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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Elbow	08-14-2026Probable for Aug 15
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
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	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Beck Way	Back	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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
Oneil Cruz	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Nick Gonzales	Face	08-14-2026Probable for Aug 15
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
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	104	407	62	116	42	13	47	80	.285	.358	.447	.805	25	1	32	6	352
J. Caglianone RF	114	410	56	112	58	22	28	115	.273	.325	.495	.820	21	2	5	2	299
C. Jensen C	114	401	54	88	55	16	46	133	.219	.298	.404	.702	24	1	1	0	253
S. Perez DH	113	436	41	94	52	16	18	94	.216	.262	.369	.631	17	1	0	0	237
I. Collins LF	110	347	40	81	35	6	46	88	.233	.332	.360	.692	20	3	6	5	215
M. Massey 2B	102	314	41	83	41	10	16	61	.264	.296	.430	.726	20	1	2	0	206
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	85	258	33	62	35	5	29	45	.240	.327	.384	.711	20	1	2	1	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	55	90	24	28	6	3	9	18	.311	.370	.467	.837	5	0	17	3	103
K. Isbel CF	65	192	19	44	15	4	11	48	.229	.279	.339	.618	7	1	5	0	99
S. Marte RF	58	150	15	37	14	2	9	39	.247	.303	.320	.623	5	0	2	2	72
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	22	50	7	11	2	2	5	13	.220	.291	.460	.751	4	1	2	0	34
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	7	19	2	5	5	1	1	6	.263	.300	.474	.774	1	0	0	0	14
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	123	4122	510	1005	486	124	379	973	.244	.311	.395	.706	220	16	95	26	2493

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
N. Cameron SP	23	22	6-8	0	0	129.1	4.45	125	69	64	14	42	118	.251	1.29	236
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
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
S. Cruz RP	43	2	2-3	4	5	45.1	4.17	37	22	21	11	18	51	.220	1.21	110
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	103
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	7	0	1-0	1	2	6.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	6	.136	0.75	80
R. Dobnak SP	7	5	2-1	0	0	36.0	2.00	34	8	8	2	14	19	.248	1.33	73
J. Schreiber RP	49	0	0-3	1	4	44.0	3.68	40	21	18	7	21	33	.250	1.39	60
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	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.00	44
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
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
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	123	123	50-73	30	53	1080.1	4.85	1082	623	582	157	457	910	.261	1.42	2011

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	124	455	83	120	63	15	74	131	.264	.375	.435	.810	29	2	9	0	378
B. Lowe 2B	115	456	73	114	77	26	45	148	.250	.316	.480	.796	25	1	2	0	346
N. Gonzales 3B	118	446	65	137	53	6	30	82	.307	.362	.399	.761	21	1	5	2	302
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
J. Mangum CF	101	333	47	99	28	4	19	69	.297	.350	.390	.740	15	2	21	7	233
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
S. Horwitz 1B	84	282	37	74	37	10	43	47	.262	.367	.418	.785	12	1	1	0	219
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	54	176	31	44	41	14	33	76	.250	.366	.557	.923	10	1	0	1	165
J. Triolo SS	87	243	26	60	24	2	24	58	.247	.325	.321	.646	12	0	9	1	144
H. Davis C	79	216	28	37	30	8	22	53	.171	.265	.306	.571	5	0	2	1	128
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	25	65	8	15	11	4	1	9	.231	.250	.462	.712	3	0	2	1	107
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
R. Flores C	14	34	5	10	10	4	6	9	.294	.400	.676	1.076	1	0	0	0	39
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
B. Cook CF	67	45	11	9	2	0	0	18	.200	.200	.267	.467	1	1	5	1	25
R. Simon DH	8	27	4	9	2	0	2	2	.333	.379	.370	.749	1	0	1	0	19
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	124	4285	625	1099	596	151	445	1167	.256	.334	.413	.747	192	13	106	20	3006

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	24	24	12-5	0	0	141.1	3.88	124	66	61	20	33	155	.236	1.11	368
P. Skenes SP	25	25	9-11	0	0	134.2	3.88	114	66	58	14	37	166	.228	1.12	307
G. Soto RP	51	0	5-3	14	19	50.2	3.73	35	24	21	5	22	61	.190	1.13	218
B. Chandler SP	24	23	6-8	0	0	121.1	4.23	102	66	57	10	64	108	.225	1.37	204
C. Mlodzinski RP	27	11	6-5	2	3	99.2	3.79	105	49	42	8	35	78	.267	1.40	188
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
Y. Ramirez RP	49	1	6-3	1	3	67.1	2.67	46	24	20	4	38	79	.192	1.25	161
M. Montgomery RP	49	5	4-3	4	6	47.1	3.61	34	20	19	5	21	76	.193	1.16	147
L. Bachar RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	5.14	5	4	4	3	2	7	.192	1.00	138
L. Weaver RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	2.00	128
J. Jones SP	13	13	2-4	0	0	59.0	5.03	52	34	33	10	19	65	.230	1.20	106
C. Doval RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	2	1	1	1	4	6	.125	1.20	94
E. Sisk RP	36	0	1-0	0	2	40.2	2.66	33	12	12	2	18	47	.229	1.25	81
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
K. Yates RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	3	1	1	1	1	4	.167	0.80	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
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	39
W. Dotel RP	14	0	1-4	0	1	26.2	5.06	27	17	15	2	11	29	.262	1.43	28
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
N. Murdock RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.300	2.00	5
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	124	124	60-64	24	43	1105.2	4.32	1012	596	531	129	452	1147	.241	1.32	2634

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