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	Foot	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Maikel Garcia	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	04-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 29
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Brandon Lowe	Knee	04-21-2026Probable for Apr 22
Jared Triolo	Knee	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jared Jones	Elbow	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25
Spencer Horwitz	Neck	04-21-2026Probable for Apr 22

	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	24	90	4	26	10	0	13	20	.289	.371	.367	.738	7	0	8	1	65
M. Garcia 3B	24	95	14	26	10	2	11	19	.274	.346	.400	.746	6	0	2	2	65
C. Jensen C	22	66	9	17	12	5	7	22	.258	.333	.515	.848	2	0	0	0	52
K. Isbel CF	20	58	8	16	6	2	4	16	.276	.333	.431	.764	3	0	4	0	44
V. Pasquantino 1B	24	91	7	13	11	2	10	23	.143	.229	.242	.471	1	1	0	0	39
S. Perez C	23	89	6	16	6	3	4	20	.180	.221	.315	.536	3	0	0	0	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Caglianone 1B	21	71	7	18	2	1	6	25	.254	.329	.380	.709	4	1	0	1	30
L. Thomas RF	19	41	4	8	1	0	9	9	.195	.340	.220	.560	1	0	2	0	22
I. Collins LF	20	60	8	11	4	1	6	24	.183	.269	.250	.519	1	0	0	1	21
M. Massey 2B	13	29	2	6	4	1	1	8	.207	.226	.414	.640	3	0	0	0	15
N. Loftin 1B	5	11	3	4	3	0	3	1	.364	.500	.545	1.045	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	8	23	1	5	0	0	0	7	.217	.250	.304	.554	2	0	0	0	5
E. Diaz C	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	3
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	24	781	82	177	77	19	82	208	.227	.305	.352	.657	37	2	17	6	446

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	4	4	2-0	0	0	27.0	1.00	13	3	3	2	8	23	.146	0.78	93
S. Lugo SP	5	5	1-1	0	0	31.1	1.15	19	5	4	0	10	28	.181	0.93	89
K. Bubic SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	28.2	4.08	19	13	13	3	13	29	.190	1.12	73
L. Erceg RP	10	0	1-1	5	7	9.1	5.79	9	6	6	0	7	5	.281	1.71	45
N. Cameron P	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.0	5.40	23	14	12	5	6	17	.277	1.45	29
D. Lynch SP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	1.00	2	4	1	0	3	12	.067	0.56	26
E. Morgan RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	8.0	1.13	4	1	1	1	6	8	.138	1.25	19
N. Mears RP	9	0	1-1	0	2	8.2	3.12	6	3	3	0	4	6	.207	1.15	18
M. Strahm RP	9	0	0-0	0	1	8.2	5.19	8	5	5	2	4	10	.235	1.38	13
C. Ragans RP	5	5	0-4	0	0	21.0	6.00	17	15	14	6	18	22	.233	1.67	11
J. Schreiber RP	10	0	0-2	1	1	8.0	5.63	8	5	5	2	6	4	.276	1.75	3
M. Black P	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	2	.375	2.40	2
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
A. Lange RP	8	0	0-2	0	0	9.2	8.38	12	10	9	2	6	16	.300	1.86	-1
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
L. Avila SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	9.00	14	6	6	1	4	6	.483	3.00	-8
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	24	24	8-16	7	13	210.1	4.58	181	115	107	31	109	202	.234	1.38	394

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz SS	23	93	17	27	19	6	9	33	.290	.359	.538	.897	5	0	10	1	98
B. Lowe 2B	19	75	12	20	18	7	12	18	.267	.375	.600	.975	4	0	0	0	79
R. O'Hearn 1B	21	74	11	24	16	4	11	15	.324	.409	.527	.936	3	0	1	0	72
B. Reynolds LF	23	82	15	21	15	3	17	27	.256	.386	.402	.788	1	1	1	0	69
S. Horwitz 1B	20	55	8	14	5	2	11	13	.255	.382	.400	.782	2	0	0	0	40
N. Gonzales 2B	20	70	8	19	11	0	4	15	.271	.311	.314	.625	3	0	1	0	39
K. Griffin SS	17	58	7	12	8	0	4	18	.207	.277	.276	.553	2	1	4	0	36
J. Mangum CF	18	50	10	15	1	0	5	9	.300	.364	.340	.704	2	0	3	0	34
N. Yorke 2B	18	61	5	14	4	1	7	12	.230	.324	.328	.652	3	0	0	0	32
M. Ozuna DH	18	73	6	13	7	2	6	20	.178	.241	.288	.529	2	0	0	0	30
H. Davis RF	18	46	5	8	3	0	5	10	.174	.283	.239	.522	3	0	1	0	23
J. Bart C	12	32	4	5	3	1	2	14	.156	.222	.281	.503	1	0	0	0	12
B. Cook OF	14	8	4	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	0	0	2	1	9
J. Triolo 3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	2	5	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	9
Total	23	800	114	200	111	26	95	211	.250	.337	.393	.730	32	2	23	2	582

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Keller SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	29.0	2.79	23	9	9	1	9	19	.219	1.10	75
P. Skenes P	5	5	3-1	0	0	22.0	3.27	13	8	8	2	7	23	.169	0.91	69
B. Ashcraft P	4	4	1-1	0	0	22.2	2.38	17	9	6	0	7	27	.210	1.06	58
D. Santana RP	11	0	2-1	2	3	11.0	0.82	4	2	1	0	5	7	.111	0.82	48
C. Mlodzinski RP	5	4	1-1	0	0	24.2	3.28	25	9	9	0	10	26	.263	1.42	44
G. Soto RP	12	0	0-0	1	1	11.2	0.77	2	1	1	1	6	16	.054	0.69	40
Y. Ramirez RP	10	0	2-1	0	1	15.2	2.30	10	6	4	1	9	16	.182	1.21	40
B. Chandler P	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.0	3.15	13	8	7	2	13	17	.183	1.30	40
I. Mattson RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	13.2	1.32	12	2	2	0	6	10	.235	1.32	26
M. Montgomery SP	10	1	1-0	0	0	9.1	4.82	11	5	5	1	5	19	.282	1.71	23
J. Lawrence RP	11	0	0-1	0	1	11.0	6.55	11	10	8	3	5	15	.250	1.45	9
E. Sisk P	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	3.60	8	2	2	0	1	8	.364	1.80	7
W. Dotel SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	3.38	2	1	1	1	3	1	.200	1.88	2
J. Urquidy SP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
H. Barco P	4	0	0-1	0	1	7.0	6.43	8	7	5	3	7	5	.276	2.14	-2
C. Sanders RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	54.00	3	4	4	0	1	2	.600	6.00	-5
Total	23	23	13-10	4	8	212.1	3.31	177	93	78	16	96	217	.224	1.29	475

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