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	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Maikel Garcia	Elbow	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
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	04-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 26

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-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	27	104	6	30	10	0	14	21	.288	.367	.375	.742	9	0	9	2	74
C. Jensen C	25	78	12	22	16	6	9	24	.282	.360	.538	.898	2	0	0	0	68
M. Garcia 3B	25	98	14	26	10	2	11	20	.265	.336	.388	.724	6	0	2	2	65
K. Isbel CF	23	66	10	19	8	3	4	18	.288	.347	.470	.817	3	0	5	0	56
V. Pasquantino 1B	26	97	10	15	13	3	14	23	.155	.261	.289	.550	2	1	0	0	54
S. Perez C	26	102	8	19	8	4	4	25	.186	.222	.333	.555	3	0	0	0	42
J. Caglianone 1B	23	78	10	20	2	1	8	26	.256	.341	.385	.726	5	1	0	1	38
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
I. Collins LF	22	65	11	14	6	1	9	26	.215	.329	.277	.606	1	0	0	2	31
L. Thomas RF	21	47	4	9	2	0	11	10	.191	.345	.213	.558	1	0	2	0	26
M. Massey 2B	16	42	4	11	6	1	1	11	.262	.273	.452	.725	5	0	0	0	24
N. Loftin 1B	8	21	5	6	7	0	4	2	.286	.400	.381	.781	2	0	0	0	23
E. Diaz C	3	7	1	3	2	0	1	1	.429	.500	.714	1.214	2	0	0	0	8
S. Marte RF	9	26	2	6	1	0	0	8	.231	.250	.308	.558	2	0	0	0	8
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	27	884	106	209	99	23	98	229	.236	.318	.369	.687	44	2	19	8	553

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	32.1	2.51	20	9	9	3	10	28	.179	0.93	92
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	11	0	1-1	6	8	10.1	5.23	9	6	6	0	8	7	.257	1.65	55
N. Cameron P	5	5	2-1	0	0	26.1	5.13	31	17	15	5	9	23	.287	1.52	47
C. Ragans RP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.0	5.00	22	16	15	7	18	33	.229	1.48	38
D. Lynch SP	10	0	0-0	0	0	10.1	0.87	2	4	1	0	3	13	.059	0.48	30
E. Morgan RP	6	0	0-1	1	1	9.2	2.79	7	3	3	2	6	9	.189	1.34	19
N. Mears RP	10	0	1-1	0	2	9.0	3.00	6	3	3	0	6	6	.200	1.33	17
M. Strahm RP	10	0	0-0	0	1	9.2	4.66	8	5	5	2	4	10	.216	1.24	16
M. Black P	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	6	0	0	0	2	5	.375	2.18	5
J. Schreiber RP	11	0	0-2	1	1	9.0	5.00	9	5	5	2	6	5	.273	1.67	5
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
A. Lange RP	9	0	0-2	0	0	10.2	7.59	12	10	9	2	6	17	.279	1.69	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
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	27	27	10-17	8	14	237.1	4.51	208	127	119	34	118	233	.237	1.37	462

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz SS	27	112	19	29	24	8	9	43	.259	.320	.518	.838	5	0	10	2	107
R. O'Hearn 1B	25	88	14	29	16	4	13	18	.330	.419	.511	.930	4	0	1	0	83
B. Lowe 2B	23	93	14	23	19	7	12	26	.247	.340	.527	.867	5	0	0	0	82
B. Reynolds LF	27	97	18	24	17	3	20	33	.247	.383	.381	.764	2	1	1	0	79
N. Gonzales 2B	24	86	11	26	13	0	4	16	.302	.341	.337	.678	3	0	2	0	54
S. Horwitz 1B	24	69	10	18	8	2	13	13	.261	.376	.377	.753	2	0	0	0	51
K. Griffin SS	21	74	8	17	12	1	4	24	.230	.284	.324	.608	2	1	6	0	50
J. Mangum CF	21	55	11	15	2	0	5	11	.273	.333	.309	.642	2	0	3	0	35
N. Yorke 2B	19	61	6	14	4	1	7	12	.230	.324	.328	.652	3	0	0	0	33
M. Ozuna DH	22	85	6	14	8	2	7	24	.165	.237	.259	.496	2	0	0	0	32
H. Davis RF	21	56	7	9	3	0	6	11	.161	.266	.214	.480	3	0	1	0	26
J. Bart C	14	35	4	6	3	1	2	15	.171	.231	.286	.517	1	0	0	0	12
B. Cook OF	16	8	5	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	0	0	2	1	10
J. Triolo 3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	2	5	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	9
Total	27	942	135	232	130	29	104	253	.246	.330	.380	.710	35	2	26	3	663

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes P	6	6	4-1	0	0	29.0	2.48	14	8	8	2	7	30	.141	0.72	103
M. Keller SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.0	3.18	28	12	12	1	11	25	.226	1.15	83
B. Ashcraft P	5	5	1-1	0	0	29.2	2.43	21	11	8	1	9	32	.202	1.01	77
G. Soto RP	14	0	2-0	1	2	13.2	1.98	5	3	3	1	6	20	.109	0.80	57
D. Santana RP	13	0	2-1	2	3	13.0	0.69	5	2	1	0	6	10	.116	0.85	54
Y. Ramirez RP	12	0	2-1	1	2	17.2	2.04	11	6	4	1	9	19	.177	1.13	53
C. Mlodzinski RP	5	4	1-1	0	0	24.2	3.28	25	9	9	0	10	26	.263	1.42	44
B. Chandler P	5	5	1-2	0	0	24.0	4.88	20	14	13	4	16	21	.222	1.50	32
I. Mattson RP	15	0	0-0	0	1	15.2	1.15	12	2	2	0	7	11	.214	1.21	31
M. Montgomery SP	12	1	1-0	0	0	11.1	3.97	11	5	5	1	6	21	.244	1.50	29
E. Sisk P	5	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	2.57	8	2	2	0	3	10	.296	1.57	12
J. Lawrence RP	12	0	0-1	0	1	12.0	6.00	12	10	8	3	5	15	.250	1.42	11
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	27	27	16-11	5	11	248.1	3.30	200	106	91	19	108	254	.218	1.24	582

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