Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 18, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
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
Bobby Witt	Back	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Luinder Avila	Forearm	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	08-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 3
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Oneil Cruz	Hand	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Evan Sisk	Elbow	08-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 3
Konnor Griffin	Finger	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4

	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	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	104	366	48	86	54	15	39	120	.235	.307	.429	.736	24	1	1	0	241
J. Caglianone RF	103	367	48	92	42	18	27	111	.251	.308	.455	.763	17	2	3	1	237
S. Perez DH	104	405	40	87	46	16	17	92	.215	.263	.375	.638	15	1	0	0	220
I. Collins LF	101	318	39	77	34	6	43	85	.242	.341	.374	.715	18	3	6	5	205
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	92	278	36	73	37	8	16	51	.263	.298	.417	.715	19	0	2	0	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	74	223	30	57	35	5	24	35	.256	.336	.413	.749	18	1	1	0	170
T. Tolbert SS	47	76	22	26	6	3	6	14	.342	.386	.500	.886	3	0	15	3	92
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	52	132	13	33	10	1	8	36	.250	.308	.303	.611	4	0	2	2	59
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	24	59	6	14	6	1	2	9	.237	.262	.339	.601	3	0	1	0	31
J. Rave RF	12	28	5	9	2	2	3	8	.321	.387	.750	1.137	4	1	1	0	29
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	112	3769	466	927	443	115	348	898	.246	.314	.399	.713	203	15	87	23	2273

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	45	0	4-2	1	3	45.0	2.00	30	13	10	2	12	34	.183	0.93	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
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	43	0	1-6	10	13	44.2	6.25	44	33	31	5	25	47	.257	1.54	99
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	92
S. Cruz RP	37	2	2-3	2	3	39.0	4.38	32	20	19	10	17	46	.222	1.26	84
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
N. Pearson RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	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. Schreiber RP	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	54
M. Strahm RP	41	0	3-4	0	4	35.2	7.32	39	29	29	12	14	30	.269	1.49	39
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
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	6
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	112	112	46-66	27	48	984.0	4.84	985	568	529	145	418	836	.262	1.43	1930

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	112	410	75	110	62	15	68	116	.268	.381	.451	.832	26	2	7	0	354
B. Lowe 2B	103	409	68	105	71	23	42	125	.257	.324	.491	.815	25	1	2	0	325
N. Gonzales 3B	106	403	61	127	50	6	28	75	.315	.369	.409	.778	18	1	5	2	281
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
S. Horwitz 1B	74	246	36	69	33	10	40	40	.280	.386	.455	.841	11	1	1	0	208
J. Mangum CF	89	288	39	88	23	3	15	55	.306	.354	.382	.736	11	1	20	6	200
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	43	142	27	38	38	14	23	57	.268	.369	.641	1.010	9	1	0	1	150
H. Davis C	72	194	27	34	30	8	20	46	.175	.271	.325	.596	5	0	2	1	126
J. Triolo SS	77	224	23	54	19	1	22	55	.241	.317	.308	.625	12	0	9	1	125
M. Ozuna DH	70	251	22	51	29	8	27	80	.203	.286	.327	.613	7	0	0	0	122
E. Rodriguez C	39	116	17	30	17	5	22	35	.259	.377	.440	.817	6	0	5	0	99
J. Gonzalez SS	13	35	3	7	6	2	0	5	.200	.194	.400	.594	1	0	1	0	80
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
B. Cook CF	66	45	11	9	2	0	0	18	.200	.200	.267	.467	1	1	5	1	25
R. Flores C	9	19	2	4	2	1	4	3	.211	.348	.421	.769	1	0	0	0	14
J. Garcia CF	15	42	2	8	2	0	1	12	.190	.227	.214	.441	1	0	0	0	9
J. Brannigan 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	112	3897	576	1010	551	139	407	1050	.259	.336	.418	.754	177	12	100	17	2896

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	22	22	11-4	0	0	127.1	3.96	117	61	56	17	31	140	.243	1.16	328
P. Skenes SP	23	23	9-9	0	0	124.2	3.90	107	61	54	13	32	156	.230	1.11	299
G. Soto RP	47	0	5-3	14	19	46.1	3.69	29	22	19	5	20	53	.175	1.06	212
C. Mlodzinski RP	25	9	6-3	2	3	94.1	3.15	93	40	33	7	31	76	.254	1.31	206
M. Keller SP	21	21	6-7	0	0	113.2	4.83	111	66	61	13	38	87	.253	1.31	200
B. Chandler SP	21	20	3-8	0	0	104.2	4.56	91	61	53	10	57	93	.229	1.41	144
Y. Ramirez RP	45	1	6-3	1	3	58.0	3.10	45	24	20	4	34	66	.212	1.36	132
M. Montgomery RP	46	5	4-3	2	4	45.0	3.80	33	20	19	5	21	69	.196	1.20	123
J. Jones SP	11	11	2-2	0	0	52.0	3.81	38	23	22	7	15	58	.198	1.02	123
E. Sisk RP	32	0	1-0	0	2	36.1	2.23	30	9	9	2	13	43	.231	1.18	79
R. Marinaccio RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	5.40	3	2	2	1	1	2	.231	1.20	75
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	7	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	7.71	10	6	6	0	4	8	.345	2.00	55
I. Mattson RP	36	0	0-0	0	2	34.2	4.93	38	19	19	3	16	33	.275	1.56	46
W. Dotel RP	13	0	1-4	0	1	24.2	5.11	24	16	14	2	10	26	.255	1.38	26
B. Bidois RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	15.2	6.32	19	16	11	5	12	20	.297	1.98	14
K. Curtis RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	4	.133	0.80	13
A. Kelly RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	6.14	8	5	5	2	4	4	.286	1.64	7
H. Stratton RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	0	0	2	.417	2.14	3
N. Murdock RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	3	.286	2.50	2
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
H. Barco RP	6	0	0-1	0	1	14.2	7.36	19	14	12	3	12	10	.317	2.11	-1
Total	112	112	56-56	22	41	1003.2	4.26	920	538	475	114	404	1038	.241	1.32	2145

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