Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 21, 2026 Gametracker

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T. MeltonR	7-1 W-L	84.1 IP	1.71 ERA	2.92 SO/BB	0.97 WHIP
N. CameronL	7-8 W-L	138.1 IP	4.16 ERA	2.93 SO/BB	1.22 WHIP

.T. Melton

7-1, 84.1 IP, 1.71 ERA

.N. Cameron

7-8, 138.1 IP, 4.16 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
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
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Beck Way	Back	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	120	459	80	129	48	12	77	76	.281	.386	.418	.804	21	3	12	1	385
D. Dingler C	115	441	65	114	82	26	30	108	.259	.322	.499	.821	24	2	0	0	356
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	123	425	53	97	63	20	53	148	.228	.318	.419	.737	21	0	0	1	277
C. Keith 3B	114	324	44	87	32	9	23	66	.269	.321	.423	.744	15	4	5	0	216
G. Torres 2B	67	251	41	68	33	8	42	56	.271	.379	.406	.785	10	0	0	0	193
Z. McKinstry 2B	99	296	33	64	24	4	34	51	.216	.299	.321	.620	13	3	1	5	159
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	79	204	20	54	28	6	10	52	.265	.296	.417	.713	11	1	1	2	117
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	37	130	19	35	14	2	4	25	.269	.294	.369	.663	7	0	1	2	73
E. Valencia C	19	54	12	21	17	6	1	15	.389	.411	.833	1.244	6	0	0	0	68
B. Malgeri RF	29	56	9	15	10	3	10	14	.268	.382	.464	.846	2	0	0	0	49
M. Clark CF	15	58	7	15	8	1	4	15	.259	.317	.414	.731	2	2	0	0	36
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	1	0	0	5
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	2
Total	124	4186	565	1015	538	150	439	1064	.242	.319	.408	.727	190	26	36	18	2735

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	120
D. Dingler C	115
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	123
C. Keith 3B	114
G. Torres 2B	67
Z. McKinstry 2B	99
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	79
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	37
E. Valencia C	19
B. Malgeri RF	29
M. Clark CF	15
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	1
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
Total	124

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	26	20	9-7	1	1	128.2	3.22	99	50	46	13	29	86	.208	0.99	312
T. Melton SP	14	14	7-1	0	0	84.1	1.71	57	18	16	8	25	73	.189	0.97	257
F. Valdez SP	24	24	7-8	0	0	133.0	4.26	135	69	63	13	50	106	.259	1.39	236
K. Jansen RP	36	0	3-4	15	19	32.2	3.86	20	15	14	5	20	37	.174	1.22	168
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	159
D. Anderson RP	43	5	4-4	2	7	76.1	4.01	70	37	34	11	29	87	.241	1.30	157
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
K. Finnegan RP	51	0	2-0	2	10	50.2	3.38	49	19	19	8	28	38	.263	1.52	102
T. Holton RP	53	3	1-5	2	4	58.0	3.10	59	25	20	7	14	45	.263	1.26	95
E. De Jesus RP	28	0	2-0	1	1	41.0	3.95	37	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.27	92
T. Madden RP	14	1	1-0	0	0	34.1	2.62	23	10	10	3	12	35	.183	1.02	81
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	20	0	1-1	0	0	27.0	1.67	13	6	5	4	9	16	.143	0.81	63
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	28	0	0-3	0	1	22.0	3.68	22	11	9	2	11	34	.262	1.50	25
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
J. Jobe SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	10	6	6	2	2	8	.286	1.38	12
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	4	.091	1.36	8
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	124	124	60-64	25	51	1099.2	3.55	953	482	434	123	381	1019	.231	1.21	2029

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	26
T. Melton SP	14
F. Valdez SP	24
K. Jansen RP	36
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	43
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	51
T. Holton RP	53
E. De Jesus RP	28
T. Madden RP	14
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	20
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	28
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
J. Jobe SP	2
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	3
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	124

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	106	415	63	117	43	14	47	83	.282	.354	.448	.802	25	1	32	6	356
J. Caglianone RF	116	416	56	113	58	22	29	117	.272	.324	.490	.814	21	2	6	2	302
C. Jensen C	116	406	54	89	56	16	46	135	.219	.298	.401	.699	24	1	1	0	255
S. Perez DH	115	443	41	95	52	16	18	96	.214	.260	.366	.626	17	1	0	0	237
M. Massey 2B	104	321	42	87	42	11	16	61	.271	.301	.442	.743	20	1	2	0	215
I. Collins LF	112	354	40	81	35	6	46	92	.229	.326	.353	.679	20	3	6	5	213
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	87	264	33	62	35	5	31	47	.235	.325	.375	.700	20	1	2	1	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	56	92	24	28	6	3	9	19	.304	.363	.457	.820	5	0	17	3	102
K. Isbel CF	67	195	19	45	15	4	11	48	.231	.280	.338	.618	7	1	5	0	100
S. Marte RF	59	153	15	37	14	2	9	41	.242	.298	.314	.612	5	0	2	2	71
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	24	55	8	11	2	2	5	14	.200	.267	.418	.685	4	1	2	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	8	21	2	5	5	1	1	8	.238	.273	.429	.702	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	125	4183	513	1014	489	126	382	994	.242	.310	.393	.703	220	16	96	26	2509

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	106
J. Caglianone RF	116
C. Jensen C	116
S. Perez DH	115
M. Massey 2B	104
I. Collins LF	112
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	87
M. Garcia 3B	69
T. Tolbert SS	56
K. Isbel CF	67
S. Marte RF	59
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	24
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	125

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
N. Cameron SP	24	23	7-8	0	0	138.1	4.16	126	69	64	14	43	126	.240	1.22	275
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
S. Cruz RP	43	2	2-3	4	5	45.1	4.17	37	22	21	11	18	51	.220	1.21	110
A. Lange RP	46	0	2-7	10	13	47.2	6.23	49	35	33	6	26	51	.266	1.57	104
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	102
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	8	6	2-1	0	0	41.2	1.73	38	8	8	2	16	25	.242	1.30	87
N. Pearson RP	8	0	1-0	1	2	7.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	8	.120	0.65	75
J. Schreiber RP	49	0	0-3	1	4	44.0	3.68	40	21	18	7	21	33	.250	1.39	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	47
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	33
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
J. Cuas RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	12	2	2	0	4	13	.279	1.45	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	125	125	51-74	30	53	1097.1	4.78	1089	624	583	157	461	925	.260	1.41	2083

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	24
N. Cameron SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
L. Erceg RP	46
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
S. Cruz RP	43
A. Lange RP	46
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	8
J. Schreiber RP	49
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	2
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	10
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	125

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