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	09-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 9
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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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	138	525	85	137	95	30	53	146	.261	.339	.493	.832	26	3	28	5	482
J. Wood RF	120	460	101	122	74	30	94	159	.265	.391	.528	.919	29	1	18	3	469
D. Lile LF	145	550	75	139	82	20	38	118	.253	.306	.436	.742	27	7	14	7	403
J. Young CF	128	386	52	96	45	10	32	72	.249	.318	.391	.709	19	3	17	3	283
N. Nunez 2B	134	408	51	86	35	1	45	96	.211	.289	.245	.534	5	3	45	9	265
K. Ruiz C	93	300	42	85	46	9	16	36	.283	.321	.450	.771	23	0	2	1	226
D. Crews RF	94	349	47	78	38	11	26	95	.223	.292	.378	.670	19	1	9	0	221
B. House 3B	81	284	38	69	43	10	22	83	.243	.301	.401	.702	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	71	162	31	42	35	10	21	43	.259	.362	.519	.881	12	0	0	0	154
J. Tena DH	108	246	34	56	23	7	26	84	.228	.308	.378	.686	12	2	4	2	143
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	6	16	3	6	2	2	0	8	.375	.375	.875	1.250	2	0	0	0	15
Total	147	5014	754	1243	715	197	510	1232	.248	.323	.429	.752	258	29	156	36	3207

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	138
J. Wood RF	120
D. Lile LF	145
J. Young CF	128
N. Nunez 2B	134
K. Ruiz C	93
D. Crews RF	94
B. House 3B	81
J. Vivas 3B	111
A. Chaparro 1B	71
J. Tena DH	108
H. Ford C	29
D. Millas C	50
A. Ortiz 1B	34
A. Pinckney LF	13
Y. Morales 1B	6
Total	147

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	35	5	5-2	1	3	74.2	3.62	61	31	30	8	30	70	.218	1.22	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	143
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
J. Kent SP	5	5	1-3	0	0	24.1	5.55	22	16	15	1	19	21	.237	1.68	22
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
E. Yean RP	7	1	0-1	0	0	10.0	1.80	5	2	2	1	2	6	.139	0.70	18
Z. Kent RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	5.68	15	8	8	1	3	10	.283	1.42	18
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
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	9	8	8	2	4	5	.375	2.60	-3
Total	147	147	67-80	34	72	1302.0	4.72	1274	747	683	197	537	1144	.255	1.39	2084

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	30
J. Vivas 3B	4
C. Beeter RP	49
B. Lord RP	35
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
J. Kent SP	5
T. Cosgrove RP	18
E. Tolman RP	7
E. Yean RP	7
Z. Kent RP	9
J. Lawrence RP	7
J. Simpson RP	3
K. Waldichuk SP	5
J. Sinclair RP	3
Y. Cruz RP	7
C. Palmquist SP	11
C. Henry RP	11
L. Perales RP	3
Total	147

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	140	539	89	147	62	16	85	85	.273	.373	.419	.792	25	3	12	3	443
D. Dingler C	133	506	66	124	83	26	32	127	.245	.307	.457	.764	25	2	0	0	363
R. Greene LF	124	452	70	125	64	19	62	142	.277	.365	.471	.836	29	1	3	1	347
S. Torkelson 1B	142	480	56	105	66	22	58	174	.219	.310	.406	.716	24	0	0	1	294
G. Torres 2B	86	322	53	87	36	8	50	72	.270	.371	.382	.753	12	0	0	0	229
C. Keith 3B	132	366	47	94	33	9	29	80	.257	.318	.396	.714	16	4	5	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	99	268	31	69	37	8	21	72	.257	.309	.403	.712	13	1	2	2	163
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	35	123	15	31	16	2	10	31	.252	.319	.407	.726	7	3	2	0	81
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	46	94	12	23	14	3	15	31	.245	.351	.372	.723	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	18	41	2	9	6	1	2	17	.220	.267	.366	.633	1	1	0	0	17
J. Peck SS	8	22	1	5	3	0	1	6	.227	.320	.273	.593	1	0	1	0	12
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	145	4892	634	1163	604	163	498	1265	.238	.313	.395	.708	223	29	46	20	3084

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	140
D. Dingler C	133
R. Greene LF	124
S. Torkelson 1B	142
G. Torres 2B	86
C. Keith 3B	132
Z. McKinstry RF	116
H. Lee 2B	99
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
W. Perez RF	53
J. Baez SS	52
M. Clark CF	35
J. Outman CF	45
E. Valencia C	31
B. Malgeri RF	46
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	18
J. Peck SS	8
C. Julks RF	4
J. Jung DH	3
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	145

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	29	23	9-8	1	1	143.0	3.52	115	60	56	15	32	96	.216	1.03	326
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	86	45	41	14	40	105	.236	1.30	182
Z. McKinstry RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	18.00	3	4	4	1	5	0	.333	4.00	180
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	7	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	4	.056	0.79	113
T. Holton RP	62	3	1-5	2	4	67.0	2.82	68	26	21	8	17	53	.265	1.27	111
K. Finnegan RP	60	0	3-1	2	11	58.1	3.86	60	27	25	9	34	46	.274	1.61	108
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	37	0	1-4	0	1	32.2	3.86	29	16	14	3	13	50	.238	1.29	51
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	145	145	66-79	28	58	1285.0	3.68	1117	584	525	149	456	1163	.233	1.22	2445

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	29
F. Valdez SP	28
T. Melton SP	18
K. Jansen RP	44
D. Anderson RP	47
Z. McKinstry RF	2
J. Flaherty SP	19
T. Kinley RP	7
T. Holton RP	62
K. Finnegan RP	60
E. De Jesus RP	30
T. Madden RP	17
B. Hurter RP	22
J. Waguespack RP	29
D. Sommers RP	37
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	145

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