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	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	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jared Triolo	Knee	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
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	32	125	11	36	15	2	17	24	.288	.368	.424	.792	9	1	10	2	99
M. Garcia 3B	30	117	18	32	11	3	13	23	.274	.344	.436	.780	8	1	3	2	83
C. Jensen C	30	94	13	23	16	6	11	30	.245	.327	.457	.784	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	30	108	13	19	16	4	16	26	.176	.279	.352	.631	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	26	76	11	21	8	3	4	20	.276	.337	.434	.771	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	31	124	12	26	13	5	4	26	.210	.244	.371	.615	5	0	0	0	56
I. Collins LF	27	83	12	18	9	2	12	29	.217	.330	.313	.643	2	0	1	2	44
J. Caglianone 1B	28	91	12	23	5	3	9	33	.253	.333	.429	.762	5	1	0	1	43
L. Thomas RF	26	61	6	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
M. Massey 2B	21	54	5	12	7	1	3	13	.222	.254	.370	.624	5	0	0	0	27
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	32	1061	133	256	126	33	117	265	.241	.322	.393	.715	52	5	23	10	675

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
S. Lugo SP	6	6	1-1	0	0	37.2	2.63	33	12	11	1	11	31	.241	1.17	87
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
L. Erceg RP	14	0	2-1	8	10	13.1	4.05	10	7	6	0	10	11	.222	1.50	74
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	38
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	32
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	31
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
M. Strahm RP	12	0	0-0	0	1	11.2	3.86	10	5	5	2	6	14	.222	1.37	17
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	8
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
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	3	1	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	16	7	7	1	4	8	.471	2.86	-7
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	32	32	13-19	10	17	282.1	4.59	260	154	144	40	142	277	.246	1.42	512

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz SS	31	130	23	33	26	9	11	51	.254	.317	.508	.825	6	0	10	2	119
R. O'Hearn 1B	31	113	17	35	21	5	15	23	.310	.394	.478	.872	4	0	1	0	95
B. Lowe 2B	28	111	16	27	20	8	14	29	.243	.333	.532	.865	8	0	0	0	94
B. Reynolds LF	33	118	23	30	21	4	26	39	.254	.395	.424	.819	4	2	1	0	93
N. Gonzales 2B	30	108	14	36	15	0	7	21	.333	.385	.380	.765	5	0	2	1	66
S. Horwitz 1B	30	87	11	21	10	3	17	15	.241	.364	.368	.732	2	0	0	0	61
K. Griffin SS	27	95	11	22	14	2	7	30	.232	.295	.337	.632	2	1	7	0	61
J. Mangum CF	27	70	12	19	3	0	6	17	.271	.329	.300	.629	2	0	5	0	43
N. Yorke 2B	23	68	6	15	6	1	7	15	.221	.308	.309	.617	3	0	0	0	34
M. Ozuna DH	27	103	7	17	10	3	8	30	.165	.232	.272	.504	2	0	0	0	31
H. Davis RF	26	68	10	12	6	2	7	15	.176	.273	.309	.582	3	0	1	0	25
J. Bart C	16	41	5	8	3	1	2	17	.195	.244	.293	.537	1	0	0	0	14
B. Cook OF	20	11	5	3	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.273	.546	0	0	2	1	9
J. Triolo 3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	2	5	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	9
Total	33	1146	162	283	156	38	129	311	.247	.331	.389	.720	43	3	29	4	754

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes P	7	7	4-2	0	0	34.0	3.18	22	13	12	4	7	39	.182	0.85	105
M. Keller SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	41.0	2.85	31	13	13	1	12	31	.208	1.05	83
B. Ashcraft P	6	6	1-2	0	0	34.0	3.71	27	17	14	3	12	39	.221	1.15	73
G. Soto RP	15	0	2-0	1	2	14.2	1.84	6	3	3	1	6	20	.122	0.82	59
Y. Ramirez RP	14	0	2-1	1	2	19.2	1.83	13	6	4	1	10	22	.186	1.17	58
D. Santana RP	15	0	2-2	2	4	14.2	3.07	9	6	5	2	8	10	.173	1.16	44
C. Mlodzinski RP	6	5	1-2	0	0	28.1	4.13	30	14	13	0	11	30	.270	1.45	42
M. Montgomery SP	14	2	1-0	0	0	13.1	3.38	11	5	5	1	7	22	.216	1.35	35
B. Chandler P	6	6	1-3	0	0	29.0	4.97	23	17	16	5	20	27	.213	1.48	35
I. Mattson RP	17	0	0-0	0	1	16.2	3.78	15	7	7	0	9	12	.242	1.44	25
E. Sisk P	9	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	2.38	10	3	3	0	4	16	.238	1.24	18
J. Lawrence RP	15	0	0-1	0	1	15.0	4.80	12	10	8	3	5	16	.211	1.13	18
W. Dotel SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	1.35	2	1	1	1	3	4	.091	0.75	16
C. Devenski RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	4	1	1	0	0	3	.400	2.00	2
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	4	4	4	0	2	4	.333	2.00	1
H. Barco P	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	33	33	17-16	5	12	301.1	3.73	248	142	125	26	127	309	.221	1.24	614

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