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	04-27-2026Expected 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
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

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

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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
R. O'Hearn 1B	8	30	5	11	11	3	6	6	.367	.459	.700	1.159	1	0	0	0	40
O. Cruz SS	9	35	9	11	10	4	2	12	.314	.368	.657	1.025	0	0	0	1	38
B. Lowe 2B	8	30	4	8	4	3	6	6	.267	.389	.633	1.022	2	0	0	0	30
B. Reynolds LF	9	36	9	8	5	2	5	12	.222	.310	.417	.727	1	0	0	0	28
N. Gonzales 2B	7	29	4	9	5	0	3	6	.310	.375	.379	.754	2	0	1	0	22
H. Davis RF	9	21	2	4	3	0	2	4	.190	.292	.286	.578	2	0	0	0	12
N. Yorke 2B	6	14	1	4	2	0	4	3	.286	.450	.357	.807	1	0	0	0	11
J. Mangum CF	7	23	3	6	1	0	1	5	.261	.292	.304	.596	1	0	0	0	9
J. Triolo 3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	2	5	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	9
S. Horwitz 1B	8	23	2	4	2	0	4	7	.174	.286	.217	.503	1	0	0	0	9
K. Griffin SS	3	9	1	1	1	0	2	2	.111	.333	.222	.555	1	0	0	0	6
M. Ozuna DH	7	27	1	2	0	0	4	8	.074	.194	.074	.268	0	0	0	0	3
J. Bart C	3	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	1
Total	9	308	45	74	45	12	42	79	.240	.337	.399	.736	13	0	1	1	218

HITTING	G
R. O'Hearn 1B	8
O. Cruz SS	9
B. Lowe 2B	8
B. Reynolds LF	9
N. Gonzales 2B	7
H. Davis RF	9
N. Yorke 2B	6
J. Mangum CF	7
J. Triolo 3B	6
S. Horwitz 1B	8
K. Griffin SS	3
M. Ozuna DH	7
J. Bart C	3
Total	9

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Keller SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	9	2	2	0	4	7	.209	1.08	37
B. Ashcraft P	2	2	1-1	0	0	12.0	2.25	8	3	3	0	4	11	.195	1.00	34
D. Santana RP	6	0	2-0	0	0	6.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	4	.059	0.50	31
G. Soto RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	5.1	1.69	2	1	1	1	2	11	.111	0.75	22
Y. Ramirez RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	5.0	1.80	3	1	1	0	3	7	.176	1.20	18
C. Mlodzinski RP	2	2	0-0	0	0	9.0	4.00	11	4	4	0	3	13	.297	1.56	15
J. Urquidy SP	2	0	0-0	1	1	3.0	0.00	2	1	0	0	1	3	.222	1.00	14
B. Chandler P	1	1	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	0	1	0	0	6	6	.000	1.38	10
J. Lawrence RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	2	2	2	2	2	6	.154	1.09	8
I. Mattson RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	3.60	5	2	2	0	4	5	.263	1.80	6
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	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	9.64	7	5	5	1	4	10	.333	2.36	3
H. Barco P	3	0	0-1	0	1	5.1	6.75	7	6	4	3	5	4	.304	2.25	-4
Total	9	9	6-3	2	3	81.0	3.33	64	34	30	7	44	93	.218	1.33	198

PITCHING	GP
M. Keller SP	2
B. Ashcraft P	2
D. Santana RP	6
G. Soto RP	5
Y. Ramirez RP	4
C. Mlodzinski RP	2
J. Urquidy SP	2
B. Chandler P	1
J. Lawrence RP	4
I. Mattson RP	5
P. Skenes P	2
M. Montgomery SP	5
H. Barco P	3
Total	9

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