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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028
Jac Caglianone	Ankle	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
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	112	438	71	126	48	16	51	86	.288	.362	.461	.823	26	1	34	6	393
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	121	424	57	93	57	17	50	139	.219	.301	.403	.704	25	1	1	1	268
S. Perez DH	121	464	44	102	57	17	19	97	.220	.265	.373	.638	18	1	0	0	256
M. Massey 2B	109	338	46	93	43	11	18	62	.275	.307	.444	.751	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	117	365	41	83	38	6	50	94	.227	.328	.348	.676	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	85	315	39	77	37	8	39	60	.244	.328	.378	.706	14	2	4	0	214
N. Loftin 3B	92	278	33	64	36	5	35	51	.230	.325	.371	.696	20	2	2	1	190
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	72	212	23	50	20	6	12	52	.236	.284	.368	.652	8	1	5	0	120
T. Tolbert SS	60	102	25	30	8	3	11	21	.294	.360	.431	.791	5	0	18	3	110
J. Rave RF	27	62	10	12	5	2	5	16	.194	.254	.403	.657	5	1	2	0	41
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	9	25	2	5	5	1	1	10	.200	.231	.360	.591	1	0	0	0	12
Total	131	4380	549	1074	523	134	406	1026	.245	.313	.398	.711	233	18	99	28	2622

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	46	2	2-3	5	6	48.2	4.25	41	24	23	12	18	52	.227	1.21	122
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	49	0	2-7	10	13	50.2	5.86	49	35	33	6	26	53	.254	1.48	114
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	110
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-1	2	3	11.2	0.77	5	1	1	0	5	10	.128	0.86	88
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
J. Schreiber RP	52	0	0-3	1	4	46.2	3.86	41	23	20	7	22	34	.243	1.35	65
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	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
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
J. Cuas RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	12	2	2	0	6	13	.261	1.50	22
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
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. Thomas RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.222	0.75	-5
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	131	131	57-74	33	56	1151.1	4.71	1130	644	603	162	485	957	.257	1.40	2228

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	131	483	87	127	66	15	75	138	.263	.371	.429	.800	31	2	9	0	393
B. Lowe 2B	121	480	78	122	80	27	47	156	.254	.319	.481	.800	26	1	2	0	364
N. Gonzales 3B	122	460	66	142	55	6	33	85	.309	.366	.400	.766	22	1	5	2	312
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
O. Cruz CF	68	263	48	70	51	16	33	104	.266	.355	.494	.849	10	1	22	4	253
J. Mangum CF	108	354	50	104	28	4	21	76	.294	.347	.384	.731	16	2	21	7	241
S. Horwitz 1B	88	298	37	75	38	10	44	51	.252	.357	.399	.756	12	1	1	0	221
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	60	199	35	50	41	14	36	88	.251	.364	.538	.902	13	1	0	1	175
J. Triolo SS	94	266	28	63	24	2	24	60	.237	.312	.305	.617	12	0	9	1	149
H. Davis C	84	226	28	38	32	8	23	56	.168	.264	.296	.560	5	0	2	1	132
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	30	79	8	16	11	4	1	10	.203	.220	.392	.612	3	0	2	1	108
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
R. Flores C	21	56	10	15	13	6	8	19	.268	.359	.625	.984	2	0	0	0	56
N. Yorke 3B	31	90	7	20	12	1	7	21	.222	.290	.300	.590	4	0	1	0	46
B. Cook CF	70	48	11	9	2	0	1	19	.188	.204	.250	.454	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	131	4514	653	1150	623	156	464	1237	.255	.331	.409	.740	202	14	108	20	3132

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	25	25	13-5	0	0	149.1	3.68	128	67	61	21	33	159	.231	1.08	400
P. Skenes SP	26	26	9-11	0	0	139.0	3.95	118	69	61	14	41	171	.229	1.14	311
G. Soto RP	55	0	5-4	14	19	55.0	3.44	40	25	21	5	23	67	.199	1.15	223
B. Chandler SP	25	24	6-8	0	0	125.1	4.38	106	70	61	11	66	114	.226	1.37	208
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
C. Mlodzinski RP	28	12	6-6	2	3	102.2	4.03	113	53	46	9	36	81	.276	1.45	180
M. Montgomery RP	53	5	5-3	5	7	51.1	3.33	36	20	19	5	21	84	.188	1.11	175
Y. Ramirez RP	52	1	6-4	1	3	70.1	3.20	50	29	25	4	42	82	.198	1.31	153
L. Bachar RP	5	1	0-0	0	0	11.0	3.27	7	4	4	3	6	12	.179	1.18	146
L. Weaver RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	5	3	3	0	1	7	.250	1.20	133
J. Jones SP	15	15	2-5	0	0	68.0	4.76	59	37	36	11	26	77	.228	1.25	117
C. Doval RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	10.0	1.80	6	2	2	1	8	11	.176	1.40	102
E. Sisk RP	36	0	1-0	0	2	40.2	2.66	33	12	12	2	18	47	.229	1.25	81
K. Yates RP	10	0	1-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	8	2	2	1	1	8	.222	0.93	77
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	56
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	37	0	0-0	0	2	36.2	4.91	40	20	20	3	18	34	.274	1.58	48
W. Dotel RP	15	0	1-4	0	1	28.2	4.71	27	17	15	2	13	31	.250	1.40	33
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	2	4	5	.250	1.44	10
N. Murdock RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.300	2.00	5
H. Barco RP	7	0	0-1	0	1	17.2	7.64	21	17	15	4	13	14	.296	1.92	4
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
Total	131	131	63-68	25	44	1168.1	4.29	1064	624	557	134	483	1220	.240	1.32	2774

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