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
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Jake Mangum	Hamstring	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
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	44	173	22	53	22	7	22	33	.306	.381	.503	.884	11	1	13	2	160
M. Garcia 3B	42	164	23	45	18	3	19	28	.274	.346	.415	.761	12	1	4	3	119
V. Pasquantino 1B	42	157	16	32	21	5	18	35	.204	.283	.350	.633	4	2	1	0	95
C. Jensen C	40	124	18	29	18	6	17	45	.234	.326	.411	.737	4	0	0	0	82
S. Perez C	42	165	15	33	18	6	6	39	.200	.239	.339	.578	5	0	0	0	78
I. Collins LF	38	118	16	27	13	3	17	38	.229	.343	.347	.690	5	0	2	3	73
K. Isbel CF	36	105	14	28	10	3	6	27	.267	.325	.410	.735	4	1	5	0	72
J. Caglianone 1B	40	128	17	30	8	4	11	42	.234	.305	.398	.703	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	35	77	8	16	8	1	17	19	.208	.351	.260	.611	1	0	3	2	48
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	17	42	2	13	2	0	3	13	.310	.362	.381	.743	3	0	0	1	16
E. Diaz C	8	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	44	1449	181	348	174	44	156	360	.240	.319	.389	.708	72	6	30	13	957

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
L. Erceg RP	18	0	3-1	10	12	17.1	3.63	13	8	7	0	12	15	.220	1.44	113
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	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	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	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
S. Cruz RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	8	8	8	4	6	13	.242	1.75	8
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
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	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	44	44	19-25	13	20	388.1	4.43	344	201	191	49	191	373	.238	1.38	771

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz SS	42	177	34	46	30	10	15	65	.260	.325	.480	.805	9	0	15	2	161
B. Lowe 2B	38	146	24	36	28	10	23	37	.247	.351	.527	.878	9	1	0	0	134
R. O'Hearn 1B	42	154	26	46	29	7	18	33	.299	.375	.474	.849	6	0	1	0	133
B. Reynolds LF	44	153	28	38	26	4	34	45	.248	.389	.386	.775	5	2	2	0	130
K. Griffin SS	38	137	18	35	19	3	11	43	.255	.316	.394	.710	6	2	10	0	102
S. Horwitz 1B	40	120	14	32	19	3	23	19	.267	.384	.417	.801	7	1	0	0	97
N. Gonzales 2B	39	143	18	45	19	0	12	27	.315	.380	.364	.744	7	0	3	2	94
M. Ozuna DH	37	140	13	26	14	4	15	40	.186	.274	.300	.574	4	0	0	0	66
J. Mangum CF	30	73	13	19	3	0	7	18	.260	.333	.288	.621	2	0	5	0	46
H. Davis RF	32	86	10	13	8	2	11	18	.151	.263	.256	.519	3	0	1	0	46
N. Yorke 2B	26	73	6	15	6	1	7	16	.205	.289	.288	.577	3	0	0	0	34
J. Bart C	21	58	9	15	6	2	2	21	.259	.290	.379	.669	1	0	0	0	29
J. Triolo 3B	15	41	2	10	3	0	3	8	.244	.311	.293	.604	2	0	1	0	19
B. Cook RF	30	21	5	4	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.190	.380	0	0	2	1	8
E. Rodriguez C	1	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	1	0	0	0	6
Total	44	1525	220	382	212	46	182	398	.250	.337	.391	.728	65	6	40	5	1105

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	8	8	2-2	0	0	48.2	2.77	37	18	15	4	14	51	.214	1.05	123
G. Soto RP	21	0	3-0	4	5	21.1	1.69	8	4	4	1	7	26	.113	0.70	106
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	18	0	2-1	1	3	25.0	3.96	18	14	11	1	15	27	.200	1.32	55
D. Santana RP	19	0	2-2	2	4	18.1	3.44	14	8	7	2	9	10	.209	1.25	47
B. Chandler P	8	8	1-4	0	0	39.0	4.62	30	21	20	6	27	34	.210	1.46	46
M. Montgomery SP	17	3	1-0	0	0	16.2	2.70	13	5	5	1	8	26	.206	1.26	44
E. Sisk P	14	0	0-0	0	0	17.1	1.56	13	3	3	0	4	21	.213	0.98	39
I. Mattson RP	19	0	0-0	0	2	17.1	4.67	18	9	9	0	9	13	.269	1.56	22
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	18	0	0-2	0	1	16.1	6.06	19	17	11	3	7	17	.275	1.59	7
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
B. Bidois RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	.667	2.00	0
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	44	44	24-20	8	17	400.2	3.71	330	188	165	34	157	390	.222	1.22	895

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