Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 16, 2026 Gametracker

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D. Lynch IVL	5-5 W-L	71.2 IP	3.52 ERA	2.23 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
C. JavierR	2-5 W-L	55.2 IP	5.50 ERA	2.39 SO/BB	1.46 WHIP

.D. Lynch IV

5-5, 71.2 IP, 3.52 ERA

.C. Javier

2-5, 55.2 IP, 5.50 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
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	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1
Beck Way	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028
Jac Caglianone	Elbow	09-11-2026Probable for Sep 12

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Steven Okert	Hamstring	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Yordan Alvarez	Ankle	09-11-2026Probable for Sep 12
Michael Burrows	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brice Matthews	Knee	09-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 12

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Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Daikin ParkHouston, TX

KCRoyals

HOUAstros

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	129	503	84	141	54	18	62	97	.280	.360	.451	.811	30	1	39	8	451
J. Caglianone RF	131	474	66	134	70	23	30	131	.283	.331	.494	.825	27	2	6	2	349
C. Jensen C	137	481	72	111	70	23	62	154	.231	.319	.447	.766	31	2	2	1	348
S. Perez DH	138	534	48	123	72	19	22	110	.230	.274	.384	.658	23	1	1	0	307
V. Pasquantino 1B	101	376	44	90	48	11	49	68	.239	.328	.383	.711	17	2	5	0	264
M. Massey 2B	118	371	46	104	45	11	21	65	.280	.315	.439	.754	24	1	3	0	248
I. Collins LF	133	413	45	92	40	6	58	107	.223	.325	.339	.664	24	3	7	5	244
N. Loftin 3B	108	340	41	80	42	7	39	66	.235	.321	.382	.703	25	2	3	1	230
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	88	265	30	60	24	6	15	65	.226	.274	.336	.610	9	1	6	0	140
T. Tolbert SS	73	117	31	35	8	3	12	26	.299	.366	.419	.785	5	0	21	4	126
J. Rave RF	40	105	20	24	11	5	13	26	.229	.314	.448	.762	6	1	7	1	91
J. Rojas 3B	38	96	10	23	13	2	4	16	.240	.277	.344	.621	4	0	1	0	55
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	15	35	2	5	5	1	3	12	.143	.211	.257	.468	1	0	0	0	13
M. Lugo LF	7	8	0	2	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	0	0	0	0	1
Total	148	4965	632	1226	602	154	474	1149	.247	.317	.402	.719	269	19	119	32	3082

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	129
J. Caglianone RF	131
C. Jensen C	137
S. Perez DH	138
V. Pasquantino 1B	101
M. Massey 2B	118
I. Collins LF	133
N. Loftin 3B	108
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	88
T. Tolbert SS	73
J. Rave RF	40
J. Rojas 3B	38
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	15
M. Lugo LF	7
Total	148

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	29	29	9-8	0	0	182.2	3.25	154	70	66	24	48	147	.227	1.11	430
N. Cameron SP	28	27	9-8	0	0	160.1	3.93	142	75	70	16	51	145	.234	1.20	339
S. Lugo SP	30	30	7-8	0	0	164.0	4.99	185	99	91	19	53	126	.290	1.45	270
S. Cruz RP	53	2	2-3	7	8	55.2	4.04	49	27	25	12	20	59	.237	1.24	147
D. Lynch IV RP	53	7	5-5	1	3	71.2	3.52	57	32	28	6	22	49	.213	1.10	146
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	126
R. Dobnak SP	12	10	3-3	0	0	63.2	2.54	61	18	18	6	23	43	.253	1.32	124
N. Pearson RP	19	0	1-1	3	4	20.0	0.45	10	1	1	0	7	19	.147	0.85	119
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	54	0	2-7	10	13	55.2	5.98	56	39	37	9	29	56	.262	1.53	117
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
C. Kimbrel RP	11	0	1-2	1	1	11.0	3.27	10	6	4	0	4	8	.256	1.27	64
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	55
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Black RP	17	0	0-0	0	0	31.1	4.31	30	16	15	6	20	19	.252	1.60	36
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	19	0	0-1	0	1	18.0	2.50	23	6	5	0	11	19	.315	1.89	19
A. Gose RP	7	0	1-1	0	0	7.1	0.00	5	2	0	0	1	0	.208	0.82	18
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	13
N. Hoffman RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	5.06	4	3	3	0	1	4	.222	0.94	13
E. McGee RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	8.64	14	8	8	3	4	8	.378	2.16	7
C. Thomas RP	9	0	1-0	0	0	9.1	2.89	9	3	3	0	1	7	.257	1.07	6
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	148	148	66-82	36	60	1305.1	4.63	1285	719	671	180	531	1075	.258	1.39	2504

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	29
N. Cameron SP	28
S. Lugo SP	30
S. Cruz RP	53
D. Lynch IV RP	53
T. Tolbert SS	5
R. Dobnak SP	12
N. Pearson RP	19
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	54
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	11
J. Rojas 3B	1
C. Ragans RP	8
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	19
A. Gose RP	7
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	5
E. McGee RP	6
C. Thomas RP	9
C. Duran RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	148

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	145	522	95	162	96	38	100	113	.310	.427	.590	1.017	30	1	1	0	554
I. Paredes 3B	141	512	60	133	82	19	63	81	.260	.359	.426	.785	26	1	0	0	401
C. Walker 1B	143	525	66	119	80	25	46	133	.227	.300	.421	.721	25	1	0	0	356
C. Smith RF	144	465	62	102	54	20	39	130	.219	.285	.409	.694	16	6	10	2	304
J. Pena SS	98	391	70	106	47	17	23	98	.271	.323	.453	.776	18	1	9	2	292
J. Altuve 2B	121	467	65	115	44	15	39	103	.246	.307	.398	.705	22	2	5	3	292
D. Varsho CF	33	123	11	23	13	4	10	28	.187	.248	.333	.581	4	1	3	0	271
Y. Diaz C	84	290	33	79	36	11	11	49	.272	.302	.431	.733	13	0	0	2	180
T. Trammell CF	89	229	27	48	21	7	23	78	.210	.293	.362	.655	10	2	4	3	124
C. Vazquez C	83	233	22	49	25	7	18	49	.210	.266	.330	.596	7	0	1	0	119
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
J. Barrosa LF	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	86
N. Allen 2B	85	134	22	37	13	2	9	30	.276	.320	.358	.678	5	0	2	0	82
L. Wade Jr. LF	47	110	15	23	18	3	18	33	.209	.320	.336	.656	5	0	0	0	71
J. Meyers CF	57	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
N. Velazquez LF	11	20	1	2	5	1	1	10	.100	.136	.250	.386	0	0	0	0	56
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
Z. Dezenzo LF	35	75	11	16	3	1	7	31	.213	.280	.307	.587	4	0	1	0	30
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	19	37	4	9	4	1	3	7	.243	.300	.351	.651	1	0	0	0	20
L. Spence CF	14	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	148	4976	663	1200	632	193	482	1212	.241	.315	.409	.724	220	18	45	20	3647

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	145
I. Paredes 3B	141
C. Walker 1B	143
C. Smith RF	144
J. Pena SS	98
J. Altuve 2B	121
D. Varsho CF	33
Y. Diaz C	84
T. Trammell CF	89
C. Vazquez C	83
B. Matthews LF	82
C. Correa SS	32
J. Barrosa LF	1
N. Allen 2B	85
L. Wade Jr. LF	47
J. Meyers CF	57
J. Loperfido LF	39
N. Velazquez LF	11
B. Shewmake 3B	30
Z. Dezenzo LF	35
Z. Cole LF	19
R. Delgado 2B	19
L. Spence CF	14
C. Salazar C	9
C. Price C	7
Total	148

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Hader RP	42	0	4-1	25	25	41.1	0.87	16	4	4	1	11	54	.114	0.65	318
P. Lambert SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	139.2	3.67	116	59	57	14	56	137	.223	1.23	289
H. Brown SP	17	17	5-3	0	0	92.0	3.52	74	39	36	11	46	100	.221	1.30	207
A. Blubaugh RP	57	0	5-2	1	2	89.0	3.34	71	35	33	12	36	90	.220	1.20	201
S. Okert RP	68	1	6-2	0	1	67.2	2.13	45	17	16	7	14	68	.190	0.87	190
B. Abreu RP	61	0	6-4	8	9	58.1	3.86	40	27	25	8	40	76	.196	1.37	181
E. De Los Santos RP	63	0	3-3	5	7	67.1	4.28	61	36	32	8	18	62	.238	1.17	162
T. Imai SP	20	15	6-4	0	0	72.2	5.20	58	42	42	9	50	91	.216	1.49	146
H. Wesneski SP	8	8	5-1	0	0	45.2	3.35	33	17	17	3	14	36	.204	1.03	131
K. Teng RP	30	10	5-7	0	0	73.2	4.76	69	43	39	10	33	73	.245	1.38	109
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
B. King RP	54	1	2-5	6	11	55.1	5.04	62	35	31	8	19	44	.279	1.46	101
C. Javier SP	15	10	2-5	0	0	55.2	5.50	58	34	34	9	23	55	.267	1.46	72
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	71
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
E. Pecko SP	5	4	1-0	0	0	23.0	4.30	17	12	11	5	12	15	.207	1.26	41
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
R. Blanco SP	6	5	0-1	0	0	27.1	6.59	25	20	20	7	15	23	.248	1.46	27
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
B. Sousa RP	28	1	1-3	0	1	24.1	5.55	27	17	15	3	15	26	.281	1.73	21
M. Ullola RP	6	1	0-0	0	0	8.0	3.38	5	3	3	2	1	10	.172	0.75	20
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	148	148	75-73	47	58	1313.2	4.51	1168	705	659	188	598	1296	.238	1.34	2548

PITCHING	GP
J. Hader RP	42
P. Lambert SP	25
H. Brown SP	17
A. Blubaugh RP	57
S. Okert RP	68
B. Abreu RP	61
E. De Los Santos RP	63
T. Imai SP	20
H. Wesneski SP	8
K. Teng RP	30
M. Burrows SP	18
B. King RP	54
C. Javier SP	15
L. Wade Jr. LF	1
J. Meyers CF	1
E. Pecko SP	5
A. Santa RP	10
R. Blanco SP	6
C. Bolton RP	8
L. VanWey RP	5
B. Sousa RP	28
M. Ullola RP	6
J. Alexander SP	4
C. Salazar C	1
R. Munoz RP	3
Total	148

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