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	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
James McArthur	Elbow	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Joey Bart	Foot	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Jared Jones	Elbow	05-27-2026Expected to be out until at least May 28

	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	50	197	23	59	23	7	23	38	.299	.369	.482	.851	13	1	15	3	172
M. Garcia 3B	48	192	26	49	18	3	19	30	.255	.319	.380	.699	13	1	4	3	126
V. Pasquantino 1B	47	175	18	34	22	5	21	41	.194	.279	.326	.605	4	2	1	0	100
S. Perez C	48	185	18	39	21	8	9	42	.211	.259	.368	.627	5	0	0	0	99
C. Jensen C	46	141	19	33	19	6	19	49	.234	.325	.404	.729	6	0	0	0	90
J. Caglianone RF	45	146	18	37	10	5	12	48	.253	.319	.432	.751	9	1	0	1	80
I. Collins LF	43	135	16	29	15	3	20	43	.215	.329	.319	.648	5	0	3	3	79
K. Isbel CF	41	123	14	33	10	3	7	32	.268	.323	.407	.730	6	1	5	0	78
M. Massey 2B	35	92	10	20	12	3	3	20	.217	.237	.402	.639	8	0	1	0	54
L. Thomas CF	39	86	8	18	9	1	19	23	.209	.352	.267	.619	2	0	3	3	51
N. Loftin 2B	22	54	9	12	13	0	8	8	.222	.343	.333	.676	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	21	51	3	15	2	0	4	16	.294	.351	.353	.704	3	0	0	1	19
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	50	1652	194	392	187	48	173	409	.237	.314	.382	.696	83	6	33	15	1050

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	63.1	2.70	45	20	19	7	20	55	.200	1.03	172
L. Erceg RP	20	0	3-1	11	14	19.1	3.26	15	9	7	0	13	17	.224	1.45	124
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Lugo SP	10	10	1-4	0	0	58.2	3.68	61	25	24	2	21	51	.275	1.40	100
D. Lynch SP	20	0	1-0	1	2	21.0	1.71	12	7	4	1	7	26	.158	0.90	65
N. Cameron P	8	8	2-3	0	0	41.2	5.40	49	28	25	5	14	36	.287	1.51	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
S. Kolek RP	3	3	2-0	0	0	17.0	4.24	13	8	8	3	4	12	.203	1.00	51
N. Mears RP	19	0	2-2	0	2	17.2	3.06	15	6	6	1	8	14	.242	1.30	35
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
J. Schreiber RP	21	0	0-2	1	1	19.1	3.26	18	7	7	3	10	11	.257	1.45	24
A. Lange RP	20	0	0-2	0	0	23.0	5.09	20	14	13	2	13	23	.244	1.43	22
L. Avila SP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	8	0	0-1	1	1	11.1	5.56	15	7	7	3	6	9	.313	1.85	12
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
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	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	50	50	20-30	14	23	443.0	4.29	404	224	211	54	209	419	.244	1.38	862

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz CF	47	197	35	51	33	10	18	75	.259	.327	.457	.784	9	0	16	3	169
B. Lowe 2B	43	168	27	42	31	12	23	44	.250	.342	.542	.884	11	1	0	0	151
B. Reynolds LF	49	175	30	44	30	4	34	47	.251	.380	.389	.769	8	2	3	0	147
R. O'Hearn RF	44	159	27	46	29	7	19	34	.289	.368	.459	.827	6	0	1	0	135
K. Griffin SS	43	158	23	44	20	3	11	47	.278	.333	.405	.738	7	2	10	1	116
S. Horwitz 1B	44	134	16	37	21	4	23	23	.276	.381	.433	.814	7	1	1	0	109
N. Gonzales 3B	44	160	21	51	21	0	13	28	.319	.379	.363	.742	7	0	3	2	106
M. Ozuna DH	40	151	14	27	16	5	18	48	.179	.275	.305	.580	4	0	0	0	72
J. Mangum LF	33	81	14	21	4	0	8	20	.259	.333	.284	.617	2	0	5	0	50
H. Davis C	35	95	10	13	8	2	11	20	.137	.241	.232	.473	3	0	1	0	45
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
J. Bart C	21	58	9	15	6	2	2	21	.259	.290	.379	.669	1	0	0	0	29
J. Triolo 3B	19	54	3	14	3	0	3	12	.259	.310	.296	.606	2	0	1	0	22
E. Rodriguez C	4	12	2	4	2	0	4	3	.333	.500	.417	.917	1	0	0	0	11
B. Cook RF	32	21	5	4	0	0	0	8	.190	.190	.190	.380	0	0	3	1	10
J. Garcia CF	2	9	0	3	1	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	2
Total	49	1708	242	431	231	50	194	450	.252	.335	.389	.724	71	6	44	7	1207

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes P	10	10	6-3	0	0	55.0	2.62	31	18	16	5	8	63	.161	0.71	179
M. Keller SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	58.1	3.86	46	25	25	4	16	41	.216	1.06	142
B. Ashcraft P	9	9	2-2	0	0	55.1	3.09	44	22	19	5	14	56	.222	1.05	133
G. Soto RP	23	0	3-0	4	6	23.1	2.31	10	7	6	1	9	29	.127	0.81	107
C. Mlodzinski RP	10	8	4-3	0	0	50.0	3.96	53	23	22	2	17	44	.273	1.40	94
Y. Ramirez RP	21	0	2-1	1	3	28.0	3.54	21	14	11	1	16	34	.206	1.32	63
E. Sisk P	17	0	0-0	0	1	21.0	1.71	16	4	4	1	7	25	.219	1.10	45
D. Santana RP	22	0	2-3	2	4	20.1	4.43	19	12	10	3	9	13	.244	1.38	41
B. Chandler P	9	9	1-5	0	0	42.0	5.14	33	26	24	7	31	36	.213	1.52	40
M. Montgomery SP	19	3	1-1	0	0	18.0	4.00	16	9	8	3	8	26	.229	1.33	37
I. Mattson RP	21	0	0-0	0	2	19.2	4.12	19	9	9	0	10	15	.253	1.47	27
W. Dotel RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	1.35	2	1	1	1	3	4	.091	0.75	16
J. Lawrence RP	21	0	0-2	0	1	19.1	5.59	20	18	12	3	8	21	.253	1.45	14
B. Bidois RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	4.15	4	2	2	2	2	3	.286	1.38	6
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
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	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	10.80	6	6	6	0	5	7	.300	2.20	0
H. Barco P	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	49	49	25-24	8	19	446.2	3.89	374	220	193	43	174	434	.225	1.23	945

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