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	05-13-2026Expected 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	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
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	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12

	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	38	143	26	42	16	2	22	21	.294	.395	.441	.836	11	2	5	0	128
R. Greene CF	40	142	25	44	20	4	23	46	.310	.406	.479	.885	12	0	1	1	114
D. Dingler C	34	121	13	28	26	6	7	24	.231	.295	.438	.733	7	0	0	0	91
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	39	129	13	27	15	6	22	47	.209	.329	.411	.740	8	0	0	1	79
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
C. Keith 3B	35	109	17	34	6	0	6	23	.312	.353	.376	.729	7	0	1	0	61
M. Vierling RF	32	88	9	19	15	2	8	15	.216	.276	.375	.651	8	0	1	0	59
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	25	72	8	12	7	2	5	10	.167	.221	.278	.499	2	0	3	0	41
Z. McKinstry 3B	18	54	2	10	5	1	6	13	.185	.267	.296	.563	3	0	1	0	24
J. Jones 2B	25	45	6	9	5	2	3	15	.200	.250	.378	.628	2	0	0	1	22
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Rogers C	13	36	4	6	4	0	1	11	.167	.200	.278	.478	2	1	1	0	16
H. Lee 2B	16	44	3	7	5	1	3	16	.159	.213	.273	.486	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	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	1
Total	40	1326	169	320	160	36	150	332	.241	.323	.388	.711	74	6	17	4	867

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
K. Montero SP	7	7	2-2	0	0	39.2	3.18	30	15	14	3	8	29	.205	0.96	94
F. Valdez SP	8	8	2-2	0	0	43.1	4.57	46	26	22	5	15	35	.261	1.41	79
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	16	0	4-1	0	0	20.1	1.77	12	5	4	1	5	14	.171	0.84	69
D. Anderson RP	12	0	1-0	1	1	20.2	4.79	17	11	11	3	12	25	.221	1.40	47
K. Finnegan RP	18	0	1-0	1	2	17.2	1.53	13	3	3	1	13	13	.213	1.47	44
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
T. Madden P	2	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	1	2	12	.154	0.73	28
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	4	.217	0.90	16
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	16
T. Holton RP	17	2	0-1	0	1	17.1	4.15	21	8	8	2	8	12	.304	1.67	15
B. Smith RP	8	1	0-2	0	0	11.2	3.09	12	4	4	1	4	16	.267	1.37	13
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
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	40	40	18-22	8	15	346.0	3.93	315	168	151	34	139	334	.240	1.31	719

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	40	158	18	47	19	5	19	31	.297	.369	.475	.844	11	1	12	2	137
M. Garcia 3B	38	148	20	40	15	3	16	26	.270	.337	.419	.756	11	1	4	3	105
V. Pasquantino 1B	38	141	16	27	18	5	17	33	.191	.276	.355	.631	4	2	1	0	87
C. Jensen C	37	117	16	26	17	6	15	43	.222	.313	.402	.715	3	0	0	0	74
S. Perez C	39	152	14	29	17	5	6	37	.191	.233	.322	.555	5	0	0	0	70
K. Isbel CF	33	95	13	26	10	3	6	24	.274	.337	.411	.748	4	0	5	0	69
I. Collins LF	34	104	15	26	13	3	17	36	.250	.363	.375	.738	4	0	2	3	69
J. Caglianone 1B	36	118	16	29	8	4	11	40	.246	.321	.415	.736	6	1	0	1	65
M. Massey 2B	27	73	10	17	12	3	3	18	.233	.256	.452	.708	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	32	70	7	15	7	1	16	15	.214	.364	.271	.635	1	0	3	2	46
N. Loftin 1B	15	39	8	11	10	0	7	4	.282	.383	.410	.793	5	0	0	0	39
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	14	35	2	11	2	0	1	10	.314	.342	.400	.742	3	0	0	1	14
E. Diaz C	6	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	40	1317	166	317	159	41	143	332	.241	.319	.393	.712	67	5	29	13	876

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	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	15	0	1-0	1	2	15.2	1.72	5	6	3	1	4	20	.094	0.57	57
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	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	16	0	2-1	0	2	14.0	1.93	9	3	3	0	7	10	.191	1.14	37
M. Strahm RP	15	0	1-0	0	1	14.2	3.68	12	6	6	2	6	15	.214	1.23	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	16	0	0-2	1	1	15.0	3.60	14	6	6	2	8	5	.264	1.47	15
A. Lange RP	15	0	0-2	0	0	17.0	6.35	15	13	12	2	12	20	.234	1.59	11
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
S. Cruz RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	12.00	7	8	8	4	4	9	.280	1.83	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
L. Avila SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	6.75	19	9	9	1	6	12	.373	2.08	-2
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	40	40	19-21	13	20	355.1	4.23	310	177	167	43	171	338	.235	1.35	755

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