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

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D. Lynch IVL	4-4 W-L	61.2 IP	3.06 ERA	2.42 SO/BB	1.05 WHIP
C. JavierR	1-5 W-L	44.2 IP	6.45 ERA	2.21 SO/BB	1.63 WHIP

.D. Lynch IV

4-4, 61.2 IP, 3.06 ERA

.C. Javier

1-5, 44.2 IP, 6.45 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	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
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
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Michael Burrows	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brice Matthews	Knee	09-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 12

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Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Daikin ParkHouston, TX

KCRoyals

HOUAstros

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	120	470	77	134	50	16	55	92	.285	.360	.451	.811	28	1	37	7	417
J. Caglianone RF	127	460	64	130	66	23	30	129	.283	.333	.496	.829	25	2	6	2	338
C. Jensen C	129	451	61	101	62	19	57	147	.224	.310	.412	.722	26	1	2	1	297
S. Perez DH	129	498	46	110	62	17	20	106	.221	.264	.369	.633	21	1	1	0	273
V. Pasquantino 1B	92	340	41	83	41	9	45	63	.244	.334	.379	.713	15	2	5	0	237
I. Collins LF	125	391	42	90	40	6	53	102	.230	.329	.350	.679	23	3	6	5	234
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
N. Loftin 3B	99	308	39	73	41	7	36	58	.237	.325	.393	.718	23	2	2	1	217
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	79	236	26	55	24	6	14	58	.233	.282	.356	.638	9	1	6	0	134
T. Tolbert SS	67	114	30	35	8	3	12	24	.307	.375	.430	.805	5	0	20	3	125
J. Rave RF	33	83	16	18	8	3	8	19	.217	.286	.410	.696	5	1	4	0	64
J. Rojas 3B	35	89	10	23	13	2	4	15	.258	.290	.371	.661	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	13	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	0
Total	139	4663	593	1154	564	142	437	1091	.247	.316	.400	.716	250	18	110	29	2849

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	120
J. Caglianone RF	127
C. Jensen C	129
S. Perez DH	129
V. Pasquantino 1B	92
I. Collins LF	125
M. Massey 2B	110
N. Loftin 3B	99
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	79
T. Tolbert SS	67
J. Rave RF	33
J. Rojas 3B	35
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	13
M. Lugo LF	3
Total	139

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	27	27	8-8	0	0	170.2	3.32	145	67	63	22	42	136	.229	1.10	394
N. Cameron SP	26	25	9-8	0	0	149.1	3.98	134	71	66	15	48	131	.237	1.22	312
S. Lugo SP	28	28	6-8	0	0	154.0	5.03	170	94	86	18	49	118	.286	1.42	253
D. Lynch IV RP	51	5	4-4	1	3	61.2	3.06	46	25	21	5	19	46	.202	1.05	135
S. Cruz RP	49	2	2-3	6	7	51.2	4.35	46	26	25	12	19	56	.237	1.26	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	125
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	51	0	2-7	10	13	52.2	5.81	52	36	34	6	27	54	.259	1.50	116
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
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	15	0	1-1	2	3	14.2	0.61	7	1	1	0	6	13	.140	0.89	94
C. Kimbrel RP	6	0	1-0	1	1	6.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.059	0.47	73
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
J. Cuas RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	15.0	1.80	16	3	3	0	9	16	.276	1.67	25
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
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	11
N. Hoffman RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	6
E. McGee RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	9.95	11	7	7	2	3	7	.379	2.21	6
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	5	2	2	0	1	4	.217	0.95	-2
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	139	139	62-77	34	57	1221.1	4.69	1196	679	637	170	504	1009	.257	1.39	2341

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	27
N. Cameron SP	26
S. Lugo SP	28
D. Lynch IV RP	51
S. Cruz RP	49
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	51
S. Kolek SP	10
R. Dobnak SP	11
L. Avila SP	21
N. Pearson RP	15
C. Kimbrel RP	6
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
J. Cuas RP	14
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
A. Gose RP	3
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	1
E. McGee RP	5
C. Duran RP	2
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Thomas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	139

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	137	491	91	155	94	37	96	105	.316	.433	.603	1.036	28	1	1	0	535
I. Paredes 3B	132	480	55	123	74	18	59	73	.256	.355	.421	.776	23	1	0	0	370
C. Walker 1B	134	494	64	112	76	24	44	130	.227	.302	.427	.729	25	1	0	0	340
J. Pena SS	89	352	67	99	46	17	23	85	.281	.336	.477	.813	16	1	9	1	285
C. Smith RF	135	438	57	93	50	17	36	120	.212	.278	.388	.666	16	5	10	2	277
J. Altuve 2B	112	431	61	106	41	14	39	97	.246	.310	.394	.704	18	2	4	3	269
D. Varsho CF	25	93	7	16	10	3	8	23	.172	.238	.301	.539	3	0	1	0	247
Y. Diaz C	76	264	30	68	33	10	10	45	.258	.288	.413	.701	11	0	0	2	159
C. Vazquez C	79	225	22	48	25	7	18	49	.213	.270	.338	.608	7	0	1	0	118
T. Trammell CF	81	206	26	43	20	7	21	71	.209	.294	.364	.658	7	2	4	3	115
B. Matthews LF	82	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
N. Allen SS	78	131	22	36	13	2	9	30	.275	.319	.359	.678	5	0	2	0	81
L. Wade Jr. LF	42	102	14	21	17	3	18	31	.206	.325	.343	.668	5	0	0	0	68
J. Meyers CF	54	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
N. Velazquez LF	9	15	1	1	3	1	1	8	.067	.118	.267	.385	0	0	0	0	54
Z. Dezenzo LF	35	75	11	16	3	1	7	31	.213	.280	.307	.587	4	0	1	0	30
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	19	37	4	9	4	1	3	7	.243	.300	.351	.651	1	0	0	0	20
L. Spence CF	14	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
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	139	4671	631	1122	600	184	464	1142	.240	.315	.409	.724	203	16	42	19	3377

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	137
I. Paredes 3B	132
C. Walker 1B	134
J. Pena SS	89
C. Smith RF	135
J. Altuve 2B	112
D. Varsho CF	25
Y. Diaz C	76
C. Vazquez C	79
T. Trammell CF	81
B. Matthews LF	82
C. Correa SS	32
N. Allen SS	78
L. Wade Jr. LF	42
J. Meyers CF	54
J. Loperfido LF	39
B. Shewmake 3B	30
N. Velazquez LF	9
Z. Dezenzo LF	35
Z. Cole LF	19
R. Delgado 2B	19
L. Spence CF	14
C. Salazar C	9
C. Price C	7
Total	139

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	24	24	8-7	0	0	132.2	3.66	109	56	54	13	56	131	.220	1.24	279
J. Hader RP	37	0	4-1	21	21	36.1	0.74	14	3	3	1	11	48	.114	0.69	275
A. Blubaugh RP	52	0	4-2	1	1	84.1	3.09	63	31	29	10	34	86	.209	1.15	193
S. Okert RP	68	1	6-2	0	1	67.2	2.13	45	17	16	7	14	68	.190	0.87	190
H. Brown SP	15	15	4-3	0	0	81.0	3.33	61	32	30	10	44	86	.210	1.30	178
B. Abreu RP	55	0	5-3	8	9	52.2	3.93	36	25	23	7	39	68	.196	1.42	166
E. De Los Santos RP	60	0	3-3	5	7	64.2	4.45	60	36	32	8	17	59	.242	1.19	154
T. Imai SP	19	15	6-4	0	0	70.2	5.35	57	42	42	9	47	88	.218	1.47	143
B. King RP	51	1	2-3	6	10	53.0	4.75	57	30	28	8	19	44	.271	1.43	112
K. Teng RP	29	10	5-7	0	0	73.1	4.66	69	42	38	10	31	72	.246	1.36	111
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
H. Wesneski SP	6	6	4-1	0	0	32.2	3.86	27	14	14	2	12	28	.229	1.19	87
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	68
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
C. Javier SP	13	8	1-5	0	0	44.2	6.45	54	32	32	8	19	42	.297	1.63	33
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
R. Blanco SP	6	5	0-1	0	0	27.1	6.59	25	20	20	7	15	23	.248	1.46	27
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
E. Pecko SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	13.0	6.23	11	10	9	4	9	9	.229	1.54	20
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	2	1	9	.182	0.83	14
B. Sousa RP	24	1	1-3	0	1	20.2	6.53	26	17	15	3	13	22	.306	1.89	11
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	139	139	70-69	43	52	1233.1	4.61	1109	675	632	180	576	1219	.239	1.37	2322

PITCHING	GP
P. Lambert SP	24
J. Hader RP	37
A. Blubaugh RP	52
S. Okert RP	68
H. Brown SP	15
B. Abreu RP	55
E. De Los Santos RP	60
T. Imai SP	19
B. King RP	51
K. Teng RP	29
M. Burrows SP	18
H. Wesneski SP	6
L. Wade Jr. LF	1
J. Meyers CF	1
C. Javier SP	13
A. Santa RP	10
R. Blanco SP	6
C. Bolton RP	8
L. VanWey RP	5
E. Pecko SP	3
J. Alexander SP	4
M. Ullola RP	4
B. Sousa RP	24
C. Salazar C	1
R. Munoz RP	3
Total	139

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