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

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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
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
Will Vest	Undisclosed	05-01-2026Probable for May 2
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	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
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	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2

	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	32	121	22	38	13	2	19	18	.314	.411	.488	.899	11	2	2	0	109
R. Greene CF	33	117	22	34	19	4	20	36	.291	.394	.462	.856	8	0	1	1	94
G. Torres 2B	31	114	18	28	10	2	25	22	.246	.380	.316	.696	2	0	0	0	78
D. Dingler C	28	97	11	24	20	5	7	19	.247	.324	.464	.788	6	0	0	0	76
S. Torkelson 1B	32	103	12	24	12	5	20	34	.233	.363	.437	.800	6	0	0	1	68
K. Carpenter RF	30	86	10	19	17	6	11	34	.221	.317	.500	.817	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	26	66	7	14	11	1	6	12	.212	.270	.348	.618	6	0	1	0	43
W. Perez SS	18	50	6	7	5	2	4	5	.140	.204	.280	.484	1	0	1	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	21	38	4	8	5	2	1	13	.211	.231	.421	.652	2	0	0	1	15
H. Lee 2B	10	28	2	6	4	1	3	10	.214	.290	.393	.683	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	33	1100	146	274	139	33	129	268	.249	.332	.405	.737	63	5	10	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	13	0	3-0	0	0	14.2	1.84	8	4	3	1	3	10	.157	0.75	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	7	7	0-2	0	0	29.0	5.90	27	22	19	5	25	32	.248	1.79	20
B. Smith RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	7.1	2.45	7	2	2	0	3	11	.259	1.36	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	7	0	1-0	0	0	9.1	8.68	16	12	9	0	7	10	.372	2.46	4
B. Hanifee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.286	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	33	33	16-17	8	13	284.1	3.99	259	138	126	27	118	274	.241	1.33	600

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	32	125	11	36	15	2	17	24	.288	.368	.424	.792	9	1	10	2	99
M. Garcia 3B	30	117	18	32	11	3	13	23	.274	.344	.436	.780	8	1	3	2	83
C. Jensen C	30	94	13	23	16	6	11	30	.245	.327	.457	.784	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	30	108	13	19	16	4	16	26	.176	.279	.352	.631	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	26	76	11	21	8	3	4	20	.276	.337	.434	.771	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	31	124	12	26	13	5	4	26	.210	.244	.371	.615	5	0	0	0	56
I. Collins LF	27	83	12	18	9	2	12	29	.217	.330	.313	.643	2	0	1	2	44
J. Caglianone 1B	28	91	12	23	5	3	9	33	.253	.333	.429	.762	5	1	0	1	43
L. Thomas RF	26	61	6	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	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	21	54	5	12	7	1	3	13	.222	.254	.370	.624	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	32	1061	133	256	126	33	117	265	.241	.322	.393	.715	52	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	14	0	2-1	8	10	13.1	4.05	10	7	6	0	10	11	.222	1.50	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	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	38
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	32
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	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	12	0	0-0	0	1	11.2	3.86	10	5	5	2	6	14	.222	1.37	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	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	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	32	32	13-19	10	17	282.1	4.59	260	154	144	40	142	277	.246	1.42	512

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