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

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T. MeltonR	7-1 W-L	84.1 IP	1.71 ERA	2.92 SO/BB	0.97 WHIP
N. CameronL	7-8 W-L	138.1 IP	4.16 ERA	2.93 SO/BB	1.22 WHIP

.T. Melton

7-1, 84.1 IP, 1.71 ERA

.N. Cameron

7-8, 138.1 IP, 4.16 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
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	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

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KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	122	469	82	132	50	13	77	77	.281	.385	.422	.807	21	3	12	1	394
D. Dingler C	117	447	65	115	82	26	31	110	.257	.322	.494	.816	24	2	0	0	357
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	125	429	53	97	63	20	53	151	.226	.316	.415	.731	21	0	0	1	275
C. Keith 3B	116	330	46	89	32	9	24	66	.270	.323	.421	.744	15	4	5	0	221
G. Torres 2B	69	259	43	70	33	8	44	57	.270	.380	.402	.782	10	0	0	0	198
Z. McKinstry 2B	101	303	34	67	25	4	35	52	.221	.304	.327	.631	14	3	1	5	166
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	81	208	21	57	30	6	12	52	.274	.311	.423	.734	11	1	1	2	125
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	20	58	12	21	17	6	1	17	.362	.383	.776	1.159	6	0	0	0	67
B. Malgeri RF	30	57	9	15	10	3	10	15	.263	.377	.456	.833	2	0	0	0	48
M. Clark CF	17	66	7	17	9	1	4	16	.258	.310	.394	.704	2	2	0	0	39
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	3	9	2	4	5	1	0	2	.444	.444	1.000	1.444	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	126	4258	574	1034	547	152	446	1078	.243	.319	.407	.726	191	26	36	18	2779

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	122
D. Dingler C	117
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	125
C. Keith 3B	116
G. Torres 2B	69
Z. McKinstry 2B	101
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	81
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	39
E. Valencia C	20
B. Malgeri RF	30
M. Clark CF	17
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	3
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	126

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	37	0	3-4	16	20	33.2	3.74	20	15	14	5	20	39	.169	1.19	179
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	166
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	52	0	2-0	2	10	51.1	3.33	50	19	19	8	29	39	.263	1.54	102
T. Holton RP	53	3	1-5	2	4	58.0	3.10	59	25	20	7	14	45	.263	1.26	95
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	20	0	1-1	0	0	27.0	1.67	13	6	5	4	9	16	.143	0.81	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	29	0	0-3	0	1	23.2	3.42	22	11	9	2	11	37	.247	1.39	31
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	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
J. Jobe SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	10	6	6	2	2	8	.286	1.38	12
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	126	126	61-65	26	52	1116.2	3.56	965	491	442	124	387	1035	.231	1.21	2075

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	27
T. Melton SP	14
F. Valdez SP	25
K. Jansen RP	37
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	43
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	52
T. Holton RP	53
E. De Jesus RP	29
T. Madden RP	15
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	20
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	29
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
J. Jobe SP	2
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	3
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	126

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	108	422	67	121	47	15	49	84	.287	.361	.460	.821	26	1	33	6	377
J. Caglianone RF	118	425	58	118	60	22	29	118	.278	.329	.494	.823	22	2	6	2	312
C. Jensen C	118	413	56	91	56	16	48	136	.220	.301	.402	.703	25	1	1	1	261
S. Perez DH	117	449	41	96	54	16	18	97	.214	.259	.363	.622	17	1	0	0	239
M. Massey 2B	106	327	44	89	42	11	18	62	.272	.306	.440	.746	20	1	2	0	221
I. Collins LF	114	358	40	81	35	6	48	93	.226	.326	.349	.675	20	3	6	5	214
V. Pasquantino 1B	81	301	34	71	34	6	37	60	.236	.320	.352	.672	13	2	4	0	191
N. Loftin 3B	88	267	33	62	35	5	31	49	.232	.321	.371	.692	20	1	2	1	182
M. Garcia 3B	71	277	33	73	31	3	24	47	.264	.320	.372	.692	17	2	5	4	173
T. Tolbert SS	57	93	24	29	8	3	9	19	.312	.369	.462	.831	5	0	17	3	105
K. Isbel CF	69	201	20	46	16	4	12	50	.229	.280	.333	.613	7	1	5	0	103
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	25	55	9	11	2	2	5	14	.200	.267	.418	.685	4	1	2	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	127	4249	526	1036	502	127	391	1006	.244	.312	.394	.706	225	16	97	28	2499

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	108
J. Caglianone RF	118
C. Jensen C	118
S. Perez DH	117
M. Massey 2B	106
I. Collins LF	114
V. Pasquantino 1B	81
N. Loftin 3B	88
M. Garcia 3B	71
T. Tolbert SS	57
K. Isbel CF	69
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	25
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	127

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	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
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	44	2	2-3	5	6	46.1	4.08	37	22	21	11	18	51	.218	1.19	120
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	47	0	2-7	10	13	48.2	6.10	49	35	33	6	26	51	.262	1.54	107
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	105
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. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	47
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	127	127	53-74	31	54	1115.1	4.77	1102	632	591	160	469	932	.259	1.41	2114

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	25
N. Cameron SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
D. Lynch IV RP	49
S. Cruz RP	44
L. Erceg RP	47
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	47
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	10
J. Schreiber RP	50
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	2
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	127

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