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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
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	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
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	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-10-2026Probable for Jul 11

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lance McCullers	Shoulder	07-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 22
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Kai-Wei Teng	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 29
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	89	351	50	101	39	13	39	67	.288	.358	.464	.822	21	1	30	5	313
J. Caglianone RF	88	311	43	81	35	15	25	101	.260	.323	.466	.789	15	2	3	1	206
C. Jensen C	87	301	41	73	49	13	30	95	.243	.309	.432	.741	18	0	1	0	205
I. Collins LF	84	260	35	63	27	5	38	69	.242	.350	.362	.712	16	0	5	4	171
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
S. Perez C	87	343	31	72	36	11	13	72	.210	.251	.344	.595	13	0	0	0	169
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
M. Massey 2B	75	220	30	58	31	7	14	41	.264	.304	.432	.736	16	0	2	0	153
L. Thomas CF	80	223	26	51	30	7	34	59	.229	.333	.386	.719	14	0	4	3	153
N. Loftin 3B	58	172	26	43	29	4	21	26	.250	.343	.419	.762	15	1	1	0	142
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	34	54	17	20	5	2	4	11	.370	.407	.500	.907	1	0	10	3	64
S. Marte RF	44	112	12	30	9	1	8	34	.268	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	2	52
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	14	30	3	6	5	1	1	7	.200	.226	.367	.593	2	0	0	0	16
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
L. Maile C	2	6	2	1	3	1	1	2	.167	.286	.667	.953	0	0	0	0	9
Total	95	3198	408	792	389	97	308	763	.248	.318	.400	.718	175	10	73	22	2134

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	19	19	5-7	0	0	119.1	3.77	108	52	50	14	34	96	.243	1.19	245
S. Lugo SP	18	18	3-6	0	0	100.2	4.56	112	58	51	14	32	80	.286	1.43	166
N. Cameron SP	17	17	5-6	0	0	88.2	4.77	99	52	47	10	30	82	.277	1.45	149
L. Erceg RP	37	0	3-3	12	18	36.0	5.00	38	22	20	3	21	25	.277	1.64	129
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 IV RP	39	0	2-2	1	3	38.1	2.35	24	13	10	2	12	33	.173	0.94	94
L. Avila SP	18	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	5.08	58	32	32	6	34	50	.276	1.62	83
A. Lange RP	37	0	0-5	8	8	38.0	5.92	36	27	25	2	22	37	.252	1.53	75
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	64
S. Cruz RP	28	2	2-2	0	1	30.1	5.04	26	18	17	9	16	40	.228	1.38	56
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	34	0	3-2	0	3	31.0	5.81	30	20	20	9	12	24	.246	1.35	52
J. Schreiber RP	39	0	0-3	1	2	35.2	3.53	33	17	14	6	13	27	.252	1.29	51
B. Way RP	15	0	1-0	0	0	18.2	3.38	20	7	7	4	9	17	.282	1.55	35
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
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	2	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	9	2	2	1	4	4	.243	1.34	16
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
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	95	95	38-57	23	39	836.2	4.89	848	485	455	123	365	723	.264	1.45	1531

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	94	343	63	107	68	30	59	72	.312	.417	.621	1.038	16	0	1	0	374
C. Walker 1B	94	351	49	84	58	20	32	85	.239	.315	.467	.782	18	1	0	0	267
I. Paredes 3B	89	323	37	81	47	12	35	59	.251	.345	.415	.760	17	0	0	0	236
C. Smith RF	94	317	38	69	32	11	31	85	.218	.293	.369	.662	13	1	9	1	196
J. Altuve 2B	72	277	43	65	26	10	29	68	.235	.308	.397	.705	13	1	2	2	177
J. Pena SS	49	187	34	55	21	6	15	35	.294	.354	.439	.793	9	0	8	1	152
B. Matthews LF	80	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
Y. Diaz C	42	160	17	39	23	6	5	27	.244	.268	.406	.674	8	0	0	1	96
C. Vazquez C	58	168	17	37	21	4	13	32	.220	.275	.327	.602	6	0	1	0	92
J. Meyers CF	52	136	14	28	11	3	10	30	.206	.264	.316	.580	6	0	1	2	64
T. Trammell CF	42	107	14	26	11	3	9	40	.243	.308	.393	.701	5	1	1	0	59
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
N. Allen SS	45	86	14	21	9	1	6	21	.244	.295	.314	.609	3	0	2	0	50
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Dezenzo LF	26	55	8	12	3	1	6	23	.218	.295	.345	.640	4	0	1	0	26
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 3B	16	30	3	8	4	1	2	5	.267	.313	.400	.713	1	0	0	0	18
L. Wade LF	8	24	4	6	4	1	2	7	.250	.308	.458	.766	2	0	0	0	17
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
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	96	3223	435	778	415	128	313	780	.241	.315	.410	.725	147	7	34	12	2149

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	14	14	7-5	0	0	80.0	3.26	60	29	29	10	32	74	.205	1.15	190
S. Arrighetti SP	15	15	7-5	0	0	82.0	4.50	65	43	41	12	44	81	.219	1.33	167
J. Hader RP	16	0	3-0	10	10	15.1	0.59	3	1	1	1	8	25	.061	0.72	137
A. Blubaugh RP	35	0	4-2	0	0	58.0	3.57	43	24	23	6	29	56	.209	1.24	124
S. Okert RP	45	1	2-1	0	0	45.2	2.36	27	12	12	5	12	46	.171	0.85	116
B. King RP	39	0	2-2	6	9	41.0	2.85	37	15	13	3	15	32	.242	1.27	116
K. Teng RP	23	10	4-6	0	0	64.0	4.36	59	35	31	10	28	63	.241	1.36	102
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
E. De Los Santos RP	39	0	0-2	5	7	41.2	4.54	39	23	21	5	10	39	.242	1.18	99
T. Imai SP	13	13	5-4	0	0	52.0	6.06	45	35	35	9	33	63	.232	1.50	97
H. Brown SP	7	7	1-0	0	0	35.1	3.57	27	16	14	5	22	39	.211	1.39	76
B. Abreu RP	33	0	2-3	5	5	30.0	5.70	25	21	19	7	25	38	.234	1.67	71
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	64
L. McCullers SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	39.1	6.86	38	32	30	7	22	43	.257	1.53	52
N. Pearson RP	16	0	1-0	1	1	20.0	3.60	16	10	8	1	12	16	.225	1.40	45
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
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
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
M. Ullola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	7	.143	0.50	13
J. France RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
C. Gordon RP	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	5	3	0-1	0	0	12.1	10.22	16	14	14	3	12	8	.327	2.27	-8
Total	96	96	46-50	28	33	848.1	4.81	771	487	453	134	420	824	.242	1.40	1657

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