Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 16, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
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	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Christian Walker	Head	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Nick Allen	Back	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Jake Meyers	Oblique	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	33	130	11	37	15	2	17	25	.285	.362	.415	.777	9	1	10	2	102
M. Garcia 3B	31	121	18	33	13	3	13	24	.273	.338	.438	.776	9	1	3	2	89
V. Pasquantino 1B	31	112	13	20	16	4	16	28	.179	.278	.348	.626	3	2	0	0	71
C. Jensen C	31	98	13	23	16	6	11	33	.235	.315	.439	.754	2	0	0	0	67
S. Perez C	32	128	12	27	13	5	4	29	.211	.244	.367	.611	5	0	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	27	80	12	22	8	3	4	22	.275	.333	.438	.771	4	0	5	0	61
J. Caglianone 1B	29	95	12	25	6	3	9	34	.263	.340	.432	.772	5	1	0	1	52
I. Collins LF	28	87	12	19	9	2	12	30	.218	.327	.310	.637	2	0	1	2	47
L. Thomas RF	27	61	7	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	44
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
M. Massey 2B	22	58	6	12	7	1	3	16	.207	.238	.345	.583	5	0	1	0	30
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	12	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	33	1098	136	264	129	33	117	282	.240	.319	.389	.708	54	5	24	10	717

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	40	14	13	1	13	37	.250	1.21	100
L. Erceg RP	15	0	2-1	9	11	14.1	3.77	10	7	6	0	10	13	.208	1.40	95
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	39
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	32
M. Strahm RP	13	0	1-0	0	1	12.2	3.55	10	5	5	2	6	14	.208	1.26	30
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	13	0	0-2	1	1	11.2	4.63	11	6	6	2	7	5	.268	1.54	9
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
A. Lange RP	12	0	0-2	0	0	13.2	6.59	13	11	10	2	10	19	.245	1.68	6
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
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
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	33	33	14-19	11	18	292.1	4.49	267	156	146	40	144	286	.245	1.41	582

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	34	127	25	42	27	12	22	16	.331	.438	.685	1.123	9	0	1	0	158
C. Walker 1B	34	123	21	38	26	8	14	24	.309	.386	.577	.963	9	0	0	0	122
C. Correa SS	30	115	22	34	16	3	16	22	.296	.379	.443	.822	8	0	1	0	96
J. Altuve 2B	31	121	21	30	8	3	17	25	.248	.341	.388	.729	8	0	1	2	80
C. Smith 3B	33	113	17	24	15	4	14	37	.212	.305	.372	.677	6	0	4	0	79
I. Paredes 3B	29	106	15	28	15	3	11	18	.264	.355	.396	.751	5	0	0	0	78
Y. Diaz C	25	101	7	25	14	2	3	16	.248	.264	.356	.620	5	0	0	1	51
C. Vazquez C	16	50	6	16	11	2	5	8	.320	.382	.520	.902	4	0	0	0	44
B. Matthews SS	25	65	7	15	11	3	6	28	.231	.296	.431	.727	4	0	2	0	42
D. Harris 1B	8	24	4	4	4	0	2	5	.167	.250	.250	.500	0	1	1	0	35
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
N. Allen SS	14	20	5	5	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.300	.618	1	0	0	0	10
B. Shewmake SS	4	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.500	.700	0	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	9	12	1	1	3	1	1	7	.083	.154	.333	.487	0	0	0	0	5
D. Johnson CF	7	13	1	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.313	.154	.467	0	0	0	0	4
Total	34	1173	175	315	166	43	132	260	.269	.347	.442	.789	71	2	15	6	911

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	4	4	4-0	0	0	23.0	1.96	16	5	5	1	14	25	.195	1.30	76
L. McCullers SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.1	6.32	27	24	22	4	17	33	.237	1.40	52
K. Teng SP	13	1	1-2	0	0	21.0	2.57	14	6	6	3	7	20	.187	1.00	43
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
E. De Los Santos RP	12	0	0-1	3	3	13.0	5.54	14	8	8	1	4	11	.264	1.38	34
M. Burrows SP	7	7	1-4	0	0	37.2	5.97	49	25	25	8	13	36	.318	1.65	32
B. King P	12	0	0-1	2	3	13.2	3.29	13	7	5	0	5	13	.250	1.32	30
P. Lambert RP	3	3	1-2	0	0	15.1	3.52	12	6	6	0	7	19	.211	1.24	28
A. Blubaugh P	13	0	2-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	3	11	15	.239	1.47	27
S. Okert RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	4.50	11	7	7	2	6	9	.224	1.21	22
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	4	2	0-1	1	1	9.1	5.79	8	6	6	1	8	11	.242	1.71	12
R. Weiss SP	8	2	0-2	0	0	21.2	6.65	27	17	16	6	16	25	.300	1.98	8
J. Murray SP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	6.00	7	4	4	0	5	5	.318	2.00	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
B. Sousa RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	11.57	3	3	3	0	5	4	.333	3.43	-2
C. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	22.50	2	5	5	1	3	1	.250	2.50	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	11	0	0-2	1	1	9.1	12.54	11	14	13	4	15	16	.289	2.79	-6
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	34	34	13-21	7	8	295.1	5.91	299	200	194	47	183	304	.265	1.63	392

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