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	04-05-2026Expected 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
Carter Jensen	Undisclosed	04-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 3

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
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
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
Y. Alvarez DH	7	24	8	10	6	3	6	4	.417	.563	.917	1.480	3	0	1	0	44
J. Altuve 2B	7	23	8	8	3	2	8	5	.348	.516	.652	1.168	1	0	1	1	32
C. Correa SS	7	27	5	8	7	1	3	3	.296	.367	.444	.811	1	0	0	0	25
C. Walker 1B	7	25	3	8	7	0	3	5	.320	.393	.520	.913	5	0	0	0	23
C. Smith 3B	7	23	5	5	1	1	5	7	.217	.379	.391	.770	1	0	2	0	21
I. Paredes 3B	6	22	4	5	5	0	2	6	.227	.346	.409	.755	4	0	0	0	19
J. Loperfido OF	6	16	2	5	1	0	1	3	.313	.353	.438	.791	2	0	1	0	11
C. Vazquez C	3	7	2	2	3	1	1	2	.286	.375	.714	1.089	0	0	0	0	10
J. Meyers CF	6	19	3	4	2	0	2	5	.211	.286	.263	.549	1	0	1	1	10
J. Pena SS	3	15	2	3	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	0	5
Y. Diaz C	5	19	1	3	3	0	1	5	.158	.190	.158	.348	0	0	0	0	5
B. Matthews SS	5	13	1	2	1	1	0	9	.154	.154	.462	.616	1	0	0	0	3
N. Allen SS	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	235	45	63	39	9	32	58	.268	.366	.464	.830	19	0	7	2	208

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	7
J. Altuve 2B	7
C. Correa SS	7
C. Walker 1B	7
C. Smith 3B	7
I. Paredes 3B	6
J. Loperfido OF	6
C. Vazquez C	3
J. Meyers CF	6
J. Pena SS	3
Y. Diaz C	5
B. Matthews SS	5
N. Allen SS	5
Total	7

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	1	1	1-0	0	0	7.0	1.29	4	1	1	0	1	9	.174	0.71	29
A. Blubaugh P	3	0	1-1	0	0	5.1	1.69	2	1	1	1	0	6	.111	0.38	18
B. King P	4	0	0-0	1	1	3.2	2.45	3	1	1	0	1	7	.214	1.09	15
K. Teng SP	2	0	1-0	0	0	3.1	2.70	2	1	1	1	1	3	.167	0.90	14
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
S. Okert RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0.38	8
R. Weiss SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	3.00	2	1	1	1	2	5	.182	1.33	6
B. Abreu RP	3	0	0-0	1	1	2.1	19.29	2	5	5	2	4	6	.222	2.57	6
R. Munoz RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	6.75	3	2	2	1	4	4	.273	2.63	1
C. Roa SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	6.75	1	1	1	1	2	2	.200	2.25	1
C. Javier SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.2	11.57	4	6	6	2	4	1	.267	1.71	-1
T. Imai SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	2.2	13.50	3	4	4	0	4	4	.273	2.63	-1
Total	7	7	5-2	3	3	63.0	4.57	48	32	32	12	36	84	.210	1.33	160

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	1
A. Blubaugh P	3
B. King P	4
K. Teng SP	2
C. Bolton RP	1
M. Burrows SP	2
S. Okert RP	2
R. Weiss SP	2
B. Abreu RP	3
R. Munoz RP	2
C. Roa SP	2
C. Javier SP	1
T. Imai SP	1
Total	7

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