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	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jeffrey Springs	Hip	08-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 19
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	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Shea Langeliers	Knee	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Tyler Soderstrom	Hip	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Gunnar Hoglund	Hip	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Denzel Clarke	Hamstring	08-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 31
Justin Sterner	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jacob Wilson	Shoulder	08-17-2026Probable for Aug 18
Nick Kurtz	Thumb	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer	Groin	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1

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
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	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Beck Way	Back	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
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	109	396	58	97	56	19	53	91	.245	.338	.472	.810	27	3	2	1	314
S. Langeliers C	93	376	55	99	51	23	34	96	.263	.332	.497	.829	19	0	2	1	287
J. McNeil 2B	109	340	34	88	40	6	25	44	.259	.314	.356	.670	15	0	6	2	212
L. Butler RF	117	334	47	70	36	11	43	95	.210	.301	.353	.654	13	1	9	3	212
Z. Gelof 3B	74	254	48	70	34	14	17	69	.276	.331	.496	.827	12	1	8	2	208
J. Wilson SS	80	320	37	85	37	7	12	39	.266	.298	.388	.686	16	1	4	0	201
C. Cortes RF	92	250	24	65	35	7	26	42	.260	.336	.412	.748	15	1	2	0	175
J. Heim C	64	220	22	47	31	10	16	49	.214	.271	.400	.671	11	0	0	0	165
H. Bolte CF	82	269	30	72	25	6	20	83	.268	.341	.372	.713	10	0	14	8	164
B. Rooker DH	48	180	20	36	29	10	19	65	.200	.281	.389	.670	4	0	2	0	111
D. Walton 2B	25	43	10	8	4	0	10	9	.186	.375	.279	.654	2	1	1	2	106
M. Muncy 3B	59	186	24	40	21	5	15	70	.215	.284	.366	.650	9	2	3	2	101
A. Williams SS	61	139	16	37	10	2	6	37	.266	.304	.396	.700	12	0	0	1	69
D. Hernaiz SS	48	120	12	29	7	1	13	24	.242	.321	.292	.613	3	0	3	0	62
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	27	101	12	27	3	2	4	17	.267	.295	.347	.642	2	0	0	1	44
B. Serven C	13	35	4	7	7	3	1	7	.200	.222	.457	.679	0	0	0	0	24
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
Total	125	4243	545	1037	521	152	412	1072	.244	.318	.403	.721	197	11	66	26	2850

HITTING	G
N. Kurtz 1B	99
T. Soderstrom LF	109
S. Langeliers C	93
J. McNeil 2B	109
L. Butler RF	117
Z. Gelof 3B	74
J. Wilson SS	80
C. Cortes RF	92
J. Heim C	64
H. Bolte CF	82
B. Rooker DH	48
D. Walton 2B	25
M. Muncy 3B	59
A. Williams SS	61
D. Hernaiz SS	48
J. Kuroda-Grauer 2B	16
T. White 3B	27
B. Serven C	13
D. Clarke OF	22
J. Meneses 1B	9
M. Stefanic 2B	2
Total	125

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Ginn SP	25	22	8-7	0	1	127.1	3.53	102	56	50	14	53	114	.219	1.22	280
H. Harris RP	57	0	3-1	12	17	54.0	3.50	48	22	21	6	34	72	.233	1.52	190
C. Cortes RF	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	13	9	8	4	5	1	.361	2.25	175
G. Jump SP	15	15	5-7	0	0	78.0	4.50	76	41	39	8	37	85	.259	1.45	136
J. Lopez SP	20	17	5-4	0	0	88.0	5.22	89	53	51	15	46	81	.262	1.53	136
J. Springs SP	22	22	3-11	0	0	108.0	6.17	116	81	74	28	44	88	.272	1.48	110
L. Medina RP	42	1	4-3	0	4	55.0	3.60	53	27	22	6	27	67	.256	1.45	106
E. Alvarado RP	38	0	4-3	2	3	38.2	4.66	29	20	20	8	19	48	.212	1.24	97
L. Severino SP	12	12	2-6	0	0	62.2	4.16	61	33	29	9	31	65	.258	1.47	90
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	18	4	1-4	2	2	40.2	7.08	42	33	32	12	24	38	.266	1.62	42
B. Basso RP	15	1	0-0	0	1	20.2	4.35	26	10	10	2	3	18	.299	1.40	32
D. Rom RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0.50	24
S. Johnson RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	13.50	10	7	7	2	3	6	.435	2.79	23
S. Blewett RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	3.27	13	6	4	0	3	4	.310	1.45	22
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
H. Juenger RP	9	0	0-1	0	1	10.1	6.10	17	7	7	0	4	6	.386	2.03	6
J. Estes SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	5	4	4	1	1	4	.313	1.38	5
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	125	125	49-76	30	54	1107.1	5.49	1167	723	675	195	495	1057	.270	1.50	1738

PITCHING	GP
J. Ginn SP	25
H. Harris RP	57
C. Cortes RF	8
G. Jump SP	15
J. Lopez SP	20
J. Springs SP	22
L. Medina RP	42
E. Alvarado RP	38
L. Severino SP	12
J. Perkins RP	29
M. Leiter RP	36
J. Suarez RP	33
J. Sterner RP	46
M. Barnett RP	18
B. Basso RP	15
D. Rom RP	3
S. Johnson RP	5
S. Blewett RP	7
G. Hartlieb RP	8
B. Kriske RP	2
H. Juenger RP	9
J. Estes SP	1
B. Bowden RP	1
K. Morris SP	3
Y. Tur RP	3
L. Morales RP	5
Total	125

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	107	419	67	120	46	15	48	83	.286	.359	.461	.820	26	1	33	6	373
J. Caglianone RF	117	421	57	116	60	22	29	117	.276	.327	.492	.819	21	2	6	2	308
C. Jensen C	117	411	55	90	56	16	46	136	.219	.297	.401	.698	25	1	1	0	258
S. Perez DH	116	446	41	96	54	16	18	97	.215	.261	.365	.626	17	1	0	0	239
M. Massey 2B	105	324	43	88	42	11	17	62	.272	.303	.441	.744	20	1	2	0	218
I. Collins LF	113	357	40	81	35	6	47	93	.227	.325	.350	.675	20	3	6	5	213
V. Pasquantino 1B	80	297	34	69	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.347	.665	12	2	4	0	187
N. Loftin 3B	87	264	33	62	35	5	31	47	.235	.325	.375	.700	20	1	2	1	183
M. Garcia 3B	70	273	33	72	31	3	24	46	.264	.321	.374	.695	17	2	5	4	173
K. Isbel CF	68	198	20	46	16	4	12	49	.232	.284	.338	.622	7	1	5	0	103
T. Tolbert SS	56	92	24	28	6	3	9	19	.304	.363	.457	.820	5	0	17	3	102
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	24	55	8	11	2	2	5	14	.200	.267	.418	.685	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	8	21	2	5	5	1	1	8	.238	.273	.429	.702	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	126	4218	522	1027	498	127	386	1000	.243	.311	.394	.705	223	16	97	27	2477

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	107
J. Caglianone RF	117
C. Jensen C	117
S. Perez DH	116
M. Massey 2B	105
I. Collins LF	113
V. Pasquantino 1B	80
N. Loftin 3B	87
M. Garcia 3B	70
K. Isbel CF	68
T. Tolbert SS	56
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	24
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	126

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	25	25	6-8	0	0	155.2	3.58	138	66	62	21	41	120	.237	1.15	331
N. Cameron SP	24	23	7-8	0	0	138.1	4.16	126	69	64	14	43	126	.240	1.22	275
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
S. Cruz RP	44	2	2-3	5	6	46.1	4.08	37	22	21	11	18	51	.218	1.19	120
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
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
A. Lange RP	46	0	2-7	10	13	47.2	6.23	49	35	33	6	26	51	.266	1.57	104
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	102
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	8	6	2-1	0	0	41.2	1.73	38	8	8	2	16	25	.242	1.30	87
N. Pearson RP	10	0	1-1	1	2	9.2	0.93	4	1	1	0	4	9	.125	0.83	76
J. Schreiber RP	50	0	0-3	1	4	45.0	3.60	40	21	18	7	21	33	.245	1.36	63
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	47
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
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	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	12	2	2	0	4	13	.279	1.45	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
C. Thomas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	1.00	-17
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	126	126	52-74	31	54	1106.1	4.78	1097	629	588	160	464	929	.260	1.41	2090

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	25
N. Cameron SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
S. Cruz RP	44
L. Erceg RP	47
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	46
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	10
J. Schreiber RP	50
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	2
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	10
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
C. Thomas RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	126

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