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	Elbow	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-01-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 2, 2027
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	07-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 5
Oneil Cruz	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Spencer Horwitz	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Wilber Dotel	Lat	07-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 5

	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	82	321	44	93	36	12	37	61	.290	.362	.470	.832	20	1	29	4	292
C. Jensen C	81	279	41	70	47	13	27	84	.251	.314	.452	.766	17	0	1	0	202
J. Caglianone RF	81	280	39	74	30	14	25	92	.264	.333	.471	.804	12	2	3	1	189
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
I. Collins LF	77	241	31	56	25	4	34	66	.232	.339	.340	.679	14	0	4	4	149
S. Perez C	81	318	29	64	30	10	12	69	.201	.241	.327	.568	10	0	0	0	146
M. Massey 2B	69	203	24	52	27	7	10	36	.256	.287	.429	.716	14	0	2	0	134
L. Thomas CF	73	197	20	42	23	5	30	52	.213	.320	.335	.655	9	0	4	3	120
N. Loftin 3B	51	147	21	33	24	3	19	22	.224	.324	.381	.705	12	1	1	0	115
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	40	100	11	26	7	1	8	30	.260	.321	.330	.651	4	0	1	1	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	29	35	10	7	1	0	4	10	.200	.275	.200	.475	0	0	7	2	29
K. Misner CF	15	36	1	9	4	0	1	14	.250	.270	.278	.548	1	0	3	1	14
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
J. Rojas 3B	9	16	2	4	4	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	12
Total	88	2947	363	714	345	87	285	701	.242	.313	.390	.703	153	10	68	19	1916

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	17	17	5-5	0	0	108.2	3.31	94	42	40	10	30	84	.234	1.14	246
S. Lugo SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	96.1	4.20	103	49	45	12	30	76	.278	1.38	168
N. Cameron SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	83.2	4.95	93	51	46	10	25	75	.277	1.41	135
L. Erceg RP	34	0	3-3	12	18	32.2	5.23	36	21	19	3	20	25	.288	1.71	123
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
D. Lynch RP	36	0	2-2	1	3	35.0	2.57	24	13	10	2	11	31	.186	1.00	84
A. Lange RP	35	0	0-4	7	7	36.1	4.95	33	22	20	2	21	37	.244	1.49	78
L. Avila RP	16	7	3-3	0	0	46.2	5.40	48	28	28	5	30	43	.276	1.67	60
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	30	0	3-1	0	3	27.2	5.53	25	17	17	8	10	20	.234	1.27	55
J. Schreiber RP	37	0	0-3	1	2	34.0	3.18	30	14	12	6	12	26	.246	1.24	52
S. Cruz RP	25	1	2-2	0	1	27.1	5.27	24	17	16	8	15	35	.233	1.43	48
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	29
B. Way RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	15.0	3.60	15	6	6	3	7	15	.259	1.47	24
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	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
R. Dobnak RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	6	2	2	1	1	2	.353	1.75	4
J. Cuas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	3	.250	1.00	4
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
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	88	88	35-53	22	38	776.2	4.87	780	446	420	113	336	671	.262	1.44	1415

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	88	318	58	89	53	11	57	86	.280	.395	.459	.854	20	2	5	0	286
B. Lowe 2B	81	317	52	77	57	20	36	94	.243	.319	.498	.817	19	1	1	0	260
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
R. O'Hearn RF	73	274	41	78	51	13	22	68	.285	.340	.471	.811	12	0	1	0	213
S. Horwitz 1B	74	246	36	69	33	10	40	40	.280	.386	.455	.841	11	1	1	0	208
N. Gonzales 3B	82	305	46	93	38	4	21	61	.305	.360	.387	.747	11	1	4	2	204
K. Griffin SS	56	212	33	57	23	5	14	62	.269	.323	.406	.729	10	2	16	1	160
J. Mangum LF	67	197	27	61	14	1	12	39	.310	.357	.371	.728	9	0	14	5	132
M. Ozuna DH	58	213	17	43	26	7	23	73	.202	.286	.324	.610	5	0	0	0	100
H. Davis C	55	147	18	22	20	7	14	36	.150	.241	.327	.568	5	0	2	1	89
E. Rodriguez C	33	93	15	25	16	5	20	28	.269	.398	.495	.893	6	0	2	0	87
J. Triolo SS	55	164	17	38	14	1	15	46	.232	.308	.299	.607	8	0	5	1	84
E. Valdez RF	19	57	12	18	15	6	6	21	.316	.375	.737	1.112	4	1	0	0	64
T. Callihan RF	25	59	9	14	13	3	8	23	.237	.333	.492	.825	2	2	1	0	50
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
B. Cook CF	49	30	7	5	0	0	0	11	.167	.167	.200	.367	1	0	4	1	14
R. Flores C	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	.667	.800	2.000	2.800	1	0	0	0	12
J. Garcia CF	13	35	2	7	2	0	1	10	.200	.243	.229	.472	1	0	0	0	9
D. Wendzel 1B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	88	3058	452	794	433	111	330	834	.260	.338	.421	.759	139	10	77	15	2234

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	17	17	8-3	0	0	102.2	3.33	88	42	38	11	23	115	.232	1.08	281
P. Skenes SP	18	18	6-8	0	0	97.0	3.62	76	46	39	11	22	119	.211	1.01	232
M. Keller SP	17	17	6-5	0	0	94.1	4.87	90	56	51	9	33	73	.250	1.30	182
G. Soto RP	37	0	4-2	11	15	36.0	4.25	24	19	17	4	15	42	.186	1.08	166
C. Mlodzinski SP	18	9	5-3	2	2	75.2	3.33	79	35	28	6	26	60	.266	1.39	159
B. Chandler SP	17	16	3-8	0	0	85.2	4.62	71	50	44	9	48	79	.220	1.39	115
Y. Ramirez RP	37	0	5-2	1	3	47.2	3.59	37	22	19	4	27	55	.211	1.34	110
E. Sisk RP	32	0	1-0	0	2	36.1	2.23	30	9	9	2	13	43	.231	1.18	79
D. Santana RP	37	0	2-3	2	4	35.1	5.09	32	22	20	5	19	32	.235	1.44	62
M. Montgomery RP	34	4	2-3	0	2	33.2	4.54	30	18	17	4	16	49	.231	1.37	61
T. Callihan RF	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.200	1.50	50
J. Jones SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	29.0	5.28	29	18	17	5	11	31	.254	1.38	47
I. Mattson RP	27	0	0-0	0	2	25.2	3.51	21	10	10	1	12	22	.221	1.29	44
W. Dotel RP	9	0	1-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	2	9	19	.232	1.36	24
B. Bidois RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	15.2	6.32	19	16	11	5	12	20	.297	1.98	14
C. Sanders RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	7.2	7.04	7	6	6	0	7	10	.241	1.83	7
A. Kelly RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	2	2	2	1	1	1	.250	1.29	2
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	88	88	44-44	17	33	786.2	4.24	708	427	371	88	318	812	.237	1.30	1636

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