Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 17, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Enyel De Los Santos	Knee	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 10
Nate Pearson	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	04-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 17
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
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

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

Daikin ParkHouston, TX

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	9	33	5	11	7	1	6	5	.333	.425	.485	.910	2	0	1	1	32
K. Isbel CF	7	23	5	11	5	2	0	5	.478	.478	.783	1.261	1	0	3	0	31
S. Perez C	9	34	4	7	2	2	3	4	.206	.270	.441	.711	2	0	0	0	22
B. Witt SS	9	33	1	8	3	0	5	8	.242	.333	.242	.575	0	0	4	0	21
J. India 2B	7	24	6	5	5	1	3	5	.208	.321	.333	.654	0	0	0	0	20
I. Collins LF	9	24	5	6	3	1	4	7	.250	.379	.417	.796	1	0	0	1	18
V. Pasquantino 1B	9	34	2	7	5	0	4	8	.206	.300	.235	.535	1	0	0	0	16
J. Caglianone 1B	9	28	3	8	0	0	3	9	.286	.375	.357	.732	2	0	0	1	11
C. Jensen C	8	20	2	4	4	1	2	9	.200	.261	.400	.661	1	0	0	0	11
N. Loftin 1B	4	9	3	2	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	0	0	0	7
L. Thomas RF	7	17	1	2	1	0	3	5	.118	.250	.176	.426	1	0	0	0	5
S. Marte RF	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	1	0	0	0	1
T. Tolbert SS	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	0
Total	9	291	38	73	35	8	35	72	.251	.335	.378	.713	13	0	9	4	195

HITTING	G
M. Garcia 3B	9
K. Isbel CF	7
S. Perez C	9
B. Witt SS	9
J. India 2B	7
I. Collins LF	9
V. Pasquantino 1B	9
J. Caglianone 1B	9
C. Jensen C	8
N. Loftin 1B	4
L. Thomas RF	7
S. Marte RF	3
T. Tolbert SS	4
Total	9

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Lugo SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	11.1	1.59	9	2	2	0	2	10	.209	0.97	36
K. Bubic SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	11.0	4.09	6	5	5	2	6	12	.158	1.09	27
M. Wacha SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	7	.158	0.67	20
N. Cameron P	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	4	1	1	0	1	5	.211	1.00	18
N. Mears RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	3	.167	0.75	17
L. Erceg RP	4	0	0-0	2	2	3.2	4.91	5	2	2	0	2	2	.385	1.91	17
E. Morgan RP	1	0	0-0	1	1	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	5	.091	0.67	16
J. Schreiber RP	4	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	4.50	3	2	2	1	4	2	.231	1.75	11
C. Ragans RP	2	2	0-2	0	0	10.0	3.60	10	5	4	3	5	13	.278	1.50	10
D. Lynch SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	2.25	2	3	1	0	3	6	.133	1.25	9
M. Strahm RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	3	2	2	0	1	4	.214	1.09	6
S. Cruz RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	7.36	3	3	3	3	2	4	.214	1.36	5
A. Lange RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	5.40	2	2	2	0	4	6	.167	1.80	4
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
L. Avila SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.0	15.00	8	5	5	1	3	4	.533	3.67	-10
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	9	9	4-5	4	5	79.1	4.54	73	43	40	12	40	87	.246	1.42	167

PITCHING	GP
S. Lugo SP	2
K. Bubic SP	2
M. Wacha SP	1
N. Cameron P	1
N. Mears RP	4
L. Erceg RP	4
E. Morgan RP	1
J. Schreiber RP	4
C. Ragans RP	2
D. Lynch SP	3
M. Strahm RP	4
S. Cruz RP	4
A. Lange RP	3
B. Falter SP	2
L. Avila SP	1
C. Estevez RP	1
Total	9

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	10	30	10	12	10	4	12	6	.400	.578	.900	1.478	3	0	1	0	60
J. Altuve 2B	10	32	10	11	5	2	12	7	.344	.523	.594	1.117	2	0	1	1	43
C. Walker 1B	10	37	7	12	11	2	5	7	.324	.405	.649	1.054	6	0	0	0	43
C. Smith 3B	10	33	7	9	5	2	6	10	.273	.400	.485	.885	1	0	3	0	36
C. Correa SS	10	38	8	10	8	1	5	6	.263	.349	.368	.717	1	0	1	0	34
J. Meyers CF	9	30	5	7	4	1	4	7	.233	.333	.367	.700	1	0	1	1	22
J. Loperfido OF	9	25	5	8	3	0	4	7	.320	.414	.440	.854	3	0	1	0	21
I. Paredes 3B	6	22	4	5	5	0	2	6	.227	.346	.409	.755	4	0	0	0	19
Y. Diaz C	8	33	3	8	6	0	3	6	.242	.297	.273	.570	1	0	0	0	18
C. Vazquez C	5	16	2	5	5	1	1	3	.313	.353	.625	.978	2	0	0	0	16
J. Pena SS	5	22	3	6	0	0	2	4	.273	.333	.409	.742	3	0	1	0	14
N. Allen SS	8	10	5	3	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	0	0	0	0	8
B. Matthews SS	8	17	1	2	2	1	2	10	.118	.211	.353	.564	1	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	347	70	98	64	14	61	84	.282	.396	.484	.880	28	0	9	2	340

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	10
J. Altuve 2B	10
C. Walker 1B	10
C. Smith 3B	10
C. Correa SS	10
J. Meyers CF	9
J. Loperfido OF	9
I. Paredes 3B	6
Y. Diaz C	8
C. Vazquez C	5
J. Pena SS	5
N. Allen SS	8
B. Matthews SS	8
S. Whitcomb SS	2
Total	10

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
L. McCullers SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	11.0	3.27	9	4	4	0	4	13	.237	1.18	32
K. Teng SP	3	0	1-0	0	0	5.2	1.59	4	1	1	1	1	6	.190	0.88	21
T. Imai SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	8.1	4.32	6	4	4	0	7	13	.200	1.56	21
B. King P	5	0	0-0	1	1	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	0	2	8	.200	1.13	19
R. Weiss SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	1	1	1	2	7	.227	1.17	13
C. Bolton RP	1	0	0-0	1	1	3.0	3.00	3	1	1	1	1	5	.250	1.33	13
M. Burrows SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	10.2	5.91	14	7	7	2	5	12	.318	1.78	13
A. Blubaugh P	4	0	1-1	0	0	7.1	6.14	7	5	5	2	2	7	.250	1.23	13
S. Okert RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	1	2	2	0	2	4	.083	0.75	9
C. Roa SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	3	1	1	1	3	2	.333	3.00	0
B. Abreu RP	4	0	0-1	1	1	2.2	23.63	4	8	7	3	5	6	.364	3.38	-3
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	2	2	0-1	0	0	8.1	12.96	10	12	12	2	9	3	.323	2.28	-11
Total	10	10	6-4	3	3	89.0	5.46	82	55	54	16	55	109	.246	1.54	173

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	2
K. Teng SP	3
T. Imai SP	2
B. King P	5
R. Weiss SP	3
C. Bolton RP	1
M. Burrows SP	2
A. Blubaugh P	4
S. Okert RP	4
C. Roa SP	3
B. Abreu RP	4
R. Munoz RP	3
C. Javier SP	2
Total	10

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