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	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Zach McKinstry	Hip	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
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
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
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	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4

	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	34	130	24	41	16	2	19	19	.315	.407	.477	.884	11	2	3	0	118
R. Greene CF	35	124	24	36	19	4	21	39	.290	.393	.452	.845	8	0	1	1	101
D. Dingler C	29	101	12	26	23	6	7	19	.257	.330	.495	.825	6	0	0	0	86
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	34	111	13	25	14	6	20	38	.225	.348	.441	.789	6	0	0	1	77
K. Carpenter RF	32	94	11	20	17	6	11	37	.213	.303	.468	.771	2	2	0	0	66
C. Keith 3B	31	99	15	31	6	0	5	21	.313	.346	.384	.730	7	0	1	0	55
M. Vierling RF	27	70	7	15	13	1	6	14	.214	.269	.357	.626	7	0	1	0	46
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	20	56	7	9	5	2	5	6	.161	.230	.286	.516	1	0	3	0	36
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
Z. McKinstry 3B	14	43	2	9	5	1	3	10	.209	.261	.326	.587	2	0	0	0	19
J. Jones 2B	21	38	4	8	5	2	1	13	.211	.231	.421	.652	2	0	0	1	18
H. Lee 2B	12	33	3	7	5	1	3	12	.212	.278	.364	.642	2	0	0	0	17
J. Rogers C	12	33	4	6	4	0	1	10	.182	.216	.303	.519	2	1	1	0	17
J. Jung 2B	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	0	0	3
Total	35	1166	158	293	151	35	133	287	.251	.332	.407	.739	64	6	14	4	805

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	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	3.35	37	16	15	2	14	32	.236	1.26	93
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	10	0	0-2	6	9	7.1	6.14	8	5	5	3	4	9	.267	1.64	41
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
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	17
B. Smith RP	5	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	2.16	8	2	2	0	3	11	.258	1.32	12
B. Hanifee RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	2	.231	0.82	9
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
E. De Jesus RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	9.1	8.68	16	12	9	0	7	10	.372	2.46	8
T. Holton RP	14	1	0-1	0	1	13.2	5.27	18	8	8	2	8	10	.321	1.90	6
R. Vanasco RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	6.75	1	1	1	0	1	2	.167	1.50	2
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Total	35	35	18-17	8	13	302.1	3.81	273	140	128	28	122	286	.239	1.31	672

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	34	135	12	38	15	2	17	28	.281	.357	.407	.764	9	1	10	2	103
M. Garcia 3B	32	126	18	34	13	3	13	24	.270	.333	.429	.762	9	1	4	2	92
V. Pasquantino 1B	32	117	14	22	16	4	16	29	.188	.283	.350	.633	3	2	0	0	73
C. Jensen C	32	100	13	23	17	6	13	34	.230	.322	.430	.752	2	0	0	0	70
S. Perez C	33	131	13	27	13	5	4	29	.206	.245	.359	.604	5	0	0	0	65
K. Isbel CF	28	83	12	24	8	3	5	22	.289	.352	.446	.798	4	0	5	0	64
J. Caglianone 1B	30	98	13	25	7	3	10	34	.255	.336	.418	.754	5	1	0	1	55
I. Collins LF	29	89	12	21	11	2	13	30	.236	.343	.337	.680	3	0	1	3	52
L. Thomas RF	27	61	7	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	44
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
M. Massey 2B	23	62	6	12	7	1	3	18	.194	.224	.323	.547	5	0	1	0	29
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	34	1130	140	272	133	33	122	289	.241	.320	.386	.706	55	5	25	11	738

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	40	14	13	1	13	37	.250	1.21	100
L. Erceg RP	15	0	2-1	9	11	14.1	3.77	10	7	6	0	10	13	.208	1.40	95
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
D. Lynch SP	13	0	1-0	1	2	13.2	1.98	5	6	3	1	3	18	.106	0.59	52
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	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
M. Strahm RP	13	0	1-0	0	1	12.2	3.55	10	5	5	2	6	14	.208	1.26	30
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
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
A. Lange RP	12	0	0-2	0	0	13.2	6.59	13	11	10	2	10	19	.245	1.68	6
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	34	34	15-19	12	19	301.1	4.39	271	157	147	40	147	296	.242	1.39	624

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