Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 23, 2026 Gametracker

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F. ValdezL	8-8 W-L	138.2 IP	4.35 ERA	2.06 SO/BB	1.40 WHIP
D. Lynch IVL	4-4 W-L	54.0 IP	2.83 ERA	2.56 SO/BB	1.02 WHIP

.F. Valdez

8-8, 138.2 IP, 4.35 ERA

.D. Lynch IV

4-4, 54.0 IP, 2.83 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	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
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	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028
Jac Caglianone	Ankle	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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	123	472	82	133	52	13	77	78	.282	.384	.424	.808	22	3	12	1	398
D. Dingler C	118	451	65	115	82	26	31	111	.255	.319	.490	.809	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	126	433	53	97	63	20	53	154	.224	.313	.411	.724	21	0	0	1	274
C. Keith 3B	117	333	46	90	32	9	25	67	.270	.325	.420	.745	15	4	5	0	222
G. Torres 2B	70	262	43	71	34	8	45	58	.271	.381	.401	.782	10	0	0	0	201
Z. McKinstry 2B	102	306	34	68	25	4	36	54	.222	.306	.327	.633	14	3	1	5	167
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	82	210	23	58	30	6	14	53	.276	.319	.424	.743	11	1	1	2	129
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	39	137	19	35	14	2	4	26	.255	.285	.350	.635	7	0	1	2	74
E. Valencia C	21	59	12	21	17	6	1	17	.356	.377	.763	1.140	6	0	0	0	67
B. Malgeri RF	31	59	9	15	10	3	10	15	.254	.366	.441	.807	2	0	0	0	48
M. Clark CF	18	70	8	19	9	1	4	17	.271	.320	.414	.734	3	2	0	0	42
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	4	11	2	4	5	1	0	2	.364	.364	.818	1.182	0	1	0	0	15
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
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	127	4289	577	1041	550	152	451	1089	.243	.319	.406	.725	193	26	36	18	2793

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	123
D. Dingler C	118
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	126
C. Keith 3B	117
G. Torres 2B	70
Z. McKinstry 2B	102
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	82
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	39
E. Valencia C	21
B. Malgeri RF	31
M. Clark CF	18
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	4
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	127

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	27	21	9-8	1	1	133.2	3.30	103	53	49	14	30	89	.209	1.00	315
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	25	25	8-8	0	0	138.2	4.35	140	74	67	13	54	111	.258	1.40	249
K. Jansen RP	38	0	3-5	16	21	34.1	4.19	22	17	16	7	20	40	.180	1.22	173
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	167
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	53	0	2-0	2	10	52.1	3.27	50	19	19	8	31	40	.259	1.55	104
T. Holton RP	54	3	1-5	2	4	58.2	3.07	60	25	20	7	14	47	.264	1.26	97
E. De Jesus RP	29	0	2-0	1	1	42.0	3.86	38	21	18	3	15	39	.241	1.26	93
T. Madden RP	15	1	1-0	0	0	36.1	2.72	24	11	11	3	12	37	.180	0.99	86
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	21	0	1-1	0	0	27.2	1.95	14	7	6	5	9	16	.149	0.83	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	30	0	0-3	0	1	24.0	3.38	22	11	9	2	11	38	.244	1.38	33
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
J. Jobe SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.0	4.50	14	7	7	2	5	11	.264	1.36	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
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	127	127	61-66	26	53	1125.1	3.57	973	495	446	127	392	1043	.231	1.21	2084

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	27
T. Melton SP	14
F. Valdez SP	25
K. Jansen RP	38
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	43
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	53
T. Holton RP	54
E. De Jesus RP	29
T. Madden RP	15
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	21
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	30
B. Smith RP	13
J. Jobe SP	3
B. Hanifee RP	23
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	3
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	127

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	109	426	68	121	47	15	50	84	.284	.360	.455	.815	26	1	33	6	379
J. Caglianone RF	119	426	58	119	60	22	29	118	.279	.332	.495	.827	22	2	6	2	314
C. Jensen C	119	416	56	92	56	16	49	137	.221	.303	.401	.704	25	1	1	1	262
S. Perez DH	118	452	42	97	55	16	19	97	.215	.261	.365	.626	18	1	0	0	244
M. Massey 2B	106	327	44	89	42	11	18	62	.272	.306	.440	.746	20	1	2	0	221
I. Collins LF	115	359	40	81	36	6	48	93	.226	.325	.348	.673	20	3	6	5	215
V. Pasquantino 1B	82	305	37	74	36	7	38	60	.243	.327	.367	.694	13	2	4	0	203
N. Loftin 3B	89	269	33	62	35	5	32	49	.230	.322	.368	.690	20	1	2	1	183
M. Garcia 3B	72	282	34	75	32	3	24	47	.266	.321	.379	.700	17	3	5	4	179
T. Tolbert SS	58	96	25	30	8	3	10	19	.313	.374	.458	.832	5	0	17	3	108
K. Isbel CF	70	205	21	47	17	4	12	51	.229	.279	.332	.611	7	1	5	0	105
J. Rave RF	26	58	10	12	5	2	5	14	.207	.270	.431	.701	5	1	2	0	42
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
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	128	4282	535	1047	511	128	397	1008	.245	.313	.395	.708	227	17	97	28	2540

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	109
J. Caglianone RF	119
C. Jensen C	119
S. Perez DH	118
M. Massey 2B	106
I. Collins LF	115
V. Pasquantino 1B	82
N. Loftin 3B	89
M. Garcia 3B	72
T. Tolbert SS	58
K. Isbel CF	70
J. Rave RF	26
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	128

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	25	25	6-8	0	0	155.2	3.58	138	66	62	21	41	120	.237	1.15	331
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	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	45	2	2-3	5	6	47.1	4.37	39	24	23	12	18	51	.223	1.20	119
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
A. Lange RP	48	0	2-7	10	13	49.2	5.98	49	35	33	6	26	53	.258	1.51	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	108
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	10	0	1-1	1	2	9.2	0.93	4	1	1	0	4	9	.125	0.83	76
J. Schreiber RP	50	0	0-3	1	4	45.0	3.60	40	21	18	7	21	33	.245	1.36	63
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
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
C. Duran RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	1.00	9
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
C. Thomas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.00	-17
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	128	128	54-74	31	54	1124.1	4.79	1113	639	598	161	469	938	.259	1.41	2135

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	25
N. Cameron SP	24
S. Lugo SP	26
D. Lynch IV RP	49
S. Cruz RP	45
L. Erceg RP	47
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	48
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	10
J. Schreiber RP	50
C. Kimbrel RP	2
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	15
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	10
C. Duran RP	1
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
C. Thomas RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	128

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