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

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D. Lynch IVL	4-5 W-L	66.2 IP	3.51 ERA	2.30 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
C. JavierR	2-5 W-L	49.2 IP	5.98 ERA	2.27 SO/BB	1.55 WHIP

.D. Lynch IV

4-5, 66.2 IP, 3.51 ERA

.C. Javier

2-5, 49.2 IP, 5.98 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	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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	09-07-2026Probable for Sep 8

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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Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	126	492	83	139	51	17	59	96	.283	.360	.451	.811	30	1	38	8	438
J. Caglianone RF	131	474	66	134	70	23	30	131	.283	.331	.494	.825	27	2	6	2	349
C. Jensen C	134	470	68	108	68	22	59	151	.230	.316	.440	.756	29	2	2	1	332
S. Perez DH	135	522	48	120	71	19	21	109	.230	.274	.387	.661	23	1	1	0	302
V. Pasquantino 1B	98	364	44	88	46	11	48	65	.242	.332	.387	.719	16	2	5	0	259
M. Massey 2B	115	359	46	99	45	11	20	63	.276	.310	.437	.747	23	1	3	0	242
I. Collins LF	130	404	43	90	40	6	56	105	.223	.324	.339	.663	23	3	6	5	236
N. Loftin 3B	105	329	40	78	42	7	38	63	.237	.324	.383	.707	23	2	3	1	225
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	85	254	29	57	24	6	15	63	.224	.274	.339	.613	9	1	6	0	137
T. Tolbert SS	71	115	31	35	8	3	12	25	.304	.372	.426	.798	5	0	21	3	127
J. Rave RF	37	97	18	22	9	4	11	23	.227	.306	.433	.739	6	1	5	0	78
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	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.572	0	0	0	0	0
Total	145	4865	621	1202	592	151	459	1128	.247	.316	.402	.718	262	19	115	30	3008

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	126
J. Caglianone RF	131
C. Jensen C	134
S. Perez DH	135
V. Pasquantino 1B	98
M. Massey 2B	115
I. Collins LF	130
N. Loftin 3B	105
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	85
T. Tolbert SS	71
J. Rave RF	37
J. Rojas 3B	38
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	15
M. Lugo LF	6
Total	145

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	28	28	9-8	0	0	176.2	3.36	151	70	66	24	44	143	.229	1.10	414
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
S. Cruz RP	51	2	2-3	6	7	53.2	4.19	48	26	25	12	19	58	.239	1.25	136
D. Lynch IV RP	52	6	4-5	1	3	66.2	3.51	53	30	26	5	20	46	.212	1.10	131
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	53	0	2-7	10	13	54.2	5.93	55	38	36	8	27	55	.262	1.50	117
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	17	0	1-1	2	3	17.0	0.53	9	1	1	0	6	15	.153	0.88	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	9	0	1-1	1	1	9.0	0.00	3	1	0	0	3	6	.107	0.67	62
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
A. Gose RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	5.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.75	19
J. Cuas RP	17	0	0-1	0	1	16.1	2.76	21	6	5	0	10	18	.318	1.90	17
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	6.75	4	3	3	0	1	3	.286	1.25	8
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	8	0	1-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	7	2	2	0	1	7	.226	0.96	3
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
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	145	145	64-81	34	58	1276.1	4.69	1259	710	665	177	518	1054	.258	1.39	2425

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	28
N. Cameron SP	28
S. Lugo SP	29
S. Cruz RP	51
D. Lynch IV RP	52
T. Tolbert SS	5
R. Dobnak SP	12
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	53
S. Kolek SP	10
N. Pearson RP	17
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	9
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
A. Gose RP	5
J. Cuas RP	17
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	3
E. McGee RP	6
C. Duran RP	2
C. Thomas RP	8
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	145

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	142	509	94	160	95	38	99	109	.314	.432	.599	1.031	29	1	1	0	550
I. Paredes 3B	137	497	58	128	79	18	61	76	.258	.357	.421	.778	25	1	0	0	388
C. Walker 1B	139	510	64	116	77	24	45	133	.227	.302	.422	.724	25	1	0	0	344
J. Pena SS	94	373	69	101	46	17	23	91	.271	.325	.456	.781	16	1	9	1	287
J. Altuve 2B	117	450	64	111	44	15	39	101	.247	.309	.400	.709	20	2	4	3	284
C. Smith RF	140	451	57	96	50	17	37	127	.213	.278	.388	.666	16	6	10	2	279
D. Varsho CF	30	110	8	19	12	3	10	25	.173	.242	.300	.542	3	1	3	0	260
Y. Diaz C	80	276	32	73	34	11	10	47	.264	.293	.428	.721	12	0	0	2	170
C. Vazquez C	82	231	22	49	25	7	18	49	.212	.268	.333	.601	7	0	1	0	119
T. Trammell CF	86	219	27	45	20	7	22	75	.205	.290	.361	.651	9	2	4	3	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
N. Allen 2B	82	131	22	36	13	2	9	30	.275	.319	.359	.678	5	0	2	0	81
L. Wade Jr. LF	46	109	15	23	18	3	18	32	.211	.323	.339	.662	5	0	0	0	72
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	144	4835	647	1160	616	187	474	1180	.240	.315	.407	.722	211	18	44	19	3468

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	142
I. Paredes 3B	137
C. Walker 1B	139
J. Pena SS	94
J. Altuve 2B	117
C. Smith RF	140
D. Varsho CF	30
Y. Diaz C	80
C. Vazquez C	82
T. Trammell CF	86
B. Matthews LF	82
C. Correa SS	32
N. Allen 2B	82
L. Wade Jr. LF	46
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	144

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Hader RP	40	0	4-1	23	23	39.1	0.69	14	3	3	1	11	53	.106	0.64	300
P. Lambert SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	139.2	3.67	116	59	57	14	56	137	.223	1.23	289
A. Blubaugh RP	55	0	5-2	1	2	88.0	3.07	68	32	30	11	35	89	.215	1.17	205
H. Brown SP	16	16	5-3	0	0	87.0	3.31	67	34	32	10	46	93	.213	1.30	199
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	58	0	5-3	8	9	56.0	3.70	37	25	23	7	40	70	.191	1.38	175
E. De Los Santos RP	62	0	3-3	5	7	66.2	4.32	61	36	32	8	18	61	.240	1.19	159
T. Imai SP	19	15	6-4	0	0	70.2	5.35	57	42	42	9	47	88	.218	1.47	143
H. Wesneski SP	7	7	4-1	0	0	39.2	3.18	28	14	14	2	14	33	.200	1.06	109
B. King RP	52	1	2-4	6	10	54.0	4.67	58	31	28	8	19	44	.272	1.43	109
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
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	72
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
C. Javier SP	14	9	2-5	0	0	49.2	5.98	55	33	33	9	22	50	.278	1.55	54
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
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
B. Sousa RP	26	1	1-3	0	1	23.0	5.87	27	17	15	3	15	25	.293	1.83	16
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	144	144	73-71	45	55	1279.1	4.51	1139	685	641	183	591	1264	.238	1.35	2461

PITCHING	GP
J. Hader RP	40
P. Lambert SP	25
A. Blubaugh RP	55
H. Brown SP	16
S. Okert RP	68
B. Abreu RP	58
E. De Los Santos RP	62
T. Imai SP	19
H. Wesneski SP	7
B. King RP	52
K. Teng RP	30
M. Burrows SP	18
L. Wade Jr. LF	1
J. Meyers CF	1
C. Javier SP	14
A. Santa RP	10
E. Pecko SP	4
R. Blanco SP	6
C. Bolton RP	8
L. VanWey RP	5
J. Alexander SP	4
M. Ullola RP	5
B. Sousa RP	26
C. Salazar C	1
R. Munoz RP	3
Total	144

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