Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - May 8, 2026 Gametracker

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J. VerlanderR	0-1 W-L	3.2 IP	12.27 ERA	0.50 SO/BB	2.18 WHIP
K. BubicL	2-1 W-L	33.2 IP	3.74 ERA	2.06 SO/BB	1.19 WHIP

0-1, 3.2 IP, 12.27 ERA

2-1, 33.2 IP, 3.74 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Zach McKinstry	Hip	05-05-2026Expected to be out until at least May 6
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
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
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	Groin	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
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
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	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Vinnie Pasquantino	Back	04-30-2026Probable for May 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	31	116	22	38	13	2	19	17	.328	.426	.509	.935	11	2	2	0	109
R. Greene CF	32	113	21	32	18	4	20	35	.283	.391	.460	.851	8	0	1	1	94
G. Torres 2B	30	110	18	28	10	2	24	21	.255	.387	.327	.714	2	0	0	0	78
D. Dingler C	27	93	11	23	20	5	7	19	.247	.327	.473	.800	6	0	0	0	76
S. Torkelson 1B	31	101	11	23	12	5	18	34	.228	.350	.436	.786	6	0	0	1	68
K. Carpenter RF	29	85	9	19	17	6	10	34	.224	.313	.506	.819	2	2	0	0	64
C. Keith 3B	29	92	14	30	6	0	4	19	.326	.354	.402	.756	7	0	0	0	51
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
M. Vierling RF	25	62	7	14	11	1	6	11	.226	.286	.371	.657	6	0	1	0	43
W. Perez SS	17	46	6	6	3	2	4	5	.130	.200	.283	.483	1	0	0	0	23
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. McKinstry 3B	14	43	2	9	5	1	3	10	.209	.261	.326	.587	2	0	0	0	19
J. Jones 2B	20	36	3	7	5	2	1	13	.194	.216	.389	.605	1	0	0	1	15
H. Lee 2B	9	24	2	5	3	1	3	8	.208	.296	.417	.713	2	0	0	0	14
J. Rogers C	11	30	2	4	4	0	1	10	.133	.176	.200	.376	2	0	1	0	11
J. Jung 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	2
Total	32	1066	142	267	135	33	125	262	.250	.333	.411	.744	62	5	9	4	731

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	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	3.35	37	16	15	2	14	32	.236	1.26	93
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
K. Montero SP	5	5	1-2	0	0	27.0	4.00	22	13	12	2	5	23	.218	1.00	53
B. Hurter P	12	0	3-0	0	0	13.2	1.98	8	4	3	1	3	8	.167	0.80	52
K. Finnegan RP	15	0	1-0	1	1	15.2	0.57	9	1	1	1	10	12	.173	1.21	47
K. Jansen RP	10	0	0-2	6	9	7.1	6.14	8	5	5	3	4	9	.267	1.64	41
D. Anderson RP	10	0	1-0	1	1	17.0	5.82	14	11	11	3	9	19	.222	1.35	39
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
J. Flaherty SP	6	6	0-2	0	0	25.1	5.33	22	18	15	4	22	28	.234	1.74	20
B. Smith RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	0	3	8	.222	1.31	12
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	11
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	13	0	0-1	0	1	13.0	5.54	17	8	8	2	8	9	.321	1.92	4
E. De Jesus RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	8.0	10.13	16	12	9	0	6	9	.400	2.75	4
B. Hanifee RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	2
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Total	32	32	16-16	8	13	275.1	3.96	250	133	121	26	114	263	.240	1.32	600

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	31	121	10	35	15	2	16	23	.289	.367	.430	.797	9	1	10	2	99
M. Garcia 3B	29	113	17	31	11	3	12	22	.274	.341	.442	.783	8	1	3	2	83
C. Jensen C	29	90	13	23	16	6	11	30	.256	.340	.478	.818	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	29	103	11	17	14	3	16	24	.165	.274	.320	.594	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	25	72	11	21	8	3	4	19	.292	.354	.458	.812	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	30	120	10	24	11	5	4	25	.200	.236	.350	.586	3	0	0	0	56
I. Collins LF	26	79	12	17	8	2	12	28	.215	.333	.304	.637	1	0	1	2	44
J. Caglianone 1B	27	88	11	22	4	2	9	33	.250	.333	.398	.731	5	1	0	1	43
L. Thomas RF	25	60	6	14	5	1	13	13	.233	.378	.300	.678	1	0	3	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
M. Massey 2B	20	50	5	11	7	1	3	13	.220	.255	.380	.635	5	0	0	0	27
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	12	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	31	1024	126	246	119	31	115	258	.240	.322	.389	.711	49	5	23	10	675

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
S. Lugo SP	6	6	1-1	0	0	37.2	2.63	33	12	11	1	11	31	.241	1.17	87
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
L. Erceg RP	13	0	2-1	7	9	12.1	4.38	10	7	6	0	10	10	.238	1.62	74
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
C. Ragans RP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.0	5.00	22	16	15	7	18	33	.229	1.48	38
D. Lynch SP	11	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	0.79	3	4	1	0	3	13	.079	0.53	32
N. Mears RP	12	0	2-1	0	2	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	0	6	9	.167	1.09	31
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
M. Strahm RP	11	0	0-0	0	1	10.2	4.22	10	5	5	2	5	12	.238	1.41	17
J. Schreiber RP	13	0	0-2	1	1	11.2	4.63	11	6	6	2	7	5	.268	1.54	9
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	6	0	0	0	2	5	.300	1.71	8
A. Lange RP	12	0	0-2	0	0	13.2	6.59	13	11	10	2	10	19	.245	1.68	6
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	3	1	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	16	7	7	1	4	8	.471	2.86	-7
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	31	31	12-19	9	15	273.1	4.54	253	148	138	36	137	264	.247	1.43	512

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