Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 20, 2026 Gametracker

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M. WachaR	9-9 W-L	188.2 IP	3.34 ERA	3.04 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
A. KellyR	0-0 W-L	14.1 IP	5.02 ERA	1.50 SO/BB	1.53 WHIP

9-9, 188.2 IP, 3.34 ERA

0-0, 14.1 IP, 5.02 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
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 19
Tony Gonsolin	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Kirby Yates	Shoulder	09-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 19
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Isaac Mattson	Hip	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Braxton Ashcraft	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Esmerlyn Valdez	Hamstring	09-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 23

	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	135	525	85	145	54	18	66	104	.276	.358	.440	.798	30	1	42	8	463
C. Jensen C	143	502	74	117	75	24	64	162	.233	.320	.450	.770	33	2	2	1	364
J. Caglianone RF	136	484	66	134	70	23	30	139	.277	.328	.483	.811	27	2	6	2	347
S. Perez DH	144	554	48	125	72	19	23	114	.226	.270	.374	.644	23	1	1	0	308
V. Pasquantino 1B	106	392	47	94	51	13	50	71	.240	.327	.395	.722	18	2	5	0	280
M. Massey 2B	124	394	49	110	47	13	21	70	.279	.312	.444	.756	24	1	3	0	263
I. Collins LF	139	425	47	93	40	6	62	111	.219	.325	.332	.657	24	3	8	5	251
N. Loftin 3B	114	354	41	82	42	7	41	71	.232	.319	.376	.695	26	2	3	1	232
M. Garcia 3B	76	294	34	77	34	3	25	49	.262	.318	.378	.696	19	3	5	4	185
K. Isbel CF	93	276	31	61	24	6	15	68	.221	.267	.326	.593	9	1	6	0	141
T. Tolbert SS	76	123	31	36	8	3	12	29	.293	.358	.407	.765	5	0	21	4	125
J. Rave RF	46	119	23	27	13	6	16	31	.227	.319	.454	.773	7	1	7	1	103
J. Rojas 3B	41	100	11	24	13	2	5	16	.240	.283	.340	.623	4	0	1	0	58
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	16	37	2	6	5	1	4	12	.162	.244	.270	.514	1	0	0	0	15
M. Lugo LF	9	14	0	2	0	0	1	6	.143	.200	.143	.343	0	0	0	0	0
Total	154	5157	648	1259	616	160	494	1209	.244	.314	.398	.712	275	19	123	32	3169

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	30	30	9-9	0	0	188.2	3.34	158	74	70	27	49	149	.226	1.10	434
N. Cameron SP	29	28	9-8	0	0	166.1	3.84	146	76	71	17	52	149	.233	1.19	355
S. Lugo SP	31	31	7-9	0	0	169.0	5.06	193	103	95	23	54	131	.292	1.46	269
D. Lynch IV RP	54	8	6-5	1	3	76.2	3.29	59	32	28	6	23	52	.208	1.07	167
S. Cruz RP	54	2	2-3	7	8	56.2	4.13	51	28	26	13	20	62	.241	1.25	149
R. Dobnak SP	14	12	3-4	0	0	73.0	3.08	72	25	25	7	25	48	.260	1.33	128
L. Erceg RP	49	0	4-4	12	18	45.1	5.96	54	35	30	5	29	32	.305	1.83	125
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	125
A. Lange RP	56	0	2-7	10	13	57.2	6.09	60	41	39	10	30	57	.269	1.56	115
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
N. Pearson RP	23	0	1-2	3	4	24.0	2.63	18	7	7	0	9	24	.207	1.13	108
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	13	0	1-3	1	1	12.1	3.65	11	7	5	0	6	8	.250	1.38	59
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	58
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
J. Cuas RP	21	0	0-1	0	1	20.0	2.25	23	6	5	0	12	22	.291	1.75	26
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
A. Gose RP	10	0	1-1	0	0	9.1	0.00	8	2	0	0	1	4	.242	0.96	23
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	15
N. Hoffman RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	6	3	3	0	1	4	.286	1.24	12
C. Thomas RP	13	0	1-0	0	0	13.1	3.38	14	5	5	0	2	11	.269	1.20	9
E. McGee RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	8.68	16	9	9	3	4	8	.381	2.14	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. 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	154	154	67-87	36	60	1354.1	4.65	1341	748	700	191	544	1114	.259	1.39	2556

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	154	574	101	151	71	17	84	156	.263	.366	.427	.793	39	2	9	0	452
B. Lowe 2B	143	557	90	145	91	32	59	182	.260	.331	.488	.819	29	1	2	0	428
N. Gonzales 3B	142	529	69	161	60	6	41	95	.304	.368	.391	.759	26	1	7	3	353
O. Cruz CF	91	350	60	97	66	19	45	135	.277	.364	.483	.847	13	1	27	7	322
R. O'Hearn 1B	102	379	55	101	73	18	33	90	.266	.333	.449	.782	15	0	1	0	294
J. Mangum CF	126	413	55	116	30	4	24	86	.281	.337	.366	.703	19	2	23	9	266
S. Horwitz 1B	108	367	43	91	46	10	51	67	.248	.347	.368	.715	12	1	1	0	250
K. Griffin SS	72	280	42	76	31	5	19	77	.271	.325	.393	.718	13	3	22	2	209
E. Valdez RF	72	241	40	56	47	17	42	108	.232	.345	.510	.855	14	1	0	1	198
J. Triolo SS	117	316	33	76	29	3	28	69	.241	.311	.307	.618	12	0	13	1	182
H. Davis C	94	249	32	42	38	10	28	60	.169	.272	.313	.585	6	0	3	1	159
J. Gonzalez SS	48	116	9	24	13	4	3	20	.207	.238	.353	.591	5	0	2	1	119
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
R. Flores C	41	127	15	34	20	9	12	40	.268	.331	.512	.843	4	0	0	0	92
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
N. Yorke 3B	40	104	7	22	12	1	9	26	.212	.284	.279	.563	4	0	1	0	48
R. Simon RF	14	44	8	14	2	0	3	6	.318	.362	.386	.748	3	0	3	0	33
B. Cook CF	82	51	12	9	2	0	1	20	.176	.208	.235	.443	1	1	6	1	29
J. Garcia CF	20	48	2	8	2	0	1	16	.167	.200	.188	.388	1	0	0	0	7
J. Brannigan 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	154	5294	738	1346	705	176	544	1436	.254	.331	.404	.735	234	15	127	27	3615

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	28	28	14-6	0	0	165.1	3.65	145	73	67	22	35	173	.235	1.09	435
P. Skenes SP	31	31	10-11	0	0	168.0	3.91	143	81	73	19	47	192	.230	1.13	377
M. Montgomery RP	65	5	6-3	14	16	64.0	2.67	41	20	19	5	25	97	.177	1.03	279
B. Chandler SP	29	28	8-9	0	0	147.1	4.28	124	80	70	14	75	132	.226	1.35	259
G. Soto RP	66	0	6-5	15	21	64.1	3.78	47	31	27	5	28	76	.199	1.17	244
C. Mlodzinski RP	35	12	7-7	2	4	117.2	3.90	121	59	51	9	41	91	.260	1.38	213
Y. Ramirez RP	63	1	7-4	2	4	81.0	3.00	55	32	27	4	43	95	.190	1.21	196
J. Jones SP	19	19	4-6	0	0	90.2	4.17	77	43	42	12	31	109	.224	1.19	187
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
L. Bachar SP	11	6	0-2	0	0	22.2	2.78	14	7	7	4	14	23	.179	1.24	158
L. Weaver RP	14	0	0-0	0	2	13.0	6.23	16	9	9	2	4	14	.308	1.54	139
C. Doval RP	19	0	0-1	0	0	18.0	3.00	15	7	6	1	14	21	.238	1.61	107
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	92
K. Yates RP	13	0	2-0	0	0	12.1	2.19	11	3	3	1	5	11	.239	1.30	85
B. Eisert RP	12	0	1-1	0	0	14.0	3.86	13	6	6	0	5	16	.255	1.29	82
E. Sisk RP	39	0	1-0	0	2	42.2	3.16	33	15	15	2	23	48	.220	1.31	79
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
I. Mattson RP	38	0	0-0	0	2	38.2	5.35	44	23	23	3	18	36	.282	1.60	48
W. Dotel RP	20	2	1-5	0	1	37.1	4.82	37	22	20	2	15	38	.261	1.39	41
K. Curtis RP	5	0	2-0	0	0	17.1	4.67	10	9	9	1	11	10	.172	1.21	40
A. Kelly RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	14.1	5.02	16	8	8	2	6	9	.286	1.53	17
N. Murdock RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.273	1.80	6
H. Barco RP	7	0	0-1	0	1	17.2	7.64	21	17	15	4	13	14	.296	1.92	4
Total	154	154	77-77	36	59	1374.1	4.19	1230	711	640	148	560	1409	.237	1.30	3331

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