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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Back	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Spencer Arrighetti	Foot	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Brice Matthews	Knee	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1

	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	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	103	362	47	85	54	15	38	120	.235	.305	.425	.730	24	0	1	0	241
J. Caglianone RF	102	362	47	91	40	17	27	110	.251	.310	.450	.760	17	2	3	1	237
S. Perez DH	103	401	39	86	45	15	17	92	.214	.263	.369	.632	15	1	0	0	220
I. Collins LF	100	314	38	76	34	6	43	83	.242	.342	.369	.711	18	2	6	5	205
L. Thomas CF	96	283	31	65	37	10	39	78	.230	.325	.392	.717	16	0	7	3	193
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	91	275	36	72	36	8	16	50	.262	.298	.418	.716	19	0	2	0	183
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	73	219	30	55	35	5	24	35	.251	.333	.406	.739	17	1	1	0	170
T. Tolbert SS	46	72	21	24	6	3	6	13	.333	.380	.486	.866	2	0	14	3	92
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	51	129	13	33	9	1	8	36	.256	.315	.310	.625	4	0	2	2	59
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	24	59	6	14	6	1	2	9	.237	.262	.339	.601	3	0	1	0	31
J. Rave RF	11	24	4	7	1	1	3	7	.292	.370	.667	1.037	4	1	1	0	29
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	112	3769	466	927	443	115	348	898	.246	.314	.399	.713	203	15	87	23	2466

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	42	0	4-3	12	18	40.0	5.85	44	30	26	5	24	28	.288	1.70	127
D. Lynch IV RP	45	0	4-2	1	3	45.0	2.00	30	13	10	2	12	34	.183	0.93	123
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
L. Avila SP	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.95	67	37	37	6	39	59	.269	1.57	100
A. Lange RP	42	0	1-6	10	13	42.2	6.33	42	32	30	4	24	44	.258	1.55	99
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	92
S. Cruz RP	37	2	2-3	2	3	39.0	4.38	32	20	19	10	17	46	.222	1.26	84
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
N. Pearson RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.50	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	54
M. Strahm RP	40	0	3-4	0	4	34.2	7.27	38	28	28	11	14	29	.270	1.50	39
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
E. McGee RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	6
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	112	112	46-66	27	48	984.0	4.84	985	568	529	145	418	836	.262	1.43	1907

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	109	395	74	128	82	35	75	83	.324	.436	.641	1.077	20	0	1	0	456
I. Paredes 3B	104	381	44	98	60	15	43	65	.257	.352	.428	.780	18	1	0	0	295
C. Walker 1B	107	396	54	93	63	22	36	106	.235	.311	.457	.768	20	1	0	0	294
J. Pena SS	63	246	51	78	34	12	17	49	.317	.370	.508	.878	11	0	8	1	227
C. Smith RF	109	358	44	74	38	13	33	99	.207	.282	.366	.648	14	2	10	1	222
J. Altuve 2B	86	337	49	78	30	12	29	80	.231	.293	.386	.679	14	1	2	2	204
Y. Diaz C	52	199	24	52	26	8	7	32	.261	.287	.427	.714	9	0	0	1	125
C. Vazquez C	67	194	18	42	23	5	15	40	.216	.271	.330	.601	7	0	1	0	102
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
T. Trammell LF	55	139	20	33	14	5	13	50	.237	.316	.403	.719	6	1	3	1	88
J. Meyers CF	52	136	14	28	11	3	10	30	.206	.264	.316	.580	6	0	1	2	64
N. Allen SS	59	98	16	26	11	1	6	23	.265	.308	.337	.645	4	0	2	0	59
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
L. Wade Jr. LF	22	63	10	11	12	2	14	18	.175	.325	.317	.642	3	0	0	0	49
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Dezenzo LF	33	72	11	16	3	1	7	28	.222	.291	.319	.610	4	0	1	0	31
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	17	33	3	9	4	1	2	5	.273	.314	.394	.708	1	0	0	0	19
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
L. Spence CF	12	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	112	3776	521	921	495	154	375	921	.244	.319	.416	.735	167	10	37	14	2569

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	18	18	8-5	0	0	103.0	3.06	79	35	35	11	39	100	.207	1.15	253
J. Hader RP	24	0	3-1	14	14	22.0	1.23	10	3	3	1	10	33	.132	0.91	184
S. Arrighetti SP	17	17	7-5	0	0	88.0	4.60	68	47	45	12	50	87	.215	1.34	172
S. Okert RP	53	1	4-1	0	0	53.1	2.19	33	14	13	5	12	54	.178	0.84	160
A. Blubaugh RP	41	0	4-2	0	0	68.1	3.69	53	30	28	9	32	70	.215	1.24	143
H. Brown SP	10	10	3-1	0	0	52.2	3.42	38	22	20	6	30	55	.202	1.29	121
E. De Los Santos RP	48	0	1-3	5	7	50.2	4.26	48	27	24	6	12	49	.247	1.18	120
T. Imai SP	15	15	6-4	0	0	58.2	5.83	50	38	38	9	40	72	.229	1.53	117
K. Teng RP	25	10	5-6	0	0	68.1	4.35	62	37	33	10	30	67	.238	1.35	113
B. King RP	44	0	2-3	6	10	46.2	3.66	47	21	19	6	16	36	.263	1.35	112
B. Abreu RP	41	0	2-3	7	7	38.0	4.74	29	22	20	7	28	48	.215	1.50	109
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	64
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
C. Javier SP	8	4	1-1	0	0	21.1	7.17	24	17	17	3	15	21	.286	1.83	18
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
R. Blanco SP	2	2	0-1	0	0	10.0	8.10	6	9	9	4	6	12	.171	1.20	16
B. Sousa RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	3.38	6	4	3	0	5	7	.207	1.38	13
H. Wesneski SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	7	3	3	0	2	4	.333	1.59	13
M. Ullola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	4	3	3	2	1	7	.211	1.00	10
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	112	112	57-55	35	41	992.1	4.66	891	552	514	151	477	981	.240	1.38	1932

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