Washington Nationals vs. Detroit Tigers Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 23, 2026 Gametracker

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A. AlvarezL	2-6 W-L	95.0 IP	3.60 ERA	2.12 SO/BB	1.32 WHIP
F. ValdezL	9-10 W-L	157.2 IP	4.17 ERA	2.05 SO/BB	1.36 WHIP

.A. Alvarez

2-6, 95.0 IP, 3.60 ERA

.F. Valdez

9-10, 157.2 IP, 4.17 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Richard Lovelady	Triceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Josiah Gray	Elbow	09-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 25
PJ Poulin	Forearm	09-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 14
Drew Millas	Finger	09-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 25
Davidjohn Herz	Elbow	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Ken Waldichuk	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Mitchell Parker	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Matt Waldron	Chest	09-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 20
Orlando Ribalta	Forearm	09-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 19
Connelly Early	Elbow	09-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 20

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Burch Smith	Shoulder	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 12
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	09-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 14
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Matt Vierling	Thigh	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1

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Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Comerica ParkDetroit, MI

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DETTigers

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	139	529	85	137	95	30	53	149	.259	.337	.490	.827	26	3	28	5	480
J. Wood RF	121	463	101	123	74	30	95	160	.266	.392	.527	.919	29	1	18	3	471
D. Lile LF	146	554	75	139	82	20	38	118	.251	.303	.433	.736	27	7	14	7	403
J. Young CF	129	389	52	97	45	10	32	72	.249	.318	.391	.709	19	3	17	3	284
N. Nunez 2B	135	409	52	86	35	1	46	96	.210	.290	.244	.534	5	3	46	9	269
K. Ruiz C	94	304	43	86	47	10	16	36	.283	.320	.457	.777	23	0	2	1	232
D. Crews RF	95	352	47	79	39	11	27	96	.224	.295	.378	.673	19	1	9	0	224
B. House 3B	82	285	38	69	43	10	22	83	.242	.300	.400	.700	15	0	3	0	184
J. Vivas 3B	111	275	29	66	26	3	37	43	.240	.334	.327	.661	13	1	2	1	167
A. Chaparro 1B	72	166	31	42	35	10	21	45	.253	.354	.506	.860	12	0	0	0	153
J. Tena DH	109	247	34	56	23	7	26	85	.227	.307	.377	.684	12	2	4	2	142
H. Ford C	29	83	13	16	10	3	13	23	.193	.309	.373	.682	6	0	2	0	60
D. Millas C	50	130	18	24	11	2	14	37	.185	.277	.262	.539	4	0	0	1	60
A. Ortiz 1B	34	107	15	22	11	5	5	29	.206	.241	.383	.624	4	0	0	0	57
A. Pinckney LF	13	22	6	6	2	1	1	8	.273	.320	.500	.820	0	1	1	1	18
Y. Morales 1B	7	19	3	6	2	2	0	8	.316	.316	.737	1.053	2	0	0	0	15
Total	148	5045	756	1247	717	198	513	1240	.247	.323	.428	.751	258	29	157	36	3219

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	139
J. Wood RF	121
D. Lile LF	146
J. Young CF	129
N. Nunez 2B	135
K. Ruiz C	94
D. Crews RF	95
B. House 3B	82
J. Vivas 3B	111
A. Chaparro 1B	72
J. Tena DH	109
H. Ford C	29
D. Millas C	50
A. Ortiz 1B	34
A. Pinckney LF	13
Y. Morales 1B	7
Total	148

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Cavalli SP	30	30	12-5	0	0	158.2	3.12	141	66	55	17	46	185	.236	1.18	422
J. Vivas 3B	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	11	7	6	1	1	0	.478	3.00	167
C. Beeter RP	49	0	5-5	12	19	47.0	4.60	36	25	24	8	31	46	.216	1.43	164
B. Lord RP	36	5	5-2	1	3	76.2	3.76	65	33	32	9	30	70	.225	1.24	163
A. Alvarez SP	22	14	2-6	1	1	95.0	3.60	82	38	38	5	43	91	.233	1.32	161
J. Tena DH	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	.500	3.00	142
P. Poulin RP	35	11	3-0	3	5	36.2	2.70	27	12	11	4	21	25	.206	1.31	104
J. Irvin SP	19	19	2-9	0	0	91.1	5.52	88	60	56	15	42	90	.251	1.42	93
O. Ribalta RP	45	0	1-2	2	5	43.0	3.77	34	21	18	5	18	42	.217	1.21	91
W. Dion RP	8	1	1-2	0	1	19.2	3.20	10	7	7	3	9	20	.156	0.97	73
G. Varland RP	33	0	1-2	6	8	31.2	6.82	43	26	24	7	15	30	.326	1.83	67
M. Parker RP	22	0	3-3	1	6	39.2	6.58	46	31	29	9	13	34	.289	1.49	59
J. Bird RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	3.24	6	3	3	2	2	10	.194	0.96	55
R. Lovelady RP	27	5	1-3	4	7	23.0	3.91	26	10	10	3	17	21	.286	1.87	55
M. Waldron RP	3	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	1	2	.292	1.41	47
R. Cornelio RP	13	1	2-2	0	1	25.2	5.26	20	20	15	2	21	27	.222	1.60	38
P. Schultz RP	27	1	1-2	1	2	32.1	6.40	43	26	23	5	12	32	.314	1.70	38
T. Cosgrove RP	18	0	1-2	1	4	16.1	7.71	18	16	14	3	6	14	.290	1.47	20
E. Tolman RP	7	0	0-1	1	2	8.1	2.16	7	2	2	0	3	9	.241	1.20	19
Z. Kent RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	5.68	15	8	8	1	3	10	.283	1.42	18
E. Yean RP	8	1	0-1	0	0	11.0	2.45	8	3	3	1	2	7	.190	0.91	17
J. Lawrence RP	7	0	0-0	1	1	6.1	4.26	7	3	3	1	7	6	.292	2.21	15
J. Simpson RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	6.75	0	3	3	0	3	4	.000	0.75	15
J. Kent SP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.1	6.59	30	21	20	1	20	23	.275	1.83	13
K. Waldichuk SP	5	0	0-0	0	1	9.1	6.75	8	7	7	4	6	8	.235	1.50	10
J. Sinclair RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.111	1.00	5
Y. Cruz RP	7	0	0-1	0	2	5.0	9.00	9	5	5	1	6	5	.429	3.00	5
C. Palmquist SP	11	6	0-2	0	0	16.1	7.71	21	14	14	1	8	15	.323	1.78	0
C. Henry RP	11	0	0-2	0	2	13.2	7.90	17	14	12	4	7	15	.288	1.76	0
L. Perales RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	11.57	10	9	9	3	6	9	.323	2.29	0
Total	148	148	67-81	34	72	1310.0	4.75	1290	756	692	199	540	1151	.256	1.40	2076

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	30
J. Vivas 3B	4
C. Beeter RP	49
B. Lord RP	36
A. Alvarez SP	22
J. Tena DH	1
P. Poulin RP	35
J. Irvin SP	19
O. Ribalta RP	45
W. Dion RP	8
G. Varland RP	33
M. Parker RP	22
J. Bird RP	8
R. Lovelady RP	27
M. Waldron RP	3
R. Cornelio RP	13
P. Schultz RP	27
T. Cosgrove RP	18
E. Tolman RP	7
Z. Kent RP	9
E. Yean RP	8
J. Lawrence RP	7
J. Simpson RP	3
J. Kent SP	6
K. Waldichuk SP	5
J. Sinclair RP	3
Y. Cruz RP	7
C. Palmquist SP	11
C. Henry RP	11
L. Perales RP	4
Total	148

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	141	543	90	148	62	16	86	87	.273	.373	.420	.793	26	3	12	3	446
D. Dingler C	134	509	66	125	85	26	32	128	.246	.307	.456	.763	25	2	0	0	366
R. Greene LF	125	454	70	125	65	19	64	142	.275	.366	.469	.835	29	1	3	1	350
S. Torkelson 1B	143	481	57	106	66	22	58	174	.220	.311	.407	.718	24	0	0	1	296
C. Keith 3B	133	369	48	95	35	10	29	81	.257	.319	.404	.723	16	4	5	0	235
G. Torres 2B	86	322	53	87	36	8	50	72	.270	.371	.382	.753	12	0	0	0	229
Z. McKinstry RF	116	350	38	74	26	4	37	64	.211	.291	.311	.602	15	4	2	5	180
H. Lee 2B	100	270	33	69	37	8	24	73	.256	.314	.400	.714	13	1	2	2	167
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
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Baez SS	52	169	24	41	17	2	5	34	.243	.271	.355	.626	11	1	1	2	91
M. Clark CF	36	126	16	32	16	2	11	32	.254	.324	.405	.729	7	3	3	1	85
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
E. Valencia C	31	93	14	28	18	6	1	26	.301	.316	.581	.897	8	0	0	0	75
B. Malgeri RF	47	98	12	23	14	3	15	32	.235	.339	.357	.696	3	0	5	0	71
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	19	45	2	10	7	1	2	19	.222	.265	.378	.643	2	1	0	0	19
J. Peck SS	9	25	2	6	4	0	2	7	.240	.345	.280	.625	1	0	2	0	17
C. Julks RF	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.715	1	0	0	0	3
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	146	4921	641	1170	611	164	506	1275	.238	.314	.395	.709	225	29	48	21	3116

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	141
D. Dingler C	134
R. Greene LF	125
S. Torkelson 1B	143
C. Keith 3B	133
G. Torres 2B	86
Z. McKinstry RF	116
H. Lee 2B	100
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
W. Perez RF	53
J. Baez SS	52
M. Clark CF	36
J. Outman CF	45
E. Valencia C	31
B. Malgeri RF	47
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	19
J. Peck SS	9
C. Julks RF	4
J. Jung DH	3
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	146

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	30	24	9-8	1	1	147.0	3.55	117	62	58	17	34	98	.214	1.03	332
F. Valdez SP	28	28	9-10	0	0	157.2	4.17	157	81	73	15	58	119	.257	1.36	288
T. Melton SP	18	18	8-4	0	0	108.0	2.42	83	35	29	13	30	87	.210	1.05	282
K. Jansen RP	44	0	4-6	18	24	39.2	3.63	24	18	16	7	22	44	.173	1.16	203
D. Anderson RP	47	9	4-6	2	7	97.0	3.80	87	45	41	14	40	105	.239	1.31	181
Z. McKinstry RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	18.00	3	4	4	1	5	0	.333	4.00	180
T. Holton RP	63	3	2-5	2	4	69.0	2.74	68	26	21	8	17	55	.259	1.23	125
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
T. Kinley RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	4	5	.136	1.00	113
K. Finnegan RP	61	0	3-1	2	11	59.1	3.79	61	27	25	9	34	46	.275	1.60	110
E. De Jesus RP	30	0	2-0	1	1	42.1	3.83	38	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.25	94
T. Madden RP	17	1	1-0	0	0	39.0	3.46	29	15	15	4	13	40	.200	1.08	85
B. Hurter RP	22	0	4-1	0	0	26.2	2.70	15	9	8	1	12	19	.167	1.01	76
J. Waguespack RP	29	1	1-2	0	1	36.2	2.95	19	13	12	6	16	23	.153	0.95	70
D. Sommers RP	38	0	1-4	0	1	34.0	3.71	29	16	14	3	13	53	.230	1.24	56
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
J. Jobe SP	6	6	1-2	0	0	28.1	4.45	28	15	14	5	12	26	.257	1.41	38
B. Brieske RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	14.2	5.52	12	9	9	3	5	12	.222	1.16	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	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
A. Sears RP	3	1	0-1	0	0	12.1	4.38	12	6	6	1	3	8	.255	1.22	14
T. Rainey RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	3.86	3	3	3	0	8	6	.136	1.57	9
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	9.82	4	4	4	1	4	4	.286	2.18	-12
Total	146	146	67-79	28	58	1294.0	3.67	1123	586	527	151	458	1171	.232	1.22	2471

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	30
F. Valdez SP	28
T. Melton SP	18
K. Jansen RP	44
D. Anderson RP	47
Z. McKinstry RF	2
T. Holton RP	63
J. Flaherty SP	19
T. Kinley RP	8
K. Finnegan RP	61
E. De Jesus RP	30
T. Madden RP	17
B. Hurter RP	22
J. Waguespack RP	29
D. Sommers RP	38
W. Vest RP	27
J. Jobe SP	6
B. Brieske RP	12
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
A. Sears RP	3
T. Rainey RP	6
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	3
Total	146

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