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	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	05-16-2026Probable for May 17
Jake Mangum	Hamstring	05-16-2026Expected to be out until at least May 17
Joey Bart	Foot	05-19-2026Expected to be out until at least May 20
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	46	181	22	56	23	7	23	35	.309	.383	.503	.886	12	1	13	3	164
M. Garcia 3B	44	174	25	46	18	3	19	28	.264	.333	.402	.735	13	1	4	3	123
V. Pasquantino 1B	44	164	18	33	22	5	20	36	.201	.286	.341	.627	4	2	1	0	101
C. Jensen C	42	131	18	31	19	6	18	45	.237	.329	.412	.741	5	0	0	0	87
I. Collins LF	40	123	16	28	15	3	20	38	.228	.349	.341	.690	5	0	2	3	79
S. Perez DH	44	174	16	34	18	6	6	41	.195	.232	.328	.560	5	0	0	0	79
K. Isbel CF	38	113	14	30	10	3	7	29	.265	.325	.407	.732	5	1	5	0	75
J. Caglianone RF	42	134	18	33	9	5	12	43	.246	.318	.425	.743	7	1	0	1	75
M. Massey 2B	31	85	10	18	12	3	3	18	.212	.233	.400	.633	7	0	1	0	52
L. Thomas CF	36	78	8	16	8	1	18	20	.205	.354	.256	.610	1	0	3	2	49
N. Loftin 1B	19	48	9	12	13	0	8	5	.250	.367	.375	.742	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	18	43	2	13	2	0	3	13	.302	.354	.372	.726	3	0	0	1	16
E. Diaz C	9	19	2	4	3	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	46	1520	187	363	180	45	166	369	.239	.318	.386	.704	76	6	30	14	996

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	57.1	2.83	39	18	18	7	18	47	.193	0.99	156
L. Erceg RP	19	0	3-1	10	13	18.1	3.44	15	9	7	0	12	17	.234	1.47	115
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Lugo SP	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	18	0	1-0	1	2	18.1	1.96	9	7	4	1	6	25	.138	0.82	60
N. Cameron P	8	8	2-3	0	0	41.2	5.40	49	28	25	5	14	36	.287	1.51	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Mears RP	18	0	2-2	0	2	15.2	2.87	13	5	5	1	8	12	.236	1.34	31
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
A. Lange RP	18	0	0-2	0	0	20.2	5.23	16	13	12	2	13	21	.219	1.40	19
J. Schreiber RP	19	0	0-2	1	1	17.1	3.63	16	7	7	3	10	7	.258	1.50	18
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
L. Avila SP	8	1	0-2	0	0	15.1	5.28	19	9	9	1	9	16	.317	1.83	7
S. Cruz RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	8.31	9	9	8	4	7	13	.257	1.85	3
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	10.13	11	6	6	1	3	4	.423	2.63	-2
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	46	46	19-27	13	21	407.0	4.38	364	210	198	51	197	388	.240	1.38	796

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz CF	44	185	35	48	32	10	16	70	.259	.325	.470	.795	9	0	16	3	166
B. Lowe 2B	40	154	26	38	31	12	23	41	.247	.346	.552	.898	9	1	0	0	145
B. Reynolds LF	46	162	29	42	26	4	34	45	.259	.392	.395	.787	6	2	3	0	138
R. O'Hearn RF	44	159	27	46	29	7	19	34	.289	.368	.459	.827	6	0	1	0	135
K. Griffin SS	40	146	19	38	20	3	11	45	.260	.317	.397	.714	7	2	10	0	107
S. Horwitz 1B	41	124	15	34	19	3	23	20	.274	.387	.419	.806	7	1	1	0	102
N. Gonzales 3B	41	147	18	47	19	0	12	27	.320	.383	.367	.750	7	0	3	2	96
M. Ozuna DH	39	148	14	27	16	5	16	46	.182	.271	.311	.582	4	0	0	0	71
J. Mangum CF	30	73	13	19	3	0	7	18	.260	.333	.288	.621	2	0	5	0	46
H. Davis C	33	89	10	13	8	2	11	18	.146	.255	.247	.502	3	0	1	0	46
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
J. Bart C	21	58	9	15	6	2	2	21	.259	.290	.379	.669	1	0	0	0	29
J. Triolo 3B	17	47	2	11	3	0	3	10	.234	.294	.277	.571	2	0	1	0	19
B. Cook RF	31	21	5	4	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.190	.380	0	0	3	1	10
E. Rodriguez C	2	7	1	2	2	0	2	2	.286	.444	.429	.873	1	0	0	0	7
Total	46	1596	229	399	220	49	186	422	.250	.335	.392	.727	67	6	44	6	1150

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes P	9	9	6-2	0	0	50.0	1.98	25	13	11	4	7	56	.145	0.64	179
M. Keller SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.2	3.59	42	21	21	3	15	38	.218	1.08	134
B. Ashcraft P	9	9	2-2	0	0	55.1	3.09	44	22	19	5	14	56	.222	1.05	133
G. Soto RP	22	0	3-0	4	6	22.1	2.42	10	7	6	1	9	26	.132	0.85	103
C. Mlodzinski RP	9	7	3-3	0	0	45.0	4.40	49	23	22	2	16	43	.278	1.44	76
Y. Ramirez RP	19	0	2-1	1	3	26.0	3.81	20	14	11	1	15	30	.211	1.35	58
M. Montgomery SP	18	3	1-0	0	0	18.0	3.00	14	6	6	2	8	26	.206	1.22	46
E. Sisk P	15	0	0-0	0	0	19.0	1.42	14	3	3	0	5	24	.209	1.00	44
B. Chandler P	9	9	1-5	0	0	42.0	5.14	33	26	24	7	31	36	.213	1.52	40
D. Santana RP	20	0	2-3	2	4	18.1	4.42	18	11	9	2	9	10	.254	1.47	36
I. Mattson RP	20	0	0-0	0	2	18.2	4.34	18	9	9	0	10	15	.254	1.50	26
W. Dotel SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	1.35	2	1	1	1	3	4	.091	0.75	16
J. Lawrence RP	19	0	0-2	0	1	17.1	6.23	20	18	12	3	8	18	.274	1.62	8
B. Bidois RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	3.00	3	1	1	1	1	2	.300	1.33	5
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
J. Urquidy SP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
C. Sanders RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	10.80	6	6	6	0	5	7	.300	2.20	0
H. Barco P	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	46	46	24-22	8	18	419.2	3.84	352	205	179	37	167	408	.225	1.24	905

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