Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 18, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Thumb	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 23
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Knee	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12
Jac Caglianone	Shoulder	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7
Brandon Lowe	Knee	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Joey Bart	Foot	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Konnor Griffin	Elbow	06-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 23

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pirates PIT-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	65	257	33	73	27	9	30	52	.284	.359	.463	.822	17	1	23	3	227
M. Garcia 3B	59	229	28	61	22	3	21	36	.266	.325	.380	.705	15	1	4	3	145
V. Pasquantino 1B	62	232	23	50	29	6	30	47	.216	.303	.345	.648	8	2	2	0	143
S. Perez C	61	235	22	48	26	9	12	49	.204	.254	.345	.599	6	0	0	0	121
C. Jensen C	60	194	25	41	30	8	21	66	.211	.286	.381	.667	9	0	0	0	118
J. Caglianone RF	60	196	21	49	15	6	19	65	.250	.326	.403	.729	10	1	2	1	107
I. Collins LF	56	173	22	38	16	3	29	56	.220	.341	.312	.653	7	0	3	3	100
M. Massey 2B	49	136	16	36	20	6	5	27	.265	.285	.463	.748	9	0	1	0	92
K. Isbel CF	55	162	16	39	11	3	9	41	.241	.291	.352	.643	7	1	5	0	85
L. Thomas CF	51	115	11	26	14	2	24	29	.226	.359	.313	.672	4	0	3	3	74
N. Loftin 2B	32	84	14	18	16	1	12	12	.214	.324	.333	.657	7	0	0	0	67
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	28	62	4	16	2	0	4	20	.258	.319	.306	.625	3	0	0	1	20
T. Tolbert RF	16	9	5	2	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	0	4	1	14
J. Rojas 3B	2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	4
Total	65	2159	252	511	243	60	227	521	.237	.313	.374	.687	105	6	47	15	1351

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	13	13	4-4	0	0	81.0	3.44	66	33	31	9	26	67	.223	1.14	185
S. Lugo SP	13	13	2-4	0	0	76.0	3.91	79	36	33	7	24	64	.271	1.36	141
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
N. Cameron SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	59.2	4.22	58	31	28	6	17	56	.250	1.26	110
S. Kolek SP	6	6	3-1	0	0	38.0	3.32	29	16	14	5	8	27	.207	0.97	103
L. Erceg RP	25	0	3-3	11	17	23.1	6.17	29	18	16	2	16	21	.315	1.93	102
D. Lynch RP	26	0	2-0	1	2	26.1	1.71	17	8	5	1	8	29	.175	0.95	82
A. Lange RP	27	0	0-2	3	3	29.0	4.03	25	14	13	2	15	31	.238	1.38	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	20	0	3-1	0	1	19.1	4.19	16	9	9	5	7	17	.216	1.19	49
L. Avila RP	12	3	1-2	0	0	31.1	4.02	31	14	14	2	19	28	.272	1.60	41
J. Schreiber RP	27	0	0-3	1	2	24.1	2.96	21	9	8	4	11	16	.244	1.32	32
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.2	2.08	10	2	2	1	3	9	.286	1.50	15
E. Morgan RP	13	0	0-1	1	1	16.1	5.51	23	10	10	4	8	15	.324	1.90	15
T. Tolbert RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	14
S. Cruz RP	15	0	0-2	0	1	15.1	7.63	16	14	13	7	11	22	.262	1.76	7
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
B. Way RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	1.00	3
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
Total	65	65	26-39	17	30	574.1	4.42	541	301	282	80	251	531	.249	1.38	1112

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz CF	63	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
B. Reynolds LF	65	229	42	61	39	6	45	59	.266	.393	.419	.812	13	2	5	0	206
B. Lowe 2B	59	229	40	57	41	15	28	66	.249	.333	.515	.848	14	1	0	0	196
S. Horwitz 1B	60	193	25	54	26	7	32	29	.280	.381	.440	.821	8	1	1	0	157
N. Gonzales 3B	59	219	34	69	31	2	15	41	.315	.366	.393	.759	11	0	3	2	152
R. O'Hearn RF	50	178	30	52	33	9	20	40	.292	.366	.478	.844	6	0	1	0	152
K. Griffin SS	51	189	30	51	22	4	14	56	.270	.327	.402	.729	9	2	14	1	144
M. Ozuna DH	48	178	15	35	22	5	19	56	.197	.281	.309	.590	5	0	0	0	85
J. Mangum LF	45	113	17	33	9	1	9	24	.292	.352	.345	.697	3	0	10	1	83
H. Davis C	43	120	13	17	17	5	12	28	.142	.235	.292	.527	3	0	1	0	68
J. Triolo SS	33	96	8	22	6	0	7	27	.229	.288	.260	.548	3	0	2	1	36
E. Rodriguez C	15	40	7	9	5	1	12	12	.225	.404	.350	.754	2	0	2	0	36
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
J. Bart C	21	58	9	15	6	2	2	21	.259	.290	.379	.669	1	0	0	0	29
T. Callihan LF	4	6	1	2	2	0	3	0	.333	.556	.667	1.223	2	0	1	0	12
E. Valdez RF	5	16	2	2	5	2	2	9	.125	.222	.500	.722	0	0	0	0	12
B. Cook RF	32	21	5	4	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.190	.380	0	0	3	1	10
J. Garcia CF	13	35	2	7	2	0	1	10	.200	.243	.229	.472	1	0	0	0	9
Total	65	2246	331	571	316	74	258	601	.254	.337	.400	.737	94	6	64	10	1649

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	13	13	5-3	0	0	79.2	3.28	69	32	29	8	17	86	.235	1.08	205
P. Skenes SP	13	13	6-5	0	0	70.0	3.09	51	28	24	6	13	82	.198	0.91	191
M. Keller SP	13	13	5-3	0	0	73.0	4.81	67	39	39	5	23	55	.243	1.23	154
G. Soto RP	29	0	4-1	8	11	28.1	2.86	13	10	9	1	12	34	.134	0.88	145
C. Mlodzinski SP	12	9	4-3	1	1	59.0	3.66	62	25	24	4	20	49	.272	1.39	116
Y. Ramirez RP	28	0	3-2	1	3	36.2	4.66	30	22	19	4	18	41	.219	1.31	74
B. Chandler SP	12	12	2-6	0	0	57.0	5.05	49	37	32	8	38	55	.226	1.53	65
E. Sisk RP	22	0	0-0	0	1	26.1	1.37	19	4	4	1	10	33	.211	1.10	59
W. Dotel RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	16.2	1.08	7	2	2	1	5	17	.125	0.72	51
M. Montgomery RP	25	3	1-1	0	0	24.2	4.74	21	14	13	3	12	32	.223	1.34	46
D. Santana RP	28	0	2-3	2	4	25.2	5.26	26	17	15	3	14	21	.257	1.56	43
I. Mattson RP	21	0	0-0	0	2	19.2	4.12	19	9	9	0	10	15	.253	1.47	27
B. Bidois RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	3.97	8	6	5	4	7	13	.200	1.32	20
J. Jones SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	9.1	4.82	11	5	5	2	4	10	.289	1.61	20
C. Sanders RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	9.00	6	6	6	0	5	8	.261	1.83	4
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
J. Urquidy RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
H. Barco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	65	65	34-31	13	25	585.2	4.09	514	300	266	59	231	593	.233	1.27	1221

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