Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 18, 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	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6
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
Michael Massey	Calf	04-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 3

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jared Jones	Elbow	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pirates PIT-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

PNC ParkPittsburgh, PA

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. Isbel CF	4	14	4	8	4	2	0	2	.571	.571	1.000	1.571	0	0	3	0	27
M. Garcia 3B	5	16	2	5	3	0	4	2	.313	.429	.375	.804	1	0	1	0	16
B. Witt SS	5	18	1	5	2	0	1	2	.278	.300	.278	.578	0	0	2	0	12
J. India 2B	4	15	2	3	5	1	1	4	.200	.250	.400	.650	0	0	0	0	12
V. Pasquantino 1B	5	17	2	3	3	0	3	4	.176	.333	.235	.568	1	0	0	0	11
I. Collins LF	5	12	3	2	2	1	2	4	.167	.333	.500	.833	1	0	0	1	11
J. Caglianone 1B	5	14	3	5	0	0	1	4	.357	.438	.500	.938	2	0	0	0	10
S. Perez C	5	20	2	4	1	1	1	3	.200	.238	.400	.638	1	0	0	0	10
N. Loftin 1B	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	1	0	0	0	5
C. Jensen C	5	16	1	2	2	1	1	8	.125	.167	.313	.480	0	0	0	0	5
L. Thomas RF	4	9	0	1	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	0	0	0
S. Marte RF	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
T. Tolbert SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	160	22	39	22	6	16	39	.244	.319	.400	.719	7	0	6	1	119

HITTING	G
K. Isbel CF	4
M. Garcia 3B	5
B. Witt SS	5
J. India 2B	4
V. Pasquantino 1B	5
I. Collins LF	5
J. Caglianone 1B	5
S. Perez C	5
N. Loftin 1B	2
C. Jensen C	5
L. Thomas RF	4
S. Marte RF	1
T. Tolbert SS	2
Total	5

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Lugo SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.1	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	3	.208	0.79	25
K. Bubic SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	2	1	1	1	3	4	.105	0.83	24
M. Wacha SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	7	.158	0.67	20
L. Erceg RP	3	0	0-0	2	2	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	1	.250	1.13	19
N. Cameron P	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	4	1	1	0	1	5	.211	1.00	18
J. Schreiber RP	2	0	0-0	1	1	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	1	0	1	.250	1.00	10
N. Mears RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167	0.50	6
M. Strahm RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	0.60	4
S. Cruz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	2
D. Lynch SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	1	3	1	0	3	3	.125	2.00	2
A. Lange RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	1	2	2	0	3	2	.200	3.00	-2
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Ragans RP	1	1	0-1	0	0	4.0	9.00	6	4	4	3	4	5	.353	2.50	-4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	5	5	3-2	3	4	43.1	4.36	40	23	21	7	20	40	.244	1.38	105

PITCHING	GP
S. Lugo SP	1
K. Bubic SP	1
M. Wacha SP	1
L. Erceg RP	3
N. Cameron P	1
J. Schreiber RP	2
N. Mears RP	2
M. Strahm RP	2
S. Cruz RP	1
D. Lynch SP	2
A. Lange RP	2
B. Falter SP	2
C. Ragans RP	1
C. Estevez RP	1
Total	5

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
R. O'Hearn 1B	5	19	3	8	6	2	4	3	.421	.522	.737	1.259	0	0	0	0	25
B. Lowe 2B	5	18	3	6	4	3	4	3	.333	.455	.889	1.344	1	0	0	0	25
O. Cruz SS	6	23	7	7	6	3	1	10	.304	.333	.696	1.029	0	0	0	0	25
N. Gonzales 2B	6	27	4	9	5	0	1	6	.333	.357	.407	.764	2	0	1	0	20
B. Reynolds LF	6	27	5	6	4	2	1	10	.222	.250	.444	.694	0	0	0	0	17
H. Davis RF	6	14	1	2	2	0	2	4	.143	.294	.214	.508	1	0	0	0	7
N. Yorke 2B	4	10	0	2	1	0	4	2	.200	.400	.200	.600	0	0	0	0	6
J. Triolo 3B	5	20	1	3	0	0	2	4	.150	.261	.200	.461	1	0	0	0	6
J. Mangum CF	4	18	1	3	0	0	1	5	.167	.211	.222	.433	1	0	0	0	3
M. Ozuna DH	5	20	1	1	0	0	3	4	.050	.174	.050	.224	0	0	0	0	3
J. Bart C	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0	2
S. Horwitz 1B	5	15	1	2	1	0	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.321	0	0	0	0	2
Total	6	216	29	50	29	10	25	59	.231	.316	.398	.714	6	0	1	0	141

HITTING	G
R. O'Hearn 1B	5
B. Lowe 2B	5
O. Cruz SS	6
N. Gonzales 2B	6
B. Reynolds LF	6
H. Davis RF	6
N. Yorke 2B	4
J. Triolo 3B	5
J. Mangum CF	4
M. Ozuna DH	5
J. Bart C	2
S. Horwitz 1B	5
Total	6

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
Y. Ramirez RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	7	.071	0.64	21
M. Keller SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0.50	19
D. Santana RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	2	.091	0.75	17
G. Soto RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	8	.071	0.69	13
B. Chandler P	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	0	1	0	0	6	6	.000	1.38	10
C. Mlodzinski RP	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.1	4.15	6	2	2	0	0	8	.316	1.38	9
J. Urquidy SP	1	0	0-0	1	1	1.0	0.00	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333	2.00	8
J. Lawrence RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	2	2	2	2	2	6	.154	1.09	8
B. Ashcraft P	1	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	3.00	4	2	2	0	4	3	.200	1.33	7
I. Mattson RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	4	2	2	0	3	4	.250	1.75	5
P. Skenes P	2	2	1-1	0	0	5.2	9.53	7	6	6	0	4	6	.304	1.94	4
M. Montgomery SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	4	4	4	1	4	6	.308	2.67	0
H. Barco P	2	0	0-1	0	1	3.0	12.00	7	6	4	3	2	3	.438	3.00	-8
Total	6	6	3-3	1	2	54.0	3.67	41	26	22	6	32	62	.209	1.35	113

PITCHING	GP
Y. Ramirez RP	3
M. Keller SP	1
D. Santana RP	4
G. Soto RP	4
B. Chandler P	1
C. Mlodzinski RP	1
J. Urquidy SP	1
J. Lawrence RP	4
B. Ashcraft P	1
I. Mattson RP	4
P. Skenes P	2
M. Montgomery SP	3
H. Barco P	2
Total	6

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