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

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D. Lynch IVL	5-5 W-L	71.2 IP	3.52 ERA	2.23 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
C. JavierR	2-5 W-L	55.2 IP	5.50 ERA	2.39 SO/BB	1.46 WHIP

.D. Lynch IV

5-5, 71.2 IP, 3.52 ERA

.C. Javier

2-5, 55.2 IP, 5.50 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	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
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	09-10-2026Probable for Sep 11

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Steven Okert	Hamstring	09-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 16
Michael Burrows	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brice Matthews	Knee	09-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 12

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Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Daikin ParkHouston, TX

KCRoyals

HOUAstros

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	128	500	84	141	54	18	60	96	.282	.360	.454	.814	30	1	39	8	450
J. Caglianone RF	131	474	66	134	70	23	30	131	.283	.331	.494	.825	27	2	6	2	349
C. Jensen C	136	476	70	109	69	23	62	153	.229	.318	.443	.761	29	2	2	1	341
S. Perez DH	137	530	48	121	71	19	22	110	.228	.273	.383	.656	23	1	1	0	304
V. Pasquantino 1B	100	371	44	89	47	11	49	66	.240	.329	.385	.714	17	2	5	0	263
M. Massey 2B	117	367	46	102	45	11	21	65	.278	.313	.439	.752	24	1	3	0	246
I. Collins LF	132	411	44	91	40	6	57	106	.221	.323	.336	.659	23	3	6	5	239
N. Loftin 3B	107	336	41	79	42	7	39	65	.235	.322	.381	.703	24	2	3	1	228
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	87	261	30	59	24	6	15	64	.226	.274	.337	.611	9	1	6	0	140
T. Tolbert SS	72	116	31	35	8	3	12	25	.302	.369	.422	.791	5	0	21	3	127
J. Rave RF	39	103	20	24	11	5	11	26	.233	.307	.456	.763	6	1	6	1	87
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	7	8	0	2	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	0	0	0	0	1
Total	147	4931	629	1216	599	154	469	1141	.247	.316	.402	.718	265	19	117	31	3058

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	128
J. Caglianone RF	131
C. Jensen C	136
S. Perez DH	137
V. Pasquantino 1B	100
M. Massey 2B	117
I. Collins LF	132
N. Loftin 3B	107
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	87
T. Tolbert SS	72
J. Rave RF	39
J. Rojas 3B	38
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	15
M. Lugo LF	7
Total	147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	29	29	9-8	0	0	182.2	3.25	154	70	66	24	48	147	.227	1.11	430
N. Cameron SP	28	27	9-8	0	0	160.1	3.93	142	75	70	16	51	145	.234	1.20	339
S. Lugo SP	29	29	6-8	0	0	159.0	5.04	178	97	89	18	51	119	.289	1.44	255
D. Lynch IV RP	53	7	5-5	1	3	71.2	3.52	57	32	28	6	22	49	.213	1.10	146
S. Cruz RP	52	2	2-3	6	7	54.2	4.12	49	27	25	12	20	58	.240	1.26	137
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	54	0	2-7	10	13	55.2	5.98	56	39	37	9	29	56	.262	1.53	117
N. Pearson RP	19	0	1-1	3	4	20.0	0.45	10	1	1	0	7	19	.147	0.85	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
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	11	0	1-2	1	1	11.0	3.27	10	6	4	0	4	8	.256	1.27	64
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
J. Cuas RP	19	0	0-1	0	1	18.0	2.50	23	6	5	0	11	19	.315	1.89	19
A. Gose RP	7	0	1-1	0	0	7.1	0.00	5	2	0	0	1	0	.208	0.82	18
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	6.23	4	3	3	0	1	3	.267	1.15	9
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	9	0	1-0	0	0	9.1	2.89	9	3	3	0	1	7	.257	1.07	3
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	147	147	65-82	35	59	1296.1	4.64	1277	717	669	179	529	1065	.258	1.39	2470

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	29
N. Cameron SP	28
S. Lugo SP	29
D. Lynch IV RP	53
S. Cruz RP	52
T. Tolbert SS	5
R. Dobnak SP	12
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	54
N. Pearson RP	19
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	11
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
J. Cuas RP	19
A. Gose RP	7
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	4
E. McGee RP	6
C. Duran RP	2
C. Thomas RP	9
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	147

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	145	522	95	162	96	38	100	113	.310	.427	.590	1.017	30	1	1	0	554
I. Paredes 3B	140	508	59	132	82	19	63	79	.260	.360	.425	.785	25	1	0	0	399
C. Walker 1B	142	521	66	119	80	25	46	133	.228	.302	.424	.726	25	1	0	0	356
C. Smith RF	143	461	62	101	54	20	39	129	.219	.285	.410	.695	16	6	10	2	303
J. Pena SS	97	387	70	105	47	17	23	96	.271	.324	.455	.779	18	1	9	1	293
J. Altuve 2B	120	463	65	114	44	15	39	103	.246	.307	.400	.707	22	2	4	3	289
D. Varsho CF	33	123	11	23	13	4	10	28	.187	.248	.333	.581	4	1	3	0	270
Y. Diaz C	83	287	33	77	35	11	10	49	.268	.296	.429	.725	13	0	0	2	176
T. Trammell CF	88	226	27	47	21	7	23	78	.208	.292	.363	.655	10	2	4	3	123
C. Vazquez C	83	233	22	49	25	7	18	49	.210	.266	.330	.596	7	0	1	0	119
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
J. Barrosa LF	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	86
N. Allen 2B	84	131	22	36	13	2	9	30	.275	.319	.359	.678	5	0	2	0	81
L. Wade Jr. LF	47	110	15	23	18	3	18	33	.209	.320	.336	.656	5	0	0	0	71
J. Meyers CF	57	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
N. Velazquez LF	11	20	1	2	5	1	1	10	.100	.136	.250	.386	0	0	0	0	56
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
Z. Dezenzo LF	35	75	11	16	3	1	7	31	.213	.280	.307	.587	4	0	1	0	30
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	19	37	4	9	4	1	3	7	.243	.300	.351	.651	1	0	0	0	20
L. Spence CF	14	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	147	4943	662	1191	631	193	481	1206	.241	.315	.410	.725	219	18	44	19	3635

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	145
I. Paredes 3B	140
C. Walker 1B	142
C. Smith RF	143
J. Pena SS	97
J. Altuve 2B	120
D. Varsho CF	33
Y. Diaz C	83
T. Trammell CF	88
C. Vazquez C	83
B. Matthews LF	82
C. Correa SS	32
J. Barrosa LF	1
N. Allen 2B	84
L. Wade Jr. LF	47
J. Meyers CF	57
J. Loperfido LF	39
N. Velazquez LF	11
B. Shewmake 3B	30
Z. Dezenzo LF	35
Z. Cole LF	19
R. Delgado 2B	19
L. Spence CF	14
C. Salazar C	9
C. Price C	7
Total	147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Hader RP	42	0	4-1	25	25	41.1	0.87	16	4	4	1	11	54	.114	0.65	318
P. Lambert SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	139.2	3.67	116	59	57	14	56	137	.223	1.23	289
H. Brown SP	17	17	5-3	0	0	92.0	3.52	74	39	36	11	46	100	.221	1.30	207
A. Blubaugh RP	57	0	5-2	1	2	89.0	3.34	71	35	33	12	36	90	.220	1.20	201
S. Okert RP	68	1	6-2	0	1	67.2	2.13	45	17	16	7	14	68	.190	0.87	190
B. Abreu RP	60	0	6-3	8	9	58.0	3.57	38	25	23	7	40	75	.189	1.34	188
E. De Los Santos RP	63	0	3-3	5	7	67.1	4.28	61	36	32	8	18	62	.238	1.17	162
T. Imai SP	20	15	6-4	0	0	72.2	5.20	58	42	42	9	50	91	.216	1.49	146
H. Wesneski SP	8	8	5-1	0	0	45.2	3.35	33	17	17	3	14	36	.204	1.03	131
K. Teng RP	30	10	5-7	0	0	73.2	4.76	69	43	39	10	33	73	.245	1.38	109
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
B. King RP	53	1	2-5	6	11	54.0	5.17	61	35	31	8	19	44	.281	1.48	98
C. Javier SP	15	10	2-5	0	0	55.2	5.50	58	34	34	9	23	55	.267	1.46	72
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	71
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
E. Pecko SP	4	4	1-0	0	0	17.1	5.19	16	11	10	4	10	11	.242	1.50	27
R. Blanco SP	6	5	0-1	0	0	27.1	6.59	25	20	20	7	15	23	.248	1.46	27
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
B. Sousa RP	28	1	1-3	0	1	24.1	5.55	27	17	15	3	15	26	.281	1.73	21
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
M. Ullola RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	3.86	5	3	3	2	1	10	.192	0.86	17
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	147	147	75-72	47	58	1305.1	4.52	1164	702	656	186	596	1291	.238	1.35	2535

PITCHING	GP
J. Hader RP	42
P. Lambert SP	25
H. Brown SP	17
A. Blubaugh RP	57
S. Okert RP	68
B. Abreu RP	60
E. De Los Santos RP	63
T. Imai SP	20
H. Wesneski SP	8
K. Teng RP	30
M. Burrows SP	18
B. King RP	53
C. Javier SP	15
L. Wade Jr. LF	1
J. Meyers CF	1
A. Santa RP	10
E. Pecko SP	4
R. Blanco SP	6
C. Bolton RP	8
L. VanWey RP	5
B. Sousa RP	28
J. Alexander SP	4
M. Ullola RP	5
C. Salazar C	1
R. Munoz RP	3
Total	147

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