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	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Joey Bart	Foot	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Jared Jones	Elbow	05-27-2026Expected to be out until at least May 28

	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	54	214	26	63	24	8	23	42	.294	.360	.481	.841	14	1	16	3	184
M. Garcia 3B	52	210	27	55	20	3	19	33	.262	.320	.381	.701	14	1	4	3	134
V. Pasquantino 1B	51	189	21	38	23	5	24	41	.201	.289	.333	.622	6	2	2	0	115
S. Perez C	52	200	21	43	25	9	10	43	.215	.263	.375	.638	5	0	0	0	113
C. Jensen C	50	155	20	35	23	6	20	53	.226	.313	.387	.700	7	0	0	0	97
I. Collins LF	47	147	18	32	16	3	23	47	.218	.335	.320	.655	6	0	3	3	87
J. Caglianone RF	49	159	18	38	11	5	14	52	.239	.309	.403	.712	9	1	1	1	84
K. Isbel CF	45	133	15	34	11	3	8	35	.256	.310	.383	.693	6	1	5	0	80
M. Massey 2B	39	102	11	23	13	3	4	21	.225	.248	.392	.640	8	0	1	0	59
L. Thomas CF	40	87	8	18	9	1	20	23	.207	.355	.264	.619	2	0	3	3	52
N. Loftin 2B	23	56	9	13	13	0	8	8	.232	.348	.357	.705	7	0	0	0	49
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	22	52	3	15	2	0	4	16	.288	.345	.346	.691	3	0	0	1	19
T. Tolbert RF	10	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	3	1	7
Total	54	1779	210	421	203	50	186	433	.237	.313	.378	.691	90	6	38	15	1114

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	11	11	4-2	0	0	70.1	2.69	50	22	21	8	22	60	.200	1.02	190
S. Lugo SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	65.0	3.74	67	28	27	3	23	54	.271	1.38	120
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	22	0	3-2	11	15	21.1	5.06	23	14	12	0	13	18	.288	1.69	113
S. Kolek SP	4	4	3-0	0	0	26.0	2.77	17	8	8	3	5	14	.185	0.85	83
N. Cameron SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	4.72	53	28	25	5	16	44	.276	1.45	79
D. Lynch RP	22	0	1-0	1	2	22.2	1.59	13	7	4	1	7	27	.159	0.88	69
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
N. Mears RP	20	0	2-3	0	2	18.2	3.86	16	8	8	2	9	14	.242	1.34	29
J. Schreiber RP	22	0	0-2	1	1	20.1	3.10	19	7	7	3	10	12	.257	1.43	27
A. Lange RP	21	0	0-2	0	0	24.0	4.88	20	14	13	2	13	23	.235	1.38	25
L. Avila RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	9	0	0-1	1	1	12.1	5.11	15	7	7	3	6	9	.294	1.70	15
M. Black RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert RF	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	7
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	54	54	22-32	14	24	479.0	4.19	434	236	223	57	217	440	.243	1.36	952

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz CF	52	216	37	55	34	11	18	84	.255	.318	.454	.772	10	0	16	3	176
B. Lowe 2B	48	185	30	49	33	13	25	48	.265	.354	.551	.905	12	1	0	0	167
B. Reynolds LF	54	191	31	48	32	4	36	53	.251	.377	.377	.754	8	2	4	0	155
R. O'Hearn RF	44	159	27	46	29	7	19	34	.289	.368	.459	.827	6	0	1	0	135
S. Horwitz 1B	49	149	19	42	23	5	26	24	.282	.389	.443	.832	7	1	1	0	126
K. Griffin SS	47	172	26	45	20	3	13	51	.262	.321	.384	.705	8	2	12	1	125
N. Gonzales 3B	48	176	21	53	21	0	13	34	.301	.358	.347	.705	8	0	3	2	106
M. Ozuna DH	44	163	14	30	20	5	18	53	.184	.273	.307	.580	5	0	0	0	77
H. Davis C	38	104	12	15	10	4	11	22	.144	.246	.288	.534	3	0	1	0	57
J. Mangum LF	36	91	14	23	5	0	8	21	.253	.327	.275	.602	2	0	6	0	55
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
J. Bart C	21	58	9	15	6	2	2	21	.259	.290	.379	.669	1	0	0	0	29
J. Triolo 3B	23	64	3	15	3	0	3	16	.234	.279	.266	.545	2	0	1	0	21
E. Rodriguez C	7	19	3	6	2	0	6	6	.316	.480	.368	.848	1	0	0	0	15
B. Cook RF	32	21	5	4	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.190	.380	0	0	3	1	10
E. Valdez RF	3	8	1	1	2	1	1	5	.125	.222	.500	.722	0	0	0	0	5
J. Garcia CF	6	20	0	5	1	0	1	6	.250	.286	.250	.536	0	0	0	0	4
Total	54	1872	258	467	247	56	207	503	.249	.331	.386	.717	76	6	48	7	1296

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes SP	11	11	6-4	0	0	60.0	3.00	40	22	20	6	9	65	.185	0.82	176
M. Keller SP	11	11	5-2	0	0	64.1	3.64	50	26	26	4	19	46	.214	1.07	164
B. Ashcraft SP	10	10	3-2	0	0	62.1	2.89	48	23	20	6	16	65	.215	1.03	161
G. Soto RP	25	0	3-0	6	8	25.1	2.13	10	7	6	1	10	31	.118	0.79	126
C. Mlodzinski SP	11	9	4-3	0	0	55.0	3.76	58	24	23	3	20	46	.272	1.42	101
Y. Ramirez RP	23	0	2-1	1	3	30.0	3.60	24	15	12	2	17	35	.218	1.37	64
E. Sisk RP	18	0	0-0	0	1	22.1	1.61	16	4	4	1	7	26	.211	1.03	50
B. Chandler SP	10	10	1-6	0	0	47.0	4.79	35	29	25	7	34	47	.201	1.47	49
M. Montgomery RP	21	3	1-1	0	0	20.2	3.48	17	9	8	3	8	28	.218	1.21	45
D. Santana RP	23	0	2-3	2	4	21.1	5.48	22	15	13	3	10	15	.262	1.50	38
W. Dotel RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	10.2	1.69	6	2	2	1	3	10	.158	0.84	33
I. Mattson RP	21	0	0-0	0	2	19.2	4.12	19	9	9	0	10	15	.253	1.47	27
J. Lawrence RP	22	0	0-2	0	1	20.1	5.31	20	18	12	3	10	22	.244	1.48	16
B. Bidois RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	3.38	4	2	2	2	3	4	.235	1.31	9
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
C. Sanders RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	10.80	6	6	6	0	5	7	.300	2.20	0
H. Barco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	54	54	28-26	10	21	489.2	3.79	409	235	206	47	192	479	.225	1.23	1060

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