Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 16, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Yainer Diaz	Oblique	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Jake Meyers	Oblique	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 25
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	05-17-2026Expected to be out until at least May 18

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	44	173	22	53	22	7	22	33	.306	.381	.503	.884	11	1	13	2	160
M. Garcia 3B	42	164	23	45	18	3	19	28	.274	.346	.415	.761	12	1	4	3	119
V. Pasquantino 1B	42	157	16	32	21	5	18	35	.204	.283	.350	.633	4	2	1	0	95
C. Jensen C	40	124	18	29	18	6	17	45	.234	.326	.411	.737	4	0	0	0	82
S. Perez C	42	165	15	33	18	6	6	39	.200	.239	.339	.578	5	0	0	0	78
I. Collins LF	38	118	16	27	13	3	17	38	.229	.343	.347	.690	5	0	2	3	73
K. Isbel CF	36	105	14	28	10	3	6	27	.267	.325	.410	.735	4	1	5	0	72
J. Caglianone 1B	40	128	17	30	8	4	11	42	.234	.305	.398	.703	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	35	77	8	16	8	1	17	19	.208	.351	.260	.611	1	0	3	2	48
N. Loftin 1B	19	48	9	12	13	0	8	5	.250	.367	.375	.742	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	17	42	2	13	2	0	3	13	.310	.362	.381	.743	3	0	0	1	16
E. Diaz C	8	19	2	4	3	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	44	1449	181	348	174	44	156	360	.240	.319	.389	.708	72	6	30	13	957

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
L. Erceg RP	18	0	3-1	10	12	17.1	3.63	13	8	7	0	12	15	.220	1.44	113
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Lugo SP	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
A. Lange RP	18	0	0-2	0	0	20.2	5.23	16	13	12	2	13	21	.219	1.40	19
J. Schreiber RP	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
S. Cruz RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	8	8	8	4	6	13	.242	1.75	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
L. Avila SP	8	1	0-2	0	0	15.1	5.28	19	9	9	1	9	16	.317	1.83	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	44	44	19-25	13	20	388.1	4.43	344	201	191	49	191	373	.238	1.38	771

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	45	165	29	53	30	14	28	31	.321	.429	.642	1.071	11	0	1	0	183
C. Walker 1B	45	163	26	44	29	10	17	34	.270	.344	.515	.859	10	0	0	0	141
J. Altuve 2B	41	159	26	39	11	3	19	34	.245	.328	.365	.693	10	0	1	2	98
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
I. Paredes 3B	40	145	16	37	17	3	15	29	.255	.345	.366	.711	7	0	0	0	91
C. Smith 3B	44	148	18	30	17	4	18	48	.203	.294	.324	.618	6	0	6	1	90
B. Matthews SS	36	102	12	20	13	4	8	37	.196	.252	.373	.625	4	1	2	0	56
C. Vazquez C	25	76	7	20	12	3	6	15	.263	.317	.434	.751	4	0	0	0	50
Y. Diaz C	26	101	7	24	14	2	3	16	.238	.255	.347	.602	5	0	0	1	50
D. Harris 1B	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
B. Shewmake SS	14	37	6	14	6	3	0	6	.378	.378	.649	1.027	1	0	0	0	33
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
Z. Cole OF	9	28	2	7	6	2	0	12	.250	.276	.500	.776	1	0	0	0	17
N. Allen SS	18	32	6	7	0	0	2	6	.219	.265	.250	.515	1	0	0	0	13
Z. Dezenzo SS	7	16	2	3	2	1	1	5	.188	.235	.500	.735	2	0	0	0	10
S. Whitcomb SS	13	16	1	2	4	1	1	9	.125	.176	.313	.489	0	0	0	0	6
D. Johnson CF	8	14	1	2	0	0	2	3	.143	.294	.143	.437	0	0	0	0	4
C. Salazar C	3	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	0	0	0	0	3
Total	45	1530	206	390	196	54	159	359	.255	.330	.418	.748	82	3	17	7	1077

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	5	5	4-1	0	0	28.2	1.88	21	8	6	1	17	30	.206	1.33	82
P. Lambert RP	5	5	2-3	0	0	29.1	2.76	21	9	9	1	12	29	.198	1.13	66
M. Burrows SP	9	9	2-5	0	0	50.1	5.72	60	32	32	10	17	46	.297	1.53	58
L. McCullers SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	39.1	6.86	38	32	30	7	22	43	.257	1.53	52
E. De Los Santos RP	16	0	0-1	3	3	17.1	4.15	15	8	8	1	4	16	.224	1.10	49
K. Teng SP	15	2	1-3	0	0	26.0	3.12	20	9	9	3	8	23	.211	1.08	43
B. King P	15	0	0-1	3	5	17.2	3.57	18	9	7	0	8	15	.261	1.47	40
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
A. Blubaugh P	17	0	2-2	0	0	26.0	5.19	22	15	15	4	17	22	.234	1.50	38
S. Okert RP	21	1	0-0	0	0	19.0	3.79	15	8	8	2	7	14	.221	1.16	34
C. Bolton RP	7	3	0-1	1	1	17.0	4.76	17	9	9	2	14	20	.262	1.82	22
B. Abreu RP	15	0	2-2	1	1	13.2	8.56	13	14	13	4	17	21	.255	2.20	18
J. Murray SP	6	0	0-0	0	0	10.0	5.40	12	6	6	0	5	5	.308	1.70	9
L. VanWey RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0.50	6
T. Imai SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	12.2	9.24	12	13	13	2	14	16	.250	2.05	6
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	3
R. Weiss SP	9	2	0-3	0	0	26.0	7.62	35	24	22	8	20	30	.315	2.12	1
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
C. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	14.21	11	10	10	2	5	6	.379	2.53	-4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	45	45	17-28	8	10	394.1	5.59	397	254	245	61	228	391	.263	1.58	546

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