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	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 6
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	06-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 28
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	07-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 6
LaMonte Wade	Hamstring	06-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 30
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Nick Allen	Hamstring	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	07-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 3
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Braden Shewmake	Thigh	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 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

	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	77	302	41	88	32	10	36	58	.291	.367	.460	.827	19	1	28	4	272
J. Caglianone RF	77	264	39	71	30	14	25	89	.269	.341	.489	.830	12	2	3	1	187
C. Jensen C	76	258	39	63	42	11	27	77	.244	.313	.434	.747	16	0	1	0	184
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	77	301	29	60	30	10	12	63	.199	.241	.329	.570	9	0	0	0	144
I. Collins LF	73	230	28	52	23	3	33	65	.226	.333	.317	.650	12	0	4	4	133
M. Massey 2B	64	188	24	49	27	7	7	33	.261	.283	.447	.730	14	0	2	0	129
N. Loftin 3B	47	136	21	33	24	3	17	21	.243	.338	.412	.750	12	1	1	0	113
L. Thomas CF	68	176	19	38	22	5	30	45	.216	.333	.341	.674	7	0	3	3	113
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	36	88	9	23	7	1	7	26	.261	.323	.341	.664	4	0	0	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	26	29	9	7	1	0	4	10	.241	.324	.241	.565	0	0	5	2	24
J. Rave RF	7	13	3	4	1	1	3	5	.308	.438	.846	1.284	2	1	0	0	15
J. Rojas 2B	6	13	2	4	4	1	0	1	.308	.308	.615	.923	1	0	0	0	13
K. Misner CF	11	28	1	8	4	0	1	12	.286	.310	.321	.631	1	0	2	1	12
Total	83	2782	351	680	333	82	277	660	.244	.317	.393	.710	146	10	62	19	1833

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	16	16	5-5	0	0	101.0	3.48	88	41	39	10	29	77	.236	1.16	224
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
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
L. Erceg RP	32	0	3-3	12	18	30.2	5.58	36	21	19	3	19	25	.300	1.79	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	34	0	2-1	1	3	33.2	2.41	21	12	9	2	11	30	.172	0.95	89
A. Lange RP	34	0	0-4	6	6	35.1	5.09	33	22	20	2	21	37	.250	1.53	68
L. Avila RP	15	6	3-3	0	0	42.2	5.06	42	24	24	4	27	39	.268	1.62	59
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	28	0	3-1	0	3	25.2	5.96	25	17	17	8	10	20	.248	1.36	49
J. Schreiber RP	35	0	0-3	1	2	32.2	3.31	29	14	12	6	12	25	.248	1.26	48
S. Cruz RP	22	1	1-2	0	1	24.1	5.92	23	17	16	8	14	33	.245	1.52	33
C. Seabold RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	8.31	7	4	4	0	2	5	.350	2.08	33
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	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	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	4.26	13	6	6	3	6	13	.260	1.50	19
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 SP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	83	83	34-49	21	37	732.1	4.87	730	421	396	107	316	642	.260	1.43	1357

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	83	299	57	94	56	25	55	62	.314	.427	.619	1.046	16	0	1	0	329
C. Walker 1B	82	308	43	71	52	18	28	75	.231	.302	.458	.760	14	1	0	0	230
I. Paredes 3B	77	276	31	68	41	10	31	53	.246	.343	.409	.752	15	0	0	0	200
C. Smith RF	82	274	31	60	28	8	28	79	.219	.298	.358	.656	12	1	9	1	166
J. Pena SS	46	173	31	50	19	6	15	30	.289	.354	.445	.799	9	0	8	1	145
J. Altuve 2B	61	233	36	56	21	8	24	58	.240	.313	.395	.708	12	0	1	2	145
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
C. Vazquez C	54	155	16	33	19	4	13	28	.213	.274	.329	.603	6	0	0	0	85
B. Matthews LF	71	186	19	37	18	6	13	67	.199	.250	.333	.583	5	1	2	4	78
Y. Diaz C	33	125	9	31	16	3	5	20	.248	.273	.376	.649	7	0	0	1	66
J. Loperfido LF	35	93	13	21	11	1	13	26	.226	.324	.355	.679	7	1	1	1	59
J. Meyers CF	47	124	13	25	11	3	9	28	.202	.259	.315	.574	5	0	1	2	59
T. Trammell CF	33	84	11	23	9	2	7	32	.274	.337	.429	.766	5	1	1	0	50
B. Shewmake SS	28	74	8	18	8	3	2	13	.243	.260	.405	.665	3	0	0	0	41
N. Allen SS	37	64	12	16	5	1	3	14	.250	.290	.328	.618	2	0	1	0	37
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
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
R. Delgado 3B	11	21	1	6	2	0	1	3	.286	.318	.286	.604	0	0	0	0	8
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	84	2819	372	679	356	108	280	686	.241	.315	.408	.723	134	6	28	12	1898

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	12	12	6-4	0	0	68.2	3.28	52	25	25	7	28	64	.207	1.17	165
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	32	0	2-1	6	9	34.0	2.38	29	11	9	1	14	26	.232	1.26	110
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	22	9	4-6	0	0	60.1	4.03	51	30	27	9	27	62	.227	1.29	105
A. Blubaugh RP	32	0	3-2	0	0	51.2	3.66	36	22	21	5	29	48	.199	1.26	103
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	38	1	1-0	0	0	38.1	2.35	24	10	10	3	11	36	.180	0.91	93
E. De Los Santos RP	34	0	0-2	5	7	35.2	4.79	34	20	19	4	8	33	.246	1.18	87
J. Hader RP	10	0	1-0	6	6	10.0	0.90	2	1	1	1	2	16	.063	0.40	82
B. Abreu RP	30	0	2-3	5	5	26.1	6.15	22	20	18	6	24	34	.232	1.75	63
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	59
H. Brown SP	4	4	1-0	0	0	19.1	1.40	12	3	3	1	11	28	.176	1.19	54
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	11	0	1-0	1	1	14.2	3.07	13	7	5	1	7	13	.241	1.36	39
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
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	84	84	40-44	24	29	742.1	4.76	670	418	393	109	365	727	.241	1.39	1460

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