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

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K. MonteroR	2-2 W-L	33.2 IP	3.48 ERA	3.57 SO/BB	1.01 WHIP
K. BubicL	3-1 W-L	40.2 IP	3.32 ERA	2.21 SO/BB	1.13 WHIP

2-2, 33.2 IP, 3.48 ERA

3-1, 40.2 IP, 3.32 ERA

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
Gleyber Torres	Side	05-05-2026Probable for May 6
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Will Vest	Forearm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
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
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	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	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
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	05-05-2026Expected to be out until at least May 6
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	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	35	133	25	41	16	2	20	20	.308	.403	.466	.869	11	2	4	0	122
R. Greene CF	37	131	24	38	19	4	22	42	.290	.392	.450	.842	9	0	1	1	104
D. Dingler C	31	109	12	28	26	6	7	22	.257	.325	.486	.811	7	0	0	0	91
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	36	118	13	25	14	6	21	43	.212	.336	.415	.751	6	0	0	1	75
K. Carpenter RF	34	98	11	21	17	6	11	39	.214	.301	.459	.760	2	2	0	0	66
C. Keith 3B	32	101	17	33	6	0	5	21	.327	.364	.396	.760	7	0	1	0	60
M. Vierling RF	29	77	9	17	15	2	7	14	.221	.279	.390	.669	7	0	1	0	56
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	22	64	7	10	6	2	5	8	.156	.217	.266	.483	1	0	3	0	37
J. Jones 2B	23	41	6	9	5	2	2	14	.220	.256	.415	.671	2	0	0	1	22
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. McKinstry 3B	15	47	2	9	5	1	3	12	.191	.240	.298	.538	2	0	0	0	18
J. Rogers C	12	33	4	6	4	0	1	10	.182	.216	.303	.519	2	1	1	0	17
H. Lee 2B	14	41	3	7	5	1	3	15	.171	.227	.293	.520	2	0	0	0	15
J. Jung 2B	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	37	1230	165	304	157	36	138	310	.247	.327	.398	.725	66	6	15	4	832

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	8	8	2-2	0	0	43.1	4.57	46	26	22	5	15	35	.261	1.41	79
K. Montero SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	33.2	3.48	27	14	13	3	7	25	.216	1.01	76
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
B. Hurter P	14	0	4-0	0	0	18.0	1.50	10	4	3	1	4	12	.161	0.78	70
K. Finnegan RP	16	0	1-0	1	1	16.2	0.54	10	1	1	1	10	13	.179	1.20	49
D. Anderson RP	11	0	1-0	1	1	19.1	5.12	16	11	11	3	9	22	.222	1.29	46
K. Jansen RP	11	0	0-2	6	9	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	3	5	10	.250	1.56	44
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	21
B. Smith RP	6	0	0-1	0	0	10.1	1.74	9	2	2	0	3	15	.237	1.16	19
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	17
B. Hanifee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	4	.217	0.90	16
T. Madden P	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	7	.200	0.80	14
E. De Jesus RP	9	0	1-0	0	0	11.2	7.71	19	13	10	0	8	14	.358	2.31	12
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	15	2	0-1	0	1	14.2	4.91	20	8	8	2	8	11	.328	1.91	7
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	2	0	0-1	0	1	2.0	22.50	4	5	5	1	2	2	.364	3.00	-9
Total	37	37	18-19	8	14	320.1	3.93	297	155	140	32	127	308	.243	1.32	683

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	36	143	15	41	16	3	17	30	.287	.358	.434	.792	10	1	11	2	115
M. Garcia 3B	34	133	19	34	13	3	14	25	.256	.322	.406	.728	9	1	4	2	93
V. Pasquantino 1B	34	125	15	24	17	4	16	30	.192	.281	.352	.633	4	2	1	0	80
S. Perez C	35	139	14	29	16	5	4	31	.209	.245	.353	.598	5	0	0	0	70
C. Jensen C	34	108	14	24	17	6	13	39	.222	.309	.407	.716	2	0	0	0	69
K. Isbel CF	29	85	12	24	8	3	6	22	.282	.351	.435	.786	4	0	5	0	65
I. Collins LF	31	94	14	24	12	3	15	32	.255	.366	.394	.760	4	0	2	3	65
J. Caglianone 1B	32	105	14	26	8	4	11	37	.248	.331	.429	.760	5	1	0	1	60
L. Thomas RF	28	64	7	15	6	1	14	14	.234	.380	.297	.677	1	0	3	1	45
M. Massey 2B	24	65	7	14	9	2	3	18	.215	.243	.385	.628	5	0	1	0	37
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	12	35	7	9	9	0	6	3	.257	.366	.343	.709	3	0	0	0	32
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	13	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	36	1193	151	287	144	37	128	306	.241	.319	.391	.710	58	5	28	11	793

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
L. Erceg RP	16	0	2-1	10	12	15.1	3.52	10	7	6	0	11	14	.196	1.37	105
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	41	14	13	1	13	37	.256	1.24	99
D. Lynch SP	14	0	1-0	1	2	14.2	1.84	5	6	3	1	4	18	.100	0.61	54
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	14	0	2-1	0	2	12.2	2.13	6	3	3	0	7	10	.146	1.03	36
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	14	0	0-2	1	1	12.1	4.38	11	6	6	2	8	5	.256	1.54	10
A. Lange RP	13	0	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.14	14	11	10	2	10	19	.250	1.64	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
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
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	36	36	17-19	13	20	319.1	4.28	281	162	152	42	150	304	.237	1.35	692

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