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	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Kenley Jansen	Pelvis	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Javier Baez	Ankle	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22
Burch Smith	Shoulder	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 25
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Casey Mize	Thigh	06-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 14
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23
Bailey Horn	Elbow	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Thumb	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 23
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Knee	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Jac Caglianone	Shoulder	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9

	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	63	237	40	69	24	4	38	36	.291	.394	.426	.820	14	3	9	0	205
D. Dingler C	59	213	29	50	44	14	22	47	.235	.320	.488	.808	12	0	0	0	180
R. Greene LF	66	239	33	73	29	6	34	76	.305	.396	.448	.844	16	0	1	1	168
S. Torkelson 1B	65	217	22	46	25	9	28	80	.212	.311	.401	.712	14	0	0	1	125
M. Vierling CF	56	165	16	35	23	4	16	31	.212	.276	.358	.634	10	1	2	2	100
G. Torres 2B	37	137	23	37	14	3	26	29	.270	.386	.365	.751	4	0	0	0	99
W. Perez RF	48	152	20	27	15	6	13	27	.178	.242	.336	.578	4	1	3	1	90
K. Carpenter RF	43	121	13	28	22	8	12	46	.231	.304	.488	.792	3	2	0	0	85
C. Keith 3B	60	177	22	47	7	0	10	40	.266	.307	.333	.640	8	2	2	0	83
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
Z. McKinstry 2B	42	121	5	20	9	1	15	26	.165	.254	.215	.469	3	0	1	3	41
H. Lee 2B	32	83	6	17	9	2	4	24	.205	.241	.337	.578	3	1	0	0	35
J. Jones DH	45	78	6	11	7	2	9	26	.141	.230	.244	.474	2	0	0	2	26
J. Rogers C	21	54	5	9	5	1	5	20	.167	.242	.296	.538	2	1	1	0	24
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. Short SS	20	33	3	6	2	0	7	10	.182	.326	.242	.568	2	0	0	0	16
G. Workman 3B	16	38	3	6	5	2	0	16	.158	.158	.395	.553	3	0	0	0	15
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Total	66	2185	260	511	248	64	245	561	.234	.314	.381	.695	106	12	23	11	1359

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Valdez SP	13	13	3-4	0	0	72.2	4.21	69	38	34	7	27	59	.245	1.32	133
K. Montero SP	12	12	2-4	0	0	66.0	3.95	52	30	29	8	16	44	.214	1.03	127
T. Skubal SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	43.1	2.70	35	14	13	2	6	45	.222	0.95	123
C. Mize SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	2.27	34	12	12	2	12	49	.200	0.97	122
D. Anderson RP	23	1	2-3	2	4	42.0	3.86	36	20	18	6	16	50	.228	1.24	93
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
K. Jansen RP	18	0	1-3	7	11	15.0	4.80	9	8	8	4	9	19	.170	1.20	69
T. Melton SP	3	3	2-0	0	0	20.2	1.74	12	4	4	1	6	9	.167	0.87	64
J. Flaherty SP	14	14	1-7	0	0	62.2	5.31	66	45	37	8	33	77	.265	1.58	60
K. Finnegan RP	29	0	1-0	1	5	29.2	2.12	25	7	7	2	20	17	.243	1.52	59
E. De Jesus RP	17	0	2-0	1	1	25.1	4.97	25	17	14	1	11	25	.253	1.42	59
T. Madden RP	5	1	0-0	0	0	17.1	2.60	14	5	5	2	4	19	.212	1.04	37
W. Vest RP	21	0	2-4	1	4	20.2	6.53	22	17	15	2	8	23	.272	1.45	28
T. Holton RP	28	2	1-4	0	1	28.1	4.45	34	16	14	4	8	24	.304	1.48	27
J. Rogers C	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.50	24
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	12	2	0-0	0	0	12.1	3.65	13	5	5	2	4	6	.277	1.38	18
D. Sommers RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	0.67	8
B. Brieske RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	32.40	3	6	6	2	3	3	.375	3.60	-5
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	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	66	66	27-39	12	27	577.2	4.00	521	284	257	61	217	532	.239	1.28	1117

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	66	261	33	73	27	9	30	55	.280	.354	.456	.810	17	1	23	3	225
M. Garcia 3B	60	233	29	62	23	3	22	37	.266	.327	.378	.705	15	1	4	3	148
V. Pasquantino 1B	63	236	25	52	29	6	30	48	.220	.306	.352	.658	9	2	2	0	148
S. Perez C	61	235	22	48	26	9	12	49	.204	.254	.345	.599	6	0	0	0	121
C. Jensen C	61	197	26	42	31	8	21	68	.213	.286	.381	.667	9	0	0	0	120
J. Caglianone RF	60	196	21	49	15	6	19	65	.250	.326	.403	.729	10	1	2	1	107
I. Collins LF	57	176	22	38	16	3	30	56	.216	.340	.307	.647	7	0	3	3	101
M. Massey 2B	50	137	16	36	20	6	5	27	.263	.283	.460	.743	9	0	1	0	92
K. Isbel CF	55	162	16	39	11	3	9	41	.241	.291	.352	.643	7	1	5	0	85
L. Thomas CF	52	120	12	27	14	2	24	31	.225	.354	.308	.662	4	0	3	3	75
N. Loftin 2B	33	87	14	20	17	1	13	13	.230	.340	.356	.696	8	0	0	0	71
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	29	66	5	17	5	1	4	22	.258	.315	.348	.663	3	0	0	1	27
T. Tolbert RF	17	13	5	3	0	0	2	6	.231	.333	.231	.564	0	0	4	1	14
J. Rojas 3B	2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	4
Total	66	2194	258	520	249	61	230	536	.237	.313	.375	.688	107	6	47	15	1372

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	13	13	4-4	0	0	81.0	3.44	66	33	31	9	26	67	.223	1.14	185
S. Lugo SP	13	13	2-4	0	0	76.0	3.91	79	36	33	7	24	64	.271	1.36	141
N. Cameron SP	12	12	3-4	0	0	65.2	3.84	61	32	28	6	17	63	.239	1.19	138
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	26	0	3-3	12	18	24.0	6.00	31	18	16	2	16	21	.323	1.96	109
S. Kolek SP	6	6	3-1	0	0	38.0	3.32	29	16	14	5	8	27	.207	0.97	103
D. Lynch RP	26	0	2-0	1	2	26.1	1.71	17	8	5	1	8	29	.175	0.95	82
A. Lange RP	27	0	0-2	3	3	29.0	4.03	25	14	13	2	15	31	.238	1.38	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	20	0	3-1	0	1	19.1	4.19	16	9	9	5	7	17	.216	1.19	49
L. Avila RP	12	3	1-2	0	0	31.1	4.02	31	14	14	2	19	28	.272	1.60	41
J. Schreiber RP	28	0	0-3	1	2	25.1	2.84	21	9	8	4	11	16	.236	1.26	35
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	10	2	2	1	3	10	.263	1.34	19
E. Morgan RP	13	0	0-1	1	1	16.1	5.51	23	10	10	4	8	15	.324	1.90	15
T. Tolbert RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	14
S. Cruz RP	15	0	0-2	0	1	15.1	7.63	16	14	13	7	11	22	.262	1.76	7
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Way RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	27.00	4	4	4	1	1	2	.500	3.75	-4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
Total	66	66	27-39	18	31	583.1	4.41	549	306	286	81	252	539	.249	1.37	1147

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