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	Foot	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	04-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 29
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 21

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Nick Allen	Back	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Cody Bolton	Back	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Jake Meyers	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Nate Pearson	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	04-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 26

	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	23	87	4	25	9	0	12	20	.287	.370	.356	.726	6	0	8	1	61
M. Garcia 3B	23	92	12	25	9	2	9	18	.272	.333	.402	.735	6	0	1	2	58
C. Jensen C	21	63	8	15	12	5	6	22	.238	.310	.492	.802	1	0	0	0	47
V. Pasquantino 1B	23	87	7	13	10	2	10	22	.149	.240	.253	.493	1	1	0	0	39
K. Isbel CF	19	54	6	13	6	2	4	16	.241	.305	.370	.675	1	0	4	0	37
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Perez C	22	85	6	15	6	3	4	20	.176	.220	.306	.526	2	0	0	0	33
J. Caglianone 1B	20	67	7	18	2	1	6	22	.269	.347	.403	.750	4	1	0	1	32
I. Collins LF	19	56	8	11	4	1	6	22	.196	.286	.268	.554	1	0	0	1	22
L. Thomas RF	19	41	4	8	1	0	9	9	.195	.340	.220	.560	1	0	2	0	22
N. Loftin 1B	5	11	3	4	3	0	3	1	.364	.500	.545	1.045	2	0	0	0	14
M. Massey 2B	12	26	1	4	2	0	1	8	.154	.185	.231	.416	2	0	0	0	6
S. Marte RF	8	23	1	5	0	0	0	7	.217	.250	.304	.554	2	0	0	0	5
E. Diaz C	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	3
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	23	749	76	167	72	18	78	201	.223	.302	.342	.644	31	2	16	6	415

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	4	4	2-0	0	0	27.0	1.00	13	3	3	2	8	23	.146	0.78	93
S. Lugo SP	5	5	1-1	0	0	31.1	1.15	19	5	4	0	10	28	.181	0.93	89
K. Bubic SP	4	4	2-1	0	0	22.2	3.97	14	10	10	2	10	26	.177	1.06	62
L. Erceg RP	9	0	0-1	5	7	8.1	6.48	9	6	6	0	6	5	.300	1.80	36
N. Cameron P	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.0	5.40	23	14	12	5	6	17	.277	1.45	29
D. Lynch SP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	1.00	2	4	1	0	3	12	.067	0.56	26
E. Morgan RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	8.0	1.13	4	1	1	1	6	8	.138	1.25	19
M. Strahm RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	7.2	3.52	5	3	3	1	3	9	.179	1.04	15
N. Mears RP	8	0	1-1	0	2	7.2	3.52	6	3	3	0	4	6	.231	1.30	15
C. Ragans RP	5	5	0-4	0	0	21.0	6.00	17	15	14	6	18	22	.233	1.67	11
J. Schreiber RP	10	0	0-2	1	1	8.0	5.63	8	5	5	2	6	4	.276	1.75	3
M. Black P	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	2	.375	2.40	2
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
A. Lange RP	8	0	0-2	0	0	9.2	8.38	12	10	9	2	6	16	.300	1.86	-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	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
L. Avila SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	9.00	14	6	6	1	4	6	.483	3.00	-8
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	23	23	7-16	7	12	201.1	4.56	173	110	102	29	104	198	.234	1.38	373

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	24	86	19	28	21	10	19	11	.326	.459	.756	1.215	7	0	1	0	123
C. Walker 1B	24	84	16	23	18	5	12	17	.274	.367	.536	.903	7	0	0	0	83
J. Altuve 2B	23	89	17	25	8	3	15	19	.281	.385	.449	.834	6	0	1	1	71
C. Smith 3B	24	80	14	19	11	3	11	21	.238	.330	.413	.743	5	0	4	0	67
C. Correa SS	21	80	16	22	12	1	11	15	.275	.359	.375	.734	5	0	1	0	63
I. Paredes 3B	19	68	8	15	10	2	7	16	.221	.329	.368	.697	4	0	0	0	46
C. Vazquez C	10	32	6	12	10	2	4	7	.375	.444	.688	1.132	4	0	0	0	38
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	15	6	0	6	19	.259	.333	.345	.678	5	0	1	1	33
Y. Diaz C	17	67	4	13	10	1	3	11	.194	.222	.269	.491	2	0	0	0	29
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
D. Harris 1B	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	16
B. Matthews SS	15	31	2	4	4	1	4	16	.129	.229	.290	.519	2	0	1	0	13
N. Allen SS	14	20	5	5	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.300	.618	1	0	0	0	10
S. Whitcomb SS	6	9	1	1	3	1	1	6	.111	.200	.444	.644	0	0	0	0	6
Total	24	818	130	212	121	30	107	186	.259	.349	.439	.788	55	1	12	4	666

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Teng SP	9	0	1-0	0	0	13.2	1.98	7	3	3	2	5	14	.146	0.88	40
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
S. Arrighetti P	2	2	2-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	8	3	3	0	8	13	.195	1.45	34
E. De Los Santos RP	7	0	0-0	2	2	7.2	1.17	5	1	1	1	1	7	.179	0.78	33
L. McCullers SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	20.1	6.20	18	14	14	2	9	21	.240	1.33	33
S. Okert RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	3.18	6	4	4	1	5	9	.162	0.97	23
B. King P	8	0	0-1	1	1	10.0	1.80	9	4	2	0	3	12	.231	1.20	21
A. Blubaugh P	10	0	2-2	0	0	15.0	6.60	15	11	11	3	9	13	.263	1.60	20
M. Burrows SP	5	5	1-3	0	0	26.2	6.75	36	20	20	5	9	25	.321	1.69	18
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	3	2	0-1	1	1	8.1	5.40	7	5	5	1	7	11	.233	1.68	12
J. Murray SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	4	2	2	0	4	5	.286	2.00	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Gordon P	2	1	0-0	0	0	6.1	9.95	12	7	7	4	1	10	.414	2.05	3
R. Weiss SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.75	20	12	11	4	10	18	.323	2.05	2
P. Lambert RP	1	1	0-1	0	0	5.0	7.20	7	4	4	0	1	8	.333	1.60	0
C. Roa SP	7	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	5.19	10	5	5	1	7	6	.313	1.96	-1
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	9	0	0-2	1	1	7.1	14.73	9	13	12	4	13	12	.300	3.00	-9
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	24	24	9-15	5	5	209.1	5.93	211	142	138	34	129	228	.262	1.62	271

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