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

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S. LugoR	6-8 W-L	159.0 IP	5.04 ERA	2.33 SO/BB	1.44 WHIP
E. PeckoR	1-0 W-L	17.1 IP	5.19 ERA	1.10 SO/BB	1.50 WHIP

6-8, 159.0 IP, 5.04 ERA

1-0, 17.1 IP, 5.19 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	09-08-2026Probable for Sep 9

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

	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	127	496	83	139	51	17	60	96	.280	.359	.448	.807	30	1	39	8	441
J. Caglianone RF	131	474	66	134	70	23	30	131	.283	.331	.494	.825	27	2	6	2	349
C. Jensen C	135	473	68	108	68	22	61	153	.228	.317	.438	.755	29	2	2	1	333
S. Perez DH	136	526	48	121	71	19	22	110	.230	.275	.386	.661	23	1	1	0	304
V. Pasquantino 1B	99	368	44	89	47	11	48	65	.242	.330	.389	.719	17	2	5	0	262
M. Massey 2B	116	363	46	101	45	11	21	64	.278	.314	.441	.755	24	1	3	0	246
I. Collins LF	131	408	43	90	40	6	57	106	.221	.323	.336	.659	23	3	6	5	237
N. Loftin 3B	106	334	41	79	42	7	38	64	.237	.322	.383	.705	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	86	258	30	58	24	6	15	63	.225	.273	.337	.610	9	1	6	0	139
T. Tolbert SS	72	116	31	35	8	3	12	25	.302	.369	.422	.791	5	0	21	3	127
J. Rave RF	38	100	19	23	11	5	11	25	.230	.306	.460	.766	6	1	5	0	84
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	146	4902	624	1209	595	152	466	1136	.247	.316	.401	.717	265	19	116	30	3034

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
S. Cruz RP	52	2	2-3	6	7	54.2	4.12	49	27	25	12	20	58	.240	1.26	137
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	54	0	2-7	10	13	55.2	5.98	56	39	37	9	29	56	.262	1.53	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	18	0	1-1	2	3	19.0	0.47	9	1	1	0	6	18	.138	0.79	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	10	0	1-2	1	1	10.0	3.60	8	6	4	0	4	7	.229	1.20	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
J. Cuas RP	18	0	0-1	0	1	17.0	2.65	22	6	5	0	10	18	.319	1.88	18
A. Gose RP	6	0	1-1	0	0	6.1	1.42	4	2	1	0	1	0	.200	0.79	15
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	146	146	64-82	34	58	1287.1	4.67	1268	715	668	178	525	1059	.258	1.39	2441

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	143	514	94	160	95	38	99	110	.311	.428	.593	1.021	29	1	1	0	550
I. Paredes 3B	138	500	58	129	79	18	63	77	.258	.359	.420	.779	25	1	0	0	390
C. Walker 1B	140	513	65	118	80	25	46	133	.230	.305	.429	.734	25	1	0	0	354
J. Pena SS	95	378	69	102	47	17	23	92	.270	.324	.455	.779	17	1	9	1	290
C. Smith RF	141	454	59	97	51	18	38	128	.214	.280	.394	.674	16	6	10	2	287
J. Altuve 2B	118	455	64	111	44	15	39	102	.244	.306	.396	.702	20	2	4	3	284
D. Varsho CF	30	110	8	19	12	3	10	25	.173	.242	.300	.542	3	1	3	0	269
Y. Diaz C	81	281	33	75	34	11	10	47	.267	.295	.427	.722	12	0	0	2	173
C. Vazquez C	82	231	22	49	25	7	18	49	.212	.268	.333	.601	7	0	1	0	119
T. Trammell CF	87	223	27	46	20	7	22	78	.206	.289	.359	.648	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	83	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	145	4873	653	1171	622	190	478	1190	.240	.315	.408	.723	213	18	44	19	3503

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Hader RP	41	0	4-1	24	24	40.1	0.89	16	4	4	1	11	53	.117	0.67	307
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	56	0	5-2	1	2	88.2	3.15	70	33	31	11	35	89	.219	1.18	203
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	59	0	5-3	8	9	57.0	3.63	38	25	23	7	40	72	.192	1.37	177
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	8	8	5-1	0	0	45.2	3.35	33	17	17	3	14	36	.204	1.03	131
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
B. Sousa RP	27	1	1-3	0	1	23.1	5.79	27	17	15	3	15	26	.290	1.80	18
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	145	145	74-71	46	56	1288.1	4.51	1149	690	646	184	591	1270	.238	1.35	2492

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