Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 19, 2026 Gametracker

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N. CameronL	9-8 W-L	154.1 IP	4.08 ERA	2.82 SO/BB	1.22 WHIP
B. ChandlerR	6-9 W-L	136.0 IP	4.30 ERA	1.70 SO/BB	1.37 WHIP

.N. Cameron

9-8, 154.1 IP, 4.08 ERA

.B. Chandler

6-9, 136.0 IP, 4.30 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	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Kirby Yates	Shoulder	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1

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Pirates PIT-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	123	480	79	136	51	17	58	93	.283	.360	.452	.812	28	1	38	8	428
J. Caglianone RF	130	473	66	133	69	23	30	131	.281	.330	.493	.823	27	2	6	2	347
C. Jensen C	132	463	66	107	67	22	58	150	.231	.316	.443	.759	28	2	2	1	326
S. Perez DH	132	509	47	114	65	18	21	108	.224	.268	.377	.645	22	1	1	0	285
V. Pasquantino 1B	95	353	42	85	43	10	45	64	.241	.328	.382	.710	16	2	5	0	246
M. Massey 2B	113	350	46	98	45	11	20	62	.280	.315	.446	.761	23	1	3	0	242
I. Collins LF	127	398	42	90	40	6	53	103	.226	.324	.344	.668	23	3	6	5	233
N. Loftin 3B	102	317	40	75	41	7	38	60	.237	.326	.388	.714	23	2	3	1	223
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	82	246	28	57	24	6	14	60	.232	.279	.350	.629	9	1	6	0	137
T. Tolbert SS	69	114	31	35	8	3	12	24	.307	.375	.430	.805	5	0	21	3	128
J. Rave RF	34	86	16	19	8	3	9	20	.221	.295	.407	.702	5	1	4	0	66
J. Rojas 3B	36	91	10	23	13	2	4	15	.253	.284	.363	.647	4	0	1	0	54
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	14	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Total	142	4764	608	1180	579	148	446	1107	.248	.316	.403	.719	257	19	114	30	2941

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	123
J. Caglianone RF	130
C. Jensen C	132
S. Perez DH	132
V. Pasquantino 1B	95
M. Massey 2B	113
I. Collins LF	127
N. Loftin 3B	102
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	82
T. Tolbert SS	69
J. Rave RF	34
J. Rojas 3B	36
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	14
M. Lugo LF	4
Total	142

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	28	28	9-8	0	0	176.2	3.36	151	70	66	24	44	143	.229	1.10	414
N. Cameron SP	27	26	9-8	0	0	154.1	4.08	139	75	70	16	49	138	.237	1.22	320
S. Lugo SP	28	28	6-8	0	0	154.0	5.03	170	94	86	18	49	118	.286	1.42	253
S. Cruz RP	50	2	2-3	6	7	52.2	4.27	46	26	25	12	19	57	.234	1.23	134
D. Lynch IV RP	52	6	4-5	1	3	66.2	3.51	53	30	26	5	20	46	.212	1.10	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	128
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	52	0	2-7	10	13	53.2	6.04	54	38	36	8	27	55	.262	1.51	115
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
R. Dobnak SP	11	9	2-3	0	0	57.2	2.65	57	17	17	5	23	40	.258	1.39	101
N. Pearson RP	17	0	1-1	2	3	17.0	0.53	9	1	1	0	6	15	.153	0.88	100
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	8	0	1-0	1	1	8.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	5	.087	0.50	77
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	54
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
A. Gose RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	0.27	17
J. Cuas RP	15	0	0-1	0	1	15.1	2.93	18	6	5	0	10	16	.300	1.83	16
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	11
E. McGee RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	8.64	14	8	8	3	4	8	.378	2.16	7
N. Hoffman RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	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. Thomas RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	7.0	2.57	6	2	2	0	1	5	.231	1.00	0
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	142	142	63-79	34	58	1248.1	4.74	1228	700	657	176	511	1033	.258	1.39	2374

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	28
N. Cameron SP	27
S. Lugo SP	28
S. Cruz RP	50
D. Lynch IV RP	52
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	52
S. Kolek SP	10
R. Dobnak SP	11
N. Pearson RP	17
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	8
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
A. Gose RP	3
J. Cuas RP	15
L. Maile C	1
E. McGee RP	6
N. Hoffman RP	1
C. Duran RP	2
C. Thomas RP	6
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	142

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	142	528	95	139	66	15	80	145	.263	.369	.420	.789	34	2	9	0	418
B. Lowe 2B	132	519	84	132	83	29	54	170	.254	.323	.480	.803	28	1	2	0	391
N. Gonzales 3B	132	497	67	153	59	6	39	90	.308	.372	.394	.766	23	1	7	3	339
O. Cruz CF	79	303	54	81	58	17	41	120	.267	.360	.479	.839	11	1	26	4	289
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
J. Mangum CF	118	382	54	110	30	4	23	83	.288	.346	.374	.720	17	2	21	8	254
S. Horwitz 1B	99	342	40	84	41	10	48	64	.246	.347	.374	.721	12	1	1	0	234
E. Valdez RF	67	226	38	54	45	16	39	103	.239	.349	.518	.867	13	1	0	1	187
K. Griffin SS	60	228	36	62	25	5	16	66	.272	.328	.399	.727	10	2	20	1	178
J. Triolo SS	105	297	31	72	29	3	27	66	.242	.315	.313	.628	12	0	11	1	173
H. Davis C	88	234	29	39	34	8	24	58	.167	.265	.291	.556	5	0	3	1	139
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	39	98	9	20	13	4	2	17	.204	.233	.378	.611	5	0	2	1	116
R. Flores C	31	90	12	19	17	7	11	31	.211	.297	.478	.775	3	0	0	0	67
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
N. Yorke 3B	39	103	7	22	12	1	8	26	.214	.281	.282	.563	4	0	1	0	47
B. Cook CF	74	50	11	9	2	0	1	20	.180	.196	.240	.436	1	1	5	1	25
R. Simon RF	9	31	4	9	2	0	2	4	.290	.333	.323	.656	1	0	1	0	18
J. Garcia CF	20	48	2	8	2	0	1	16	.167	.200	.188	.388	1	0	0	0	7
J. Brannigan 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	142	4887	692	1234	659	163	508	1349	.253	.331	.402	.733	213	14	117	22	3337

HITTING	G
B. Reynolds LF	142
B. Lowe 2B	132
N. Gonzales 3B	132
O. Cruz CF	79
R. O'Hearn 1B	96
J. Mangum CF	118
S. Horwitz 1B	99
E. Valdez RF	67
K. Griffin SS	60
J. Triolo SS	105
H. Davis C	88
E. Rodriguez C	45
J. Gonzalez SS	39
R. Flores C	31
T. Callihan RF	40
N. Yorke 3B	39
B. Cook CF	74
R. Simon RF	9
J. Garcia CF	20
J. Brannigan 3B	2
Total	142

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	27	27	14-5	0	0	160.1	3.59	138	70	64	21	35	164	.232	1.08	431
P. Skenes SP	28	28	9-11	0	0	149.2	3.97	129	74	66	15	44	179	.232	1.16	331
G. Soto RP	60	0	6-4	14	19	59.2	3.17	41	25	21	5	24	69	.190	1.09	243
M. Montgomery RP	60	5	6-3	9	11	58.2	2.91	40	20	19	5	22	91	.186	1.06	229
B. Chandler SP	27	26	6-9	0	0	136.0	4.30	115	75	65	12	71	121	.226	1.37	220
C. Mlodzinski RP	31	12	7-6	2	3	112.0	3.94	119	57	49	9	36	89	.266	1.38	209
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
Y. Ramirez RP	57	1	6-4	2	4	74.1	3.27	54	32	27	4	43	88	.200	1.30	168
L. Bachar RP	9	4	0-1	0	0	19.0	2.84	9	6	6	4	11	19	.143	1.05	159
J. Jones SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	78.2	4.46	69	40	39	12	28	92	.230	1.23	147
L. Weaver RP	10	0	0-0	0	2	9.1	5.79	10	6	6	0	4	11	.270	1.50	137
C. Doval RP	15	0	0-1	0	0	14.2	3.07	10	6	5	1	12	17	.208	1.50	103
K. Yates RP	13	0	2-0	0	0	12.1	2.19	11	3	3	1	5	11	.239	1.30	85
E. Sisk RP	39	0	1-0	0	2	42.2	3.16	33	15	15	2	23	48	.220	1.31	79
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	67
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
B. Eisert RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	12	6	6	0	4	9	.343	1.85	58
I. Mattson RP	37	0	0-0	0	2	36.2	4.91	40	20	20	3	18	34	.274	1.58	48
W. Dotel RP	16	0	1-4	0	1	30.2	4.40	27	17	15	2	14	33	.237	1.34	39
K. Curtis RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	3	2	2	0	6	7	.091	0.82	32
A. Kelly RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	2	4	5	.250	1.44	10
N. Murdock RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.273	1.80	6
H. Barco RP	7	0	0-1	0	1	17.2	7.64	21	17	15	4	13	14	.296	1.92	4
Total	142	142	70-72	30	51	1268.1	4.19	1136	662	591	138	524	1305	.237	1.31	3048

PITCHING	GP
B. Ashcraft SP	27
P. Skenes SP	28
G. Soto RP	60
M. Montgomery RP	60
B. Chandler SP	27
C. Mlodzinski RP	31
M. Keller SP	22
Y. Ramirez RP	57
L. Bachar RP	9
J. Jones SP	17
L. Weaver RP	10
C. Doval RP	15
K. Yates RP	13
E. Sisk RP	39
R. Flores C	1
T. Callihan RF	4
B. Eisert RP	9
I. Mattson RP	37
W. Dotel RP	16
K. Curtis RP	3
A. Kelly RP	4
N. Murdock RP	3
H. Barco RP	7
Total	142

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