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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	04-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 16
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-20-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 21
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 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	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Sawyer Gipson-Long	Oblique	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6
James McArthur	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 17
Michael Massey	Calf	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	9	33	5	10	5	0	6	5	.303	.410	.455	.865	3	1	0	0	28
D. Dingler C	8	25	5	6	7	2	3	8	.240	.367	.520	.887	1	0	0	0	26
G. Torres 2B	9	32	7	7	1	1	9	8	.219	.390	.313	.703	0	0	0	0	23
C. Keith 3B	8	27	6	11	2	0	2	7	.407	.448	.556	1.004	4	0	0	0	21
P. Meadows CF	8	25	3	7	2	0	2	5	.280	.357	.400	.757	1	1	3	0	21
R. Greene CF	9	35	6	8	5	0	4	7	.229	.308	.314	.622	3	0	0	1	21
K. Carpenter RF	9	31	3	6	6	2	5	15	.194	.297	.387	.684	0	0	0	0	18
S. Torkelson 1B	8	29	3	5	3	0	5	11	.172	.294	.241	.535	2	0	0	1	11
Z. McKinstry 3B	5	16	1	4	3	1	0	4	.250	.250	.438	.688	0	0	0	0	9
J. Baez SS	6	20	1	4	3	0	1	6	.200	.227	.200	.427	0	0	1	0	8
M. Vierling RF	6	12	1	2	3	1	0	2	.167	.154	.417	.571	0	0	0	0	8
J. Rogers C	2	6	1	1	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	1	0	0	0	3
J. Jones 2B	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	295	42	71	41	7	37	81	.241	.328	.376	.704	15	2	4	2	197

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	9
D. Dingler C	8
G. Torres 2B	9
C. Keith 3B	8
P. Meadows CF	8
R. Greene CF	9
K. Carpenter RF	9
S. Torkelson 1B	8
Z. McKinstry 3B	5
J. Baez SS	6
M. Vierling RF	6
J. Rogers C	2
J. Jones 2B	4
Total	9

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	13.0	0.69	9	2	1	1	0	9	.191	0.69	41
F. Valdez SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	12.0	0.75	10	2	1	0	3	10	.217	1.08	40
C. Mize SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	4	1	1	1	2	9	.200	1.00	18
B. Hurter P	3	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	2.25	4	1	1	1	1	1	.267	1.25	13
E. De Jesus RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	6	5	4	0	2	6	.286	1.71	12
C. Seabold RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	4	.154	0.92	11
K. Jansen RP	3	0	0-0	1	2	1.2	5.40	1	1	1	1	1	5	.167	1.20	11
T. Holton RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	2	.091	1.09	7
K. Finnegan RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	3	.091	1.50	6
K. Montero SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	4.1	4.15	3	3	2	0	1	3	.188	0.92	3
W. Vest RP	5	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	3	3	3	0	2	4	.200	1.25	1
D. Anderson RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	10.80	5	4	4	2	2	3	.333	2.10	0
J. Flaherty SP	2	2	0-1	0	0	8.1	7.56	7	8	7	0	8	8	.226	1.80	-1
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Total	9	9	4-5	1	2	76.1	3.54	62	35	30	7	33	68	.218	1.24	156

PITCHING	GP
T. Skubal SP	2
F. Valdez SP	2
C. Mize SP	1
B. Hurter P	3
E. De Jesus RP	3
C. Seabold RP	2
K. Jansen RP	3
T. Holton RP	4
K. Finnegan RP	4
K. Montero SP	1
W. Vest RP	5
D. Anderson RP	3
J. Flaherty SP	2
J. Verlander SP	1
Total	9

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	9	33	5	11	7	1	6	5	.333	.425	.485	.910	2	0	1	1	32
K. Isbel CF	7	23	5	11	5	2	0	5	.478	.478	.783	1.261	1	0	3	0	31
S. Perez C	9	34	4	7	2	2	3	4	.206	.270	.441	.711	2	0	0	0	22
B. Witt SS	9	33	1	8	3	0	5	8	.242	.333	.242	.575	0	0	4	0	21
J. India 2B	7	24	6	5	5	1	3	5	.208	.321	.333	.654	0	0	0	0	20
I. Collins LF	9	24	5	6	3	1	4	7	.250	.379	.417	.796	1	0	0	1	18
V. Pasquantino 1B	9	34	2	7	5	0	4	8	.206	.300	.235	.535	1	0	0	0	16
J. Caglianone 1B	9	28	3	8	0	0	3	9	.286	.375	.357	.732	2	0	0	1	11
C. Jensen C	8	20	2	4	4	1	2	9	.200	.261	.400	.661	1	0	0	0	11
N. Loftin 1B	4	9	3	2	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	0	0	0	7
L. Thomas RF	7	17	1	2	1	0	3	5	.118	.250	.176	.426	1	0	0	0	5
S. Marte RF	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	1	0	0	0	1
T. Tolbert SS	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	0
Total	9	291	38	73	35	8	35	72	.251	.335	.378	.713	13	0	9	4	195

HITTING	G
M. Garcia 3B	9
K. Isbel CF	7
S. Perez C	9
B. Witt SS	9
J. India 2B	7
I. Collins LF	9
V. Pasquantino 1B	9
J. Caglianone 1B	9
C. Jensen C	8
N. Loftin 1B	4
L. Thomas RF	7
S. Marte RF	3
T. Tolbert SS	4
Total	9

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Lugo SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	11.1	1.59	9	2	2	0	2	10	.209	0.97	36
K. Bubic SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	11.0	4.09	6	5	5	2	6	12	.158	1.09	27
M. Wacha SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	7	.158	0.67	20
N. Cameron P	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	4	1	1	0	1	5	.211	1.00	18
N. Mears RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	3	.167	0.75	17
L. Erceg RP	4	0	0-0	2	2	3.2	4.91	5	2	2	0	2	2	.385	1.91	17
E. Morgan RP	1	0	0-0	1	1	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	5	.091	0.67	16
J. Schreiber RP	4	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	4.50	3	2	2	1	4	2	.231	1.75	11
C. Ragans RP	2	2	0-2	0	0	10.0	3.60	10	5	4	3	5	13	.278	1.50	10
D. Lynch SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	2.25	2	3	1	0	3	6	.133	1.25	9
M. Strahm RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	3	2	2	0	1	4	.214	1.09	6
S. Cruz RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	7.36	3	3	3	3	2	4	.214	1.36	5
A. Lange RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	5.40	2	2	2	0	4	6	.167	1.80	4
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	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.0	15.00	8	5	5	1	3	4	.533	3.67	-10
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	9	9	4-5	4	5	79.1	4.54	73	43	40	12	40	87	.246	1.42	167

PITCHING	GP
S. Lugo SP	2
K. Bubic SP	2
M. Wacha SP	1
N. Cameron P	1
N. Mears RP	4
L. Erceg RP	4
E. Morgan RP	1
J. Schreiber RP	4
C. Ragans RP	2
D. Lynch SP	3
M. Strahm RP	4
S. Cruz RP	4
A. Lange RP	3
B. Falter SP	2
L. Avila SP	1
C. Estevez RP	1
Total	9

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