Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 18, 2026 Gametracker

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R. DobnakR	3-3 W-L	63.2 IP	2.54 ERA	1.87 SO/BB	1.32 WHIP
P. SkenesR	10-11 W-L	155.0 IP	3.83 ERA	4.02 SO/BB	1.15 WHIP

3-3, 63.2 IP, 2.54 ERA

10-11, 155.0 IP, 3.83 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
Kirby Yates	Shoulder	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Isaac Mattson	Hip	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1

	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	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
B. Reynolds LF	145	537	98	144	69	16	82	147	.268	.373	.432	.805	36	2	9	0	435
B. Lowe 2B	135	528	86	136	83	29	55	171	.258	.326	.479	.805	28	1	2	0	397
N. Gonzales 3B	134	504	67	154	59	6	39	90	.306	.369	.393	.762	24	1	7	3	341
O. Cruz CF	82	315	55	85	60	17	41	124	.270	.359	.476	.835	12	1	27	6	295
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
J. Mangum CF	120	391	55	112	30	4	23	84	.286	.343	.373	.716	18	2	22	8	260
S. Horwitz 1B	102	351	40	86	44	10	49	64	.245	.345	.370	.715	12	1	1	0	240
E. Valdez RF	70	236	39	55	46	16	41	106	.233	.345	.504	.849	14	1	0	1	192
K. Griffin SS	63	240	37	64	25	5	17	70	.267	.323	.392	.715	11	2	20	1	181
J. Triolo SS	108	299	31	73	29	3	27	66	.244	.316	.314	.630	12	0	11	1	174
H. Davis C	89	237	30	40	35	9	24	58	.169	.266	.304	.570	5	0	3	1	145
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	41	104	9	21	13	4	2	18	.202	.229	.365	.594	5	0	2	1	116
R. Flores C	33	99	13	24	18	8	11	31	.242	.318	.525	.843	4	0	0	0	78
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
B. Cook CF	76	50	11	9	2	0	1	20	.180	.196	.240	.436	1	1	5	1	25
R. Simon RF	9	31	4	9	2	0	2	4	.290	.333	.323	.656	1	0	1	0	18
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	145	4987	703	1263	670	166	516	1365	.253	.331	.403	.734	221	14	119	24	3407

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	29	29	10-11	0	0	155.0	3.83	133	74	66	15	45	181	.231	1.15	349
B. Chandler SP	28	27	7-9	0	0	142.0	4.25	119	77	67	13	71	129	.225	1.34	246
G. Soto RP	61	0	6-4	14	19	60.1	3.13	41	25	21	5	24	69	.188	1.08	245
M. Montgomery RP	61	5	6-3	10	12	59.2	2.87	40	20	19	5	23	92	.183	1.06	239
C. Mlodzinski RP	32	12	7-6	2	3	113.0	3.90	119	57	49	9	37	89	.264	1.38	211
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
Y. Ramirez RP	59	1	6-4	2	4	77.1	3.14	55	32	27	4	43	91	.196	1.27	176
L. Bachar RP	9	4	0-1	0	0	19.0	2.84	9	6	6	4	11	19	.143	1.05	159
J. Jones SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	78.2	4.46	69	40	39	12	28	92	.230	1.23	147
L. Weaver RP	10	0	0-0	0	2	9.1	5.79	10	6	6	0	4	11	.270	1.50	137
C. Doval RP	16	0	0-1	0	0	15.2	2.87	11	6	5	1	12	18	.212	1.47	105
K. Yates RP	13	0	2-0	0	0	12.1	2.19	11	3	3	1	5	11	.239	1.30	85
E. Sisk RP	39	0	1-0	0	2	42.2	3.16	33	15	15	2	23	48	.220	1.31	79
R. Flores C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	2.00	78
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
B. Eisert RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	12	6	6	0	4	9	.343	1.85	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	17	0	1-4	0	1	32.2	4.41	29	18	16	2	14	34	.238	1.32	43
K. Curtis RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	3	2	2	0	6	7	.091	0.82	32
A. Kelly RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	5.40	8	5	5	2	4	5	.250	1.44	10
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	145	145	72-73	31	52	1295.1	4.17	1159	671	600	140	527	1332	.237	1.30	3135

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