Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 18, 2026 Gametracker

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J. PerkinsR	2-9 W-L	81.2 IP	7.27 ERA	2.94 SO/BB	1.52 WHIP
D. Lynch IVL	4-4 W-L	50.0 IP	2.88 ERA	2.86 SO/BB	1.02 WHIP

.J. Perkins

2-9, 81.2 IP, 7.27 ERA

.D. Lynch IV

4-4, 50.0 IP, 2.88 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Luis Severino	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Jeffrey Springs	Hip	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Mark Leiter	Hip	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brent Rooker	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jose Suarez	Hip	08-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 26
Brooks Kriske	Shoulder	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
Shea Langeliers	Knee	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Gunnar Hoglund	Hip	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Denzel Clarke	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Justin Sterner	Knee	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Nick Kurtz	Thumb	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer	Groin	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 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	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Beck Way	Back	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Athletics ATH-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

ATHAthletics

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Kurtz 1B	99	352	62	90	69	21	79	141	.256	.396	.483	.879	15	1	7	1	325
T. Soderstrom LF	108	392	57	96	56	19	52	89	.245	.337	.474	.811	27	3	2	1	312
S. Langeliers C	93	376	55	99	51	23	34	96	.263	.332	.497	.829	19	0	2	1	287
J. Wilson SS	78	316	36	85	37	7	12	38	.269	.299	.392	.691	16	1	4	0	200
Z. Gelof 3B	70	239	46	67	32	13	14	66	.280	.331	.502	.833	12	1	8	1	198
L. Butler RF	113	319	45	66	33	9	41	93	.207	.298	.339	.637	13	1	9	3	196
J. McNeil 2B	105	326	32	83	36	4	25	43	.255	.312	.331	.643	13	0	6	2	193
C. Cortes RF	90	244	23	63	32	7	25	42	.258	.333	.410	.743	14	1	2	0	167
J. Heim C	61	212	21	46	31	10	12	48	.217	.263	.406	.669	10	0	0	0	158
H. Bolte CF	78	252	27	65	22	5	20	81	.258	.335	.353	.688	9	0	14	7	148
B. Rooker DH	48	180	20	36	29	10	19	65	.200	.281	.389	.670	4	0	2	0	111
D. Walton 2B	23	40	10	8	4	0	10	7	.200	.396	.300	.696	2	1	1	1	104
M. Muncy 3B	56	178	24	38	21	5	14	68	.213	.281	.365	.646	8	2	3	2	98
A. Williams SS	57	125	15	33	10	2	5	33	.264	.301	.392	.693	10	0	0	1	63
D. Hernaiz SS	47	118	12	28	7	1	13	23	.237	.318	.288	.606	3	0	3	0	61
J. Kuroda-Grauer 2B	16	60	8	25	4	1	1	7	.417	.435	.583	1.018	7	0	0	1	44
T. White 3B	23	90	8	22	1	0	2	15	.244	.261	.267	.528	2	0	0	1	26
B. Serven C	11	27	2	5	5	2	1	6	.185	.214	.407	.621	0	0	0	0	16
D. Clarke OF	22	53	4	9	6	0	4	24	.170	.228	.189	.417	1	0	2	0	16
J. Meneses 1B	9	20	1	3	2	0	3	4	.150	.280	.150	.430	0	0	0	0	8
M. Stefanic 2B	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	2
J. Ornelas 2B	6	12	0	2	0	0	1	7	.167	.231	.167	.398	0	0	0	0	0
Total	121	4110	524	999	502	143	396	1048	.243	.316	.399	.715	188	11	66	23	2733

HITTING	G
N. Kurtz 1B	99
T. Soderstrom LF	108
S. Langeliers C	93
J. Wilson SS	78
Z. Gelof 3B	70
L. Butler RF	113
J. McNeil 2B	105
C. Cortes RF	90
J. Heim C	61
H. Bolte CF	78
B. Rooker DH	48
D. Walton 2B	23
M. Muncy 3B	56
A. Williams SS	57
D. Hernaiz SS	47
J. Kuroda-Grauer 2B	16
T. White 3B	23
B. Serven C	11
D. Clarke OF	22
J. Meneses 1B	9
M. Stefanic 2B	2
J. Ornelas 2B	6
Total	121

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Ginn SP	24	21	8-6	0	1	121.1	3.41	94	52	46	13	53	107	.213	1.21	275
H. Harris RP	55	0	3-1	11	16	52.0	3.63	48	22	21	6	34	70	.241	1.58	176
C. Cortes RF	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	13	9	8	4	5	1	.361	2.25	167
G. Jump SP	14	14	5-7	0	0	72.2	4.46	73	38	36	7	33	84	.265	1.46	130
J. Lopez SP	19	16	5-4	0	0	82.0	5.38	84	51	49	14	44	75	.263	1.56	121
J. Springs SP	22	22	3-11	0	0	108.0	6.17	116	81	74	28	44	88	.272	1.48	110
E. Alvarado RP	36	0	4-3	2	3	37.1	4.82	28	20	20	8	18	46	.212	1.23	94
L. Severino SP	12	12	2-6	0	0	62.2	4.16	61	33	29	9	31	65	.258	1.47	90
L. Medina RP	40	1	2-3	0	4	52.2	3.76	52	27	22	6	26	63	.261	1.48	85
J. Perkins RP	29	11	2-9	3	5	81.2	7.27	92	69	66	16	32	94	.277	1.52	84
M. Leiter RP	36	0	0-1	4	6	33.2	4.28	33	16	16	2	11	38	.258	1.31	79
J. Suarez RP	33	1	1-3	0	2	40.1	4.69	39	24	21	6	11	36	.252	1.24	75
J. Sterner RP	46	0	2-3	1	3	42.2	6.12	46	31	29	11	13	40	.274	1.38	66
M. Barnett RP	17	3	1-3	2	2	38.0	6.16	35	27	26	11	20	36	.243	1.45	55
B. Basso RP	14	1	0-0	0	1	19.0	4.74	25	10	10	2	3	16	.309	1.47	27
S. Johnson RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	12.27	7	5	5	2	3	5	.389	2.73	24
S. Blewett RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	2.79	11	5	3	0	2	3	.297	1.34	18
G. Hartlieb RP	8	0	1-1	0	0	13.1	6.08	17	9	9	1	9	6	.327	1.95	10
B. Kriske RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	2	.200	1.13	6
J. Estes SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	5	4	4	1	1	4	.313	1.38	5
H. Juenger RP	9	0	0-1	0	1	10.1	6.10	17	7	7	0	4	6	.386	2.03	-1
B. Bowden RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	36.00	2	4	4	0	2	0	.400	4.00	-6
K. Morris SP	3	1	0-1	0	0	10.0	11.70	19	13	13	4	6	6	.413	2.50	-10
Y. Tur RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	32.79	14	17	17	4	4	6	.483	3.86	-19
L. Morales RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	16.0	13.50	27	26	24	7	14	13	.365	2.56	-21
Total	121	121	47-74	29	53	1072.1	5.51	1132	704	656	191	482	1024	.270	1.51	1640

PITCHING	GP
J. Ginn SP	24
H. Harris RP	55
C. Cortes RF	8
G. Jump SP	14
J. Lopez SP	19
J. Springs SP	22
E. Alvarado RP	36
L. Severino SP	12
L. Medina RP	40
J. Perkins RP	29
M. Leiter RP	36
J. Suarez RP	33
J. Sterner RP	46
M. Barnett RP	17
B. Basso RP	14
S. Johnson RP	4
S. Blewett RP	6
G. Hartlieb RP	8
B. Kriske RP	2
J. Estes SP	1
H. Juenger RP	9
B. Bowden RP	1
K. Morris SP	3
Y. Tur RP	3
L. Morales RP	5
Total	121

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	103	404	60	115	42	13	45	79	.285	.355	.448	.803	25	1	32	6	347
J. Caglianone RF	113	406	54	109	53	21	28	115	.268	.321	.485	.806	21	2	5	2	286
C. Jensen C	113	397	53	88	55	16	45	132	.222	.299	.408	.707	24	1	1	0	252
S. Perez DH	113	436	41	94	52	16	18	94	.216	.262	.369	.631	17	1	0	0	237
I. Collins LF	109	343	40	80	35	6	46	88	.233	.332	.359	.691	19	3	6	5	213
M. Massey 2B	101	310	40	80	39	9	16	60	.258	.290	.416	.706	20	1	2	0	198
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	84	254	33	61	35	5	29	43	.240	.328	.386	.714	20	1	2	0	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	55	90	24	28	6	3	9	18	.311	.370	.467	.837	5	0	17	3	103
K. Isbel CF	64	188	18	43	15	4	11	46	.229	.279	.340	.619	7	1	5	0	98
S. Marte RF	58	150	15	37	14	2	9	39	.247	.303	.320	.623	5	0	2	2	72
J. Rojas 3B	29	72	6	17	9	1	3	11	.236	.267	.319	.586	3	0	1	0	37
J. Rave RF	21	47	7	11	2	2	5	12	.234	.308	.489	.797	4	1	2	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	7	19	2	5	5	1	1	6	.263	.300	.474	.774	1	0	0	0	14
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	122	4088	503	995	479	122	376	963	.243	.311	.394	.705	219	16	95	25	2466

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	103
J. Caglianone RF	113
C. Jensen C	113
S. Perez DH	113
I. Collins LF	109
M. Massey 2B	101
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	84
M. Garcia 3B	69
T. Tolbert SS	55
K. Isbel CF	64
S. Marte RF	58
J. Rojas 3B	29
J. Rave RF	21
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	7
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	122

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
S. Lugo SP	24	24	5-7	0	0	134.2	4.41	139	74	66	16	46	104	.271	1.37	241
N. Cameron SP	23	22	6-8	0	0	129.1	4.45	125	69	64	14	42	118	.251	1.29	236
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	103
S. Cruz RP	42	2	2-3	3	4	44.1	4.26	36	22	21	11	18	50	.220	1.22	101
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
A. Lange RP	45	0	1-7	10	13	46.2	6.17	47	34	32	5	26	49	.263	1.56	96
N. Pearson RP	7	0	1-0	1	2	6.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	6	.136	0.75	76
R. Dobnak SP	7	5	2-1	0	0	36.0	2.00	34	8	8	2	14	19	.248	1.33	73
J. Schreiber RP	48	0	0-3	1	4	43.0	3.77	40	21	18	7	21	33	.255	1.42	57
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	37
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	33
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	9	0	0-0	0	0	10.2	1.69	12	2	2	0	3	13	.286	1.41	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
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	122	122	49-73	29	52	1071.1	4.84	1072	617	576	156	456	901	.261	1.43	1963

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	24
S. Lugo SP	24
N. Cameron SP	23
L. Erceg RP	46
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
T. Tolbert SS	5
S. Cruz RP	42
L. Avila SP	21
A. Lange RP	45
N. Pearson RP	7
R. Dobnak SP	7
J. Schreiber RP	48
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	9
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	122

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