garcia 3B	51	205	27	54	20	3	19	32	.263	.323	.385	.708	14	1	4	3	134
V. Pasquantino 1B	50	186	21	37	23	5	23	41	.199	.285	.328	.613	5	2	2	0	112
S. Perez C	51	197	19	42	24	8	9	42	.213	.258	.360	.618	5	0	0	0	106
C. Jensen C	49	151	20	35	23	6	20	52	.232	.320	.397	.717	7	0	0	0	98
I. Collins LF	46	144	18	32	16	3	22	47	.222	.337	.326	.663	6	0	3	3	86
J. Caglianone RF	48	157	18	38	11	5	13	51	.242	.308	.408	.716	9	1	1	1	83
K. Isbel CF	44	131	15	34	11	3	8	35	.260	.315	.389	.704	6	1	5	0	80
M. Massey 2B	38	101	11	23	12	3	4	21	.228	.252	.396	.648	8	0	1	0	58
L. Thomas CF	39	86	8	18	9	1	19	23	.209	.352	.267	.619	2	0	3	3	51
N. Loftin 2B	22	54	9	12	13	0	8	8	.222	.343	.333	.676	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	21	51	3	15	2	0	4	16	.294	.351	.353	.704	3	0	0	1	19
T. Tolbert SS	9	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	2	1	5
Total	53	1748	207	416	200	48	181	428	.238	.313	.378	.691	88	6	37	15	1091

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	63.1	2.70	45	20	19	7	20	55	.200	1.03	172
L. Erceg RP	21	0	3-1	11	14	20.1	4.43	19	12	10	0	13	18	.257	1.57	121
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
S. Kolek SP	4	4	3-0	0	0	26.0	2.77	17	8	8	3	5	14	.185	0.85	83
N. Cameron SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	4.72	53	28	25	5	16	44	.276	1.45	79
D. Lynch RP	21	0	1-0	1	2	21.2	1.66	13	7	4	1	7	26	.165	0.92	66
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
N. Mears RP	20	0	2-3	0	2	18.2	3.86	16	8	8	2	9	14	.242	1.34	29
J. Schreiber RP	22	0	0-2	1	1	20.1	3.10	19	7	7	3	10	12	.257	1.43	27
A. Lange RP	21	0	0-2	0	0	24.0	4.88	20	14	13	2	13	23	.235	1.38	25
L. Avila RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	9	0	0-1	1	1	12.1	5.11	15	7	7	3	6	9	.294	1.70	15
M. Black RP	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	5
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	53	53	22-31	14	23	470.0	4.19	425	232	219	56	215	434	.243	1.36	937

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