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	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	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Oneil Cruz	Hand	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Evan Sisk	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	07-06-2026Probable for Jul 7
Spencer Horwitz	Hamstring	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Wilber Dotel	Lat	07-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 9

	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	84	328	46	95	36	12	38	62	.290	.362	.466	.828	20	1	30	4	299
C. Jensen C	83	287	41	71	47	13	27	89	.247	.309	.443	.752	17	0	1	0	200
J. Caglianone RF	83	287	39	74	31	14	25	94	.258	.325	.460	.785	12	2	3	1	189
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
I. Collins LF	79	247	32	58	25	4	34	68	.235	.339	.344	.683	15	0	5	4	154
S. Perez C	82	322	29	65	32	10	12	70	.202	.241	.329	.570	11	0	0	0	150
M. Massey 2B	71	209	24	53	28	7	10	39	.254	.284	.421	.705	14	0	2	0	134
L. Thomas CF	75	204	23	44	24	5	31	53	.216	.322	.343	.665	11	0	4	3	128
N. Loftin 3B	53	152	21	34	25	3	19	24	.224	.320	.375	.695	12	1	1	0	116
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	41	103	11	27	7	1	8	32	.262	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	1	48
T. Tolbert SS	30	37	10	9	1	0	4	10	.243	.310	.243	.553	0	0	9	2	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	17	40	1	9	4	0	1	17	.225	.244	.250	.494	1	0	3	1	12
J. Rojas 3B	10	20	2	4	4	1	0	4	.200	.200	.400	.600	1	0	0	0	12
Total	90	3010	369	727	351	87	287	724	.242	.311	.387	.698	157	10	72	19	1944

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	18	18	5-6	0	0	114.2	3.45	102	46	44	13	31	91	.239	1.16	249
S. Lugo SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	96.1	4.20	103	49	45	12	30	76	.278	1.38	168
N. Cameron SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	83.2	4.95	93	51	46	10	25	75	.277	1.41	135
L. Erceg RP	35	0	3-3	12	18	33.2	5.35	37	22	20	3	21	25	.287	1.72	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
D. Lynch RP	37	0	2-2	1	3	36.0	2.50	24	13	10	2	11	32	.182	0.97	88
A. Lange RP	36	0	0-4	8	8	37.1	4.82	33	22	20	2	21	37	.239	1.45	88
L. Avila RP	17	8	4-3	0	0	51.2	5.05	51	29	29	5	31	47	.270	1.59	79
M. Strahm RP	31	0	3-1	0	3	28.2	5.34	26	17	17	8	11	21	.234	1.29	56
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	38	0	0-3	1	2	35.0	3.09	31	15	12	6	12	27	.244	1.23	54
S. Cruz RP	25	1	2-2	0	1	27.1	5.27	24	17	16	8	15	35	.233	1.43	48
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	35
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
B. Way RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	16.0	3.38	16	6	6	3	8	16	.258	1.50	26
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	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	6	2	2	1	1	2	.353	1.75	4
J. Cuas RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	6.00	4	2	2	0	0	3	.308	1.33	4
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	90	90	36-54	23	39	794.2	4.84	797	454	427	116	341	686	.262	1.43	1462

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	91	333	62	94	56	13	57	89	.282	.393	.474	.867	21	2	6	0	305
B. Lowe 2B	84	331	54	80	63	21	37	98	.242	.316	.498	.814	20	1	1	0	274
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
R. O'Hearn RF	76	285	44	81	51	13	25	70	.284	.344	.463	.807	12	0	1	0	221
N. Gonzales 3B	85	317	49	99	40	4	23	62	.312	.369	.397	.766	13	1	4	2	219
S. Horwitz 1B	74	246	36	69	33	10	40	40	.280	.386	.455	.841	11	1	1	0	208
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
J. Mangum LF	70	209	29	64	15	1	13	41	.306	.357	.364	.721	9	0	17	5	145
M. Ozuna DH	58	213	17	43	26	7	23	73	.202	.286	.324	.610	5	0	0	0	100
H. Davis C	57	151	20	24	24	7	15	36	.159	.251	.331	.582	5	0	2	1	98
J. Triolo SS	57	171	19	41	14	1	15	46	.240	.312	.316	.628	10	0	6	1	93
E. Rodriguez C	35	100	15	26	16	5	21	29	.260	.388	.470	.858	6	0	2	0	88
E. Valdez RF	22	71	13	22	17	6	6	28	.310	.359	.662	1.021	5	1	0	1	68
T. Callihan RF	28	64	11	16	15	3	9	25	.250	.347	.484	.831	2	2	1	0	56
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
B. Cook CF	51	31	7	5	0	0	0	12	.161	.161	.194	.355	1	0	4	1	14
R. Flores C	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	.667	.800	2.000	2.800	1	0	0	0	12
J. Garcia CF	13	35	2	7	2	0	1	10	.200	.243	.229	.472	1	0	0	0	9
Total	91	3173	475	831	455	114	342	860	.262	.340	.422	.762	146	10	86	16	2349

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	18	18	9-3	0	0	108.1	3.24	94	43	39	12	25	122	.234	1.10	300
P. Skenes SP	18	18	6-8	0	0	97.0	3.62	76	46	39	11	22	119	.211	1.01	232
M. Keller SP	18	18	6-6	0	0	100.1	5.02	98	61	56	12	33	74	.254	1.31	183
G. Soto RP	38	0	5-2	11	15	38.0	4.26	25	20	18	5	16	44	.184	1.08	177
C. Mlodzinski SP	18	9	5-3	2	2	75.2	3.33	79	35	28	6	26	60	.266	1.39	159
B. Chandler SP	18	17	3-8	0	0	89.2	4.82	77	54	48	10	52	79	.227	1.44	113
Y. Ramirez RP	38	0	5-2	1	3	48.2	3.51	37	22	19	4	30	56	.209	1.38	111
E. Sisk RP	32	0	1-0	0	2	36.1	2.23	30	9	9	2	13	43	.231	1.18	79
D. Santana RP	39	0	2-3	2	4	37.1	4.82	33	22	20	5	19	33	.231	1.39	67
M. Montgomery RP	36	4	2-3	0	2	35.0	4.37	30	18	17	4	16	51	.226	1.31	66
T. Callihan RF	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	0	.250	2.50	56
J. Jones SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	29.0	5.28	29	18	17	5	11	31	.254	1.38	47
I. Mattson RP	29	0	0-0	0	2	28.0	4.50	26	14	14	3	13	24	.245	1.39	42
W. Dotel RP	9	0	1-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	2	9	19	.232	1.36	24
B. Bidois RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	15.2	6.32	19	16	11	5	12	20	.297	1.98	14
C. Sanders RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.2	6.23	7	6	6	0	7	11	.219	1.62	10
A. Kelly RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	2	2	2	1	1	1	.250	1.29	2
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
J. Urquidy RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
H. Barco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	91	91	46-45	17	33	812.2	4.27	736	442	386	96	331	829	.238	1.31	1683

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