Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 20, 2026 Gametracker

Expert Picks

Stats

Expert Picks

Matchup

Stats

Tweets

M. WachaR	9-8 W-L	176.2 IP	3.36 ERA	3.25 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
K. CurtisR	1-0 W-L	11.0 IP	1.64 ERA	1.17 SO/BB	0.82 WHIP

.M. Wacha

9-8, 176.2 IP, 3.36 ERA

.K. Curtis

1-0, 11.0 IP, 1.64 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
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
Nick Mears	Shoulder	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1
Beck Way	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028
Jac Caglianone	Elbow	09-07-2026Probable for Sep 8

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Kirby Yates	Shoulder	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1

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

PNC ParkPittsburgh, PA

KCRoyals

PITPirates

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	125	488	82	139	51	17	59	95	.285	.362	.455	.817	30	1	38	8	436
J. Caglianone RF	131	474	66	134	70	23	30	131	.283	.331	.494	.825	27	2	6	2	349
C. Jensen C	133	466	67	107	67	22	58	150	.230	.315	.440	.755	28	2	2	1	328
S. Perez DH	134	517	48	117	68	19	21	108	.226	.271	.383	.654	22	1	1	0	296
V. Pasquantino 1B	97	360	44	86	46	11	47	64	.239	.329	.386	.715	16	2	5	0	257
M. Massey 2B	114	354	46	99	45	11	20	62	.280	.314	.444	.758	23	1	3	0	243
I. Collins LF	129	403	42	90	40	6	56	104	.223	.325	.340	.665	23	3	6	5	236
N. Loftin 3B	104	324	40	78	42	7	38	62	.241	.328	.389	.717	23	2	3	1	226
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	84	251	28	57	24	6	14	62	.227	.274	.343	.617	9	1	6	0	136
T. Tolbert SS	70	115	31	35	8	3	12	25	.304	.372	.426	.798	5	0	21	3	127
J. Rave RF	36	94	18	21	9	4	10	23	.223	.298	.426	.724	5	1	4	0	73
J. Rojas 3B	38	96	10	23	13	2	4	16	.240	.277	.344	.621	4	0	1	0	55
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	15	35	2	5	5	1	3	12	.143	.211	.257	.468	1	0	0	0	13
M. Lugo LF	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Total	144	4828	617	1194	588	151	455	1120	.247	.316	.403	.719	259	19	114	30	2990

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	125
J. Caglianone RF	131
C. Jensen C	133
S. Perez DH	134
V. Pasquantino 1B	97
M. Massey 2B	114
I. Collins LF	129
N. Loftin 3B	104
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	84
T. Tolbert SS	70
J. Rave RF	36
J. Rojas 3B	38
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	15
M. Lugo LF	5
Total	144

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	28	28	9-8	0	0	176.2	3.36	151	70	66	24	44	143	.229	1.10	414
N. Cameron SP	27	26	9-8	0	0	154.1	4.08	139	75	70	16	49	138	.237	1.22	320
S. Lugo SP	29	29	6-8	0	0	159.0	5.04	178	97	89	18	51	119	.289	1.44	255
S. Cruz RP	50	2	2-3	6	7	52.2	4.27	46	26	25	12	19	57	.234	1.23	134
D. Lynch IV RP	52	6	4-5	1	3	66.2	3.51	53	30	26	5	20	46	.212	1.10	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	127
R. Dobnak SP	12	10	3-3	0	0	63.2	2.54	61	18	18	6	23	43	.253	1.32	124
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	53	0	2-7	10	13	54.2	5.93	55	38	36	8	27	55	.262	1.50	117
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
N. Pearson RP	17	0	1-1	2	3	17.0	0.53	9	1	1	0	6	15	.153	0.88	100
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
C. Kimbrel RP	9	0	1-1	1	1	9.0	0.00	3	1	0	0	3	6	.107	0.67	74
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	55
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Black RP	17	0	0-0	0	0	31.1	4.31	30	16	15	6	20	19	.252	1.60	36
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
A. Gose RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	5.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.75	19
J. Cuas RP	17	0	0-1	0	1	16.1	2.76	21	6	5	0	10	18	.318	1.90	17
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	13
N. Hoffman RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	3	3	3	0	1	3	.300	1.33	8
E. McGee RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	8.64	14	8	8	3	4	8	.378	2.16	7
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
C. Thomas RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	6	2	2	0	1	5	.222	0.95	3
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	144	144	64-80	34	58	1266.1	4.70	1249	705	661	177	515	1042	.258	1.39	2408

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	28
N. Cameron SP	27
S. Lugo SP	29
S. Cruz RP	50
D. Lynch IV RP	52
T. Tolbert SS	5
R. Dobnak SP	12
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	53
S. Kolek SP	10
N. Pearson RP	17
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	9
J. Rojas 3B	1
C. Ragans RP	8
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
A. Gose RP	5
J. Cuas RP	17
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	2
E. McGee RP	6
C. Duran RP	2
C. Thomas RP	7
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	144

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	144	533	96	142	67	16	82	146	.266	.373	.428	.801	34	2	9	0	428
B. Lowe 2B	134	524	84	134	83	29	54	171	.256	.324	.479	.803	28	1	2	0	392
N. Gonzales 3B	134	504	67	154	59	6	39	90	.306	.369	.393	.762	24	1	7	3	341
O. Cruz CF	81	310	54	82	58	17	41	123	.265	.356	.471	.827	11	1	27	5	289
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
J. Mangum CF	119	386	54	110	30	4	23	84	.285	.343	.370	.713	17	2	21	8	254
S. Horwitz 1B	101	346	40	84	41	10	49	64	.243	.345	.370	.715	12	1	1	0	235
E. Valdez RF	69	232	38	54	45	16	40	106	.233	.344	.504	.848	13	1	0	1	187
K. Griffin SS	62	235	36	62	25	5	16	70	.264	.319	.387	.706	10	2	20	1	176
J. Triolo SS	107	299	31	73	29	3	27	66	.244	.316	.314	.630	12	0	11	1	174
H. Davis C	89	237	30	40	35	9	24	58	.169	.266	.304	.570	5	0	3	1	145
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	40	101	9	21	13	4	2	18	.208	.236	.376	.612	5	0	2	1	116
R. Flores C	32	94	12	21	17	7	11	31	.223	.305	.489	.794	4	0	0	0	70
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
N. Yorke 3B	40	104	7	22	12	1	9	26	.212	.284	.279	.563	4	0	1	0	48
B. Cook CF	75	50	11	9	2	0	1	20	.180	.196	.240	.436	1	1	5	1	25
R. Simon RF	9	31	4	9	2	0	2	4	.290	.333	.323	.656	1	0	1	0	18
J. Garcia CF	20	48	2	8	2	0	1	16	.167	.200	.188	.388	1	0	0	0	7
J. Brannigan 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	144	4945	694	1245	661	165	513	1362	.252	.330	.401	.731	215	14	118	23	3360

HITTING	G
B. Reynolds LF	144
B. Lowe 2B	134
N. Gonzales 3B	134
O. Cruz CF	81
R. O'Hearn 1B	96
J. Mangum CF	119
S. Horwitz 1B	101
E. Valdez RF	69
K. Griffin SS	62
J. Triolo SS	107
H. Davis C	89
E. Rodriguez C	45
J. Gonzalez SS	40
R. Flores C	32
T. Callihan RF	40
N. Yorke 3B	40
B. Cook CF	75
R. Simon RF	9
J. Garcia CF	20
J. Brannigan 3B	2
Total	144

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	28	28	14-6	0	0	165.1	3.65	145	73	67	22	35	173	.235	1.09	435
P. Skenes SP	29	29	10-11	0	0	155.0	3.83	133	74	66	15	45	181	.231	1.15	349
G. Soto RP	61	0	6-4	14	19	60.1	3.13	41	25	21	5	24	69	.188	1.08	245
M. Montgomery RP	61	5	6-3	10	12	59.2	2.87	40	20	19	5	23	92	.183	1.06	239
B. Chandler SP	27	26	6-9	0	0	136.0	4.30	115	75	65	12	71	121	.226	1.37	220
C. Mlodzinski RP	32	12	7-6	2	3	113.0	3.90	119	57	49	9	37	89	.264	1.38	211
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
Y. Ramirez RP	58	1	6-4	2	4	76.1	3.18	55	32	27	4	43	90	.199	1.28	173
L. Bachar RP	9	4	0-1	0	0	19.0	2.84	9	6	6	4	11	19	.143	1.05	159
J. Jones SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	78.2	4.46	69	40	39	12	28	92	.230	1.23	147
L. Weaver RP	10	0	0-0	0	2	9.1	5.79	10	6	6	0	4	11	.270	1.50	137
C. Doval RP	16	0	0-1	0	0	15.2	2.87	11	6	5	1	12	18	.212	1.47	105
K. Yates RP	13	0	2-0	0	0	12.1	2.19	11	3	3	1	5	11	.239	1.30	85
E. Sisk RP	39	0	1-0	0	2	42.2	3.16	33	15	15	2	23	48	.220	1.31	79
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	70
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
B. Eisert RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	12	6	6	0	4	9	.343	1.85	58
I. Mattson RP	38	0	0-0	0	2	38.2	5.35	44	23	23	3	18	36	.282	1.60	48
W. Dotel RP	16	0	1-4	0	1	30.2	4.40	27	17	15	2	14	33	.237	1.34	39
K. Curtis RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	3	2	2	0	6	7	.091	0.82	32
A. Kelly RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	2	4	5	.250	1.44	10
N. Murdock RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.273	1.80	6
H. Barco RP	7	0	0-1	0	1	17.2	7.64	21	17	15	4	13	14	.296	1.92	4
Total	144	144	71-73	31	52	1286.1	4.18	1153	668	597	139	527	1322	.237	1.31	3094

PITCHING	GP
B. Ashcraft SP	28
P. Skenes SP	29
G. Soto RP	61
M. Montgomery RP	61
B. Chandler SP	27
C. Mlodzinski RP	32
M. Keller SP	22
Y. Ramirez RP	58
L. Bachar RP	9
J. Jones SP	17
L. Weaver RP	10
C. Doval RP	16
K. Yates RP	13
E. Sisk RP	39
R. Flores C	1
T. Callihan RF	4
B. Eisert RP	9
I. Mattson RP	38
W. Dotel RP	16
K. Curtis RP	3
A. Kelly RP	4
N. Murdock RP	3
H. Barco RP	7
Total	144

Around the Web Promoted by Taboola