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

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 12
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
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	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lance McCullers	Shoulder	07-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 12
LaMonte Wade	Hamstring	07-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 3
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	07-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 3
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	07-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 3
Jeremy Pena	Calf	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
Braden Shewmake	Thigh	07-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 3
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

	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	79	309	42	89	33	10	37	60	.288	.363	.456	.819	20	1	28	4	276
C. Jensen C	78	267	39	67	45	11	27	79	.251	.317	.438	.755	17	0	1	0	191
J. Caglianone RF	78	268	39	71	30	14	25	90	.265	.337	.481	.818	12	2	3	1	187
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
S. Perez C	79	310	29	63	30	10	12	66	.203	.244	.332	.576	10	0	0	0	147
I. Collins LF	75	235	29	54	24	3	34	65	.230	.339	.323	.662	13	0	4	4	140
M. Massey 2B	66	193	24	51	27	7	9	33	.264	.293	.446	.739	14	0	2	0	133
L. Thomas CF	70	185	20	40	23	5	30	48	.216	.329	.335	.664	7	0	4	3	118
N. Loftin 3B	48	139	21	33	24	3	17	22	.237	.331	.403	.734	12	1	1	0	113
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	38	94	11	25	7	1	8	28	.266	.330	.340	.670	4	0	1	1	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	28	32	10	7	1	0	4	10	.219	.297	.219	.516	0	0	7	2	29
J. Rave RF	8	15	3	4	1	1	3	6	.267	.389	.733	1.122	2	1	0	0	15
K. Misner CF	13	32	1	9	4	0	1	13	.281	.303	.313	.616	1	0	3	1	14
J. Rojas 3B	8	15	2	4	4	1	0	2	.267	.267	.533	.800	1	0	0	0	13
Total	85	2850	357	697	339	82	282	677	.245	.316	.391	.707	150	10	67	19	1876

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	17	17	5-5	0	0	108.2	3.31	94	42	40	10	30	84	.234	1.14	246
S. Lugo SP	16	16	3-5	0	0	90.1	4.18	94	46	42	10	30	69	.272	1.37	161
N. Cameron SP	15	15	4-5	0	0	80.0	4.50	84	45	40	8	22	75	.263	1.33	147
L. Erceg RP	33	0	3-3	12	18	31.2	5.40	36	21	19	3	20	25	.295	1.77	120
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
D. Lynch RP	35	0	2-2	1	3	34.0	2.65	24	13	10	2	11	30	.190	1.03	81
A. Lange RP	35	0	0-4	7	7	36.1	4.95	33	22	20	2	21	37	.244	1.49	78
L. Avila RP	16	7	3-3	0	0	46.2	5.40	48	28	28	5	30	43	.276	1.67	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	29	0	3-1	0	3	26.2	5.74	25	17	17	8	10	20	.240	1.31	52
J. Schreiber RP	36	0	0-3	1	2	33.0	3.27	30	14	12	6	12	26	.252	1.27	49
S. Cruz RP	23	1	2-2	0	1	25.1	5.68	23	17	16	8	14	34	.237	1.46	44
C. Seabold RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	7	4	4	0	2	5	.350	2.08	33
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	29
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
B. Way RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	13.2	3.95	14	6	6	3	7	14	.259	1.54	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	85	85	35-50	22	38	749.2	4.83	747	427	402	108	322	656	.260	1.43	1406

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	85	305	58	94	56	25	58	64	.308	.424	.607	1.031	16	0	1	0	332
C. Walker 1B	85	321	45	76	56	19	29	78	.237	.307	.470	.777	16	1	0	0	246
I. Paredes 3B	80	288	35	73	45	11	33	53	.253	.349	.424	.773	16	0	0	0	219
C. Smith RF	85	284	34	63	32	11	28	81	.222	.298	.387	.685	12	1	9	1	184
J. Pena SS	48	183	34	54	21	6	15	35	.295	.356	.443	.799	9	0	8	1	151
J. Altuve 2B	63	242	36	57	21	8	24	58	.236	.306	.384	.690	12	0	1	2	146
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
C. Vazquez C	56	162	17	35	19	4	13	29	.216	.274	.327	.601	6	0	0	0	87
B. Matthews LF	73	192	19	37	18	6	13	68	.193	.243	.323	.566	5	1	2	4	78
Y. Diaz C	35	135	11	33	16	3	5	23	.244	.268	.363	.631	7	0	0	1	68
J. Meyers CF	49	132	14	27	11	3	10	30	.205	.264	.318	.582	6	0	1	2	63
T. Trammell CF	36	91	12	25	11	3	8	34	.275	.340	.451	.791	5	1	1	0	58
J. Loperfido LF	38	99	13	21	11	1	14	29	.212	.313	.333	.646	7	1	1	1	58
B. Shewmake SS	28	74	8	18	8	3	2	13	.243	.260	.405	.665	3	0	0	0	41
N. Allen SS	38	66	12	17	5	1	4	15	.258	.306	.333	.639	2	0	1	0	38
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
Z. Dezenzo LF	21	47	5	9	2	1	4	19	.191	.255	.340	.595	4	0	0	0	17
R. Delgado 2B	13	25	2	7	4	1	1	4	.280	.308	.400	.708	0	0	0	0	15
L. Wade LF	4	12	2	4	4	1	1	3	.333	.385	.750	1.135	2	0	0	0	14
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
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	87	2929	391	707	374	115	290	712	.241	.315	.410	.725	138	6	28	12	1984

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	13	13	6-5	0	0	74.1	3.51	57	29	29	10	31	68	.209	1.18	167
S. Arrighetti SP	13	13	7-4	0	0	72.0	4.00	56	34	32	9	37	75	.215	1.29	161
B. King RP	34	0	2-1	6	9	36.0	2.25	30	11	9	1	14	27	.229	1.22	115
A. Blubaugh RP	33	0	4-2	0	0	53.2	3.52	38	22	21	5	29	50	.201	1.25	115
T. Imai SP	11	11	5-3	0	0	47.0	5.36	37	28	28	6	25	58	.215	1.32	108
K. Teng RP	23	10	4-6	0	0	64.0	4.36	59	35	31	10	28	63	.241	1.36	102
J. Hader RP	12	0	2-0	7	7	12.0	0.75	2	1	1	1	5	19	.053	0.58	100
M. Burrows SP	16	15	3-8	0	0	85.1	5.48	97	55	52	19	31	69	.284	1.50	100
S. Okert RP	40	1	1-0	0	0	40.0	2.48	25	11	11	4	12	36	.180	0.93	95
E. De Los Santos RP	35	0	0-2	5	7	36.2	4.91	36	22	20	5	9	34	.252	1.23	87
H. Brown SP	5	5	1-0	0	0	25.1	1.78	17	6	5	2	13	32	.187	1.18	68
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	63
B. Abreu RP	31	0	2-3	5	5	27.0	6.00	23	20	18	6	25	34	.237	1.78	63
L. McCullers SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	39.1	6.86	38	32	30	7	22	43	.257	1.53	52
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-0	1	1	16.0	3.38	14	8	6	1	8	13	.237	1.38	40
A. Santa RP	8	0	0-1	0	0	12.2	0.71	5	5	1	0	5	8	.125	0.79	26
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	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	4	.250	1.00	6
J. France RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
C. Gordon RP	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	87	87	42-45	25	30	770.1	4.74	698	434	406	116	378	747	.242	1.40	1521

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