Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 17, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	09-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 5
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
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
Michael Massey	Head	08-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 27
Beck Way	Back	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 31
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

	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	114	445	72	128	48	16	54	89	.288	.365	.458	.823	26	1	35	7	398
J. Caglianone RF	121	434	59	120	60	22	29	122	.276	.328	.491	.819	23	2	6	2	315
C. Jensen C	123	429	58	94	58	17	51	141	.219	.301	.401	.702	25	1	1	1	271
S. Perez DH	123	472	46	105	59	17	20	100	.222	.268	.375	.643	19	1	1	0	266
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	119	373	41	86	38	6	51	96	.231	.330	.349	.679	20	3	6	5	225
V. Pasquantino 1B	87	322	40	79	38	8	42	60	.245	.332	.379	.711	15	2	5	0	224
N. Loftin 3B	94	287	36	68	40	6	36	53	.237	.330	.383	.713	20	2	2	1	204
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	74	220	25	53	23	6	12	53	.241	.287	.368	.655	8	1	6	0	129
T. Tolbert SS	62	107	27	31	8	3	11	23	.290	.358	.421	.779	5	0	19	3	115
J. Rave RF	29	69	14	16	8	3	7	17	.232	.303	.464	.767	5	1	4	0	60
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	10	28	2	5	5	1	1	11	.179	.207	.321	.528	1	0	0	0	11
Total	133	4449	565	1098	538	136	419	1043	.247	.316	.399	.715	235	18	106	29	2702

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	27	27	6-7	0	0	150.1	4.61	161	85	77	16	47	116	.279	1.38	266
D. Lynch IV RP	50	4	4-4	1	3	58.1	2.93	43	23	19	4	17	43	.200	1.03	130
S. Cruz RP	48	2	2-3	5	6	50.2	4.44	44	26	25	12	19	54	.233	1.24	123
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	115
A. Lange RP	49	0	2-7	10	13	50.2	5.86	49	35	33	6	26	53	.254	1.48	114
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
N. Pearson RP	14	0	1-1	2	3	13.2	0.66	7	1	1	0	6	12	.149	0.95	91
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
J. Schreiber RP	54	0	1-3	1	4	48.1	3.72	41	23	20	7	22	36	.236	1.30	78
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	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
M. Black RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	29.1	4.60	30	16	15	6	20	19	.265	1.70	30
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	12	0	0-0	0	0	13.0	2.08	14	3	3	0	8	14	.275	1.69	21
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.154	0.50	-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	133	133	59-74	33	56	1169.1	4.71	1150	654	612	163	492	971	.258	1.40	2270

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	130	468	88	151	91	36	91	97	.323	.438	.618	1.056	28	1	1	0	520
I. Paredes 3B	125	456	50	119	72	17	53	70	.261	.356	.428	.784	23	1	0	0	352
C. Walker 1B	127	468	62	108	72	23	43	124	.231	.307	.434	.741	24	1	0	0	327
C. Smith RF	129	420	56	91	48	17	36	117	.217	.284	.393	.677	15	4	10	2	270
J. Pena SS	82	325	63	93	43	15	21	75	.286	.339	.477	.816	15	1	8	1	265
J. Altuve 2B	106	409	58	101	40	14	36	93	.247	.310	.399	.709	16	2	4	3	257
D. Varsho CF	19	70	5	13	6	2	6	18	.186	.250	.300	.550	2	0	1	0	234
Y. Diaz C	71	249	28	65	32	10	10	42	.261	.290	.422	.712	10	0	0	2	153
C. Vazquez C	76	217	21	47	25	7	17	46	.217	.272	.346	.618	7	0	1	0	117
T. Trammell LF	74	189	26	40	20	7	20	68	.212	.300	.376	.676	6	2	3	3	110
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
N. Allen SS	73	120	21	31	13	2	8	27	.258	.303	.342	.645	4	0	2	0	74
J. Meyers CF	54	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	38	97	13	20	15	2	17	27	.206	.325	.320	.645	5	0	0	0	62
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
N. Velazquez LF	4	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	49
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	132	4443	605	1080	576	176	440	1081	.243	.318	.412	.730	194	15	40	19	3249

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	22	22	8-7	0	0	122.1	3.68	99	51	50	12	48	120	.218	1.20	266
J. Hader RP	34	0	4-1	19	19	33.1	0.81	13	3	3	1	11	44	.115	0.72	251
S. Okert RP	65	1	6-2	0	1	65.1	2.20	43	17	16	7	14	66	.188	0.87	184
A. Blubaugh RP	50	0	4-2	1	1	80.1	3.25	61	31	29	10	34	81	.212	1.18	180
H. Brown SP	14	14	3-3	0	0	74.1	3.51	56	31	29	10	43	76	.210	1.33	150
B. Abreu RP	52	0	5-3	7	8	49.2	4.17	36	25	23	7	36	63	.206	1.45	150
E. De Los Santos RP	57	0	2-3	5	7	60.0	4.50	58	34	30	7	13	54	.250	1.18	139
T. Imai SP	18	15	6-4	0	0	67.2	5.32	55	40	40	9	44	83	.220	1.46	138
K. Teng RP	26	10	5-6	0	0	70.0	4.24	63	37	33	10	30	71	.237	1.33	118
B. King RP	51	1	2-3	6	10	53.0	4.75	57	30	28	8	19	44	.271	1.43	112
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
H. Wesneski SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	27.2	4.23	24	13	13	2	10	22	.240	1.23	68
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	62
C. Javier SP	12	8	1-4	0	0	40.1	6.47	48	29	29	8	19	38	.294	1.66	32
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
B. Sousa RP	21	0	1-2	0	1	18.1	4.42	19	11	9	2	9	20	.268	1.53	25
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
R. Blanco SP	5	4	0-1	0	0	23.1	7.71	22	20	20	7	12	20	.253	1.46	20
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	2	1	9	.182	0.83	14
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
E. Pecko SP	2	2	0-0	0	0	8.0	7.88	8	7	7	2	7	5	.258	1.88	3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	132	132	66-66	40	49	1172.1	4.65	1057	647	606	175	545	1152	.240	1.37	2173

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