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	09-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 5
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
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
Michael Massey	Concussion	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Beck Way	Back	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	09-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 24
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
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	118	463	77	133	49	16	55	91	.287	.363	.456	.819	28	1	36	7	413
J. Caglianone RF	125	453	63	129	66	23	29	127	.285	.334	.499	.833	24	2	6	2	335
C. Jensen C	127	443	61	98	61	19	56	145	.221	.308	.411	.719	25	1	2	1	292
S. Perez DH	127	490	46	109	61	17	20	106	.222	.267	.373	.640	21	1	1	0	271
V. Pasquantino 1B	90	333	41	82	41	9	44	61	.246	.336	.384	.720	15	2	5	0	236
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	123	387	41	90	40	6	52	101	.233	.330	.354	.684	23	3	6	5	232
N. Loftin 3B	97	300	38	71	40	6	36	55	.237	.327	.383	.710	22	2	2	1	210
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	77	230	26	54	24	6	13	57	.235	.282	.361	.643	9	1	6	0	132
T. Tolbert SS	66	111	30	34	8	3	12	23	.306	.376	.432	.808	5	0	20	3	124
J. Rave RF	32	80	16	18	8	3	7	17	.225	.287	.425	.712	5	1	4	0	64
J. Rojas 3B	33	85	9	21	13	2	4	15	.247	.281	.365	.646	4	0	1	0	51
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	12	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	0
Total	137	4598	589	1141	560	141	431	1076	.248	.316	.402	.718	247	18	109	29	2819

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	27	27	8-8	0	0	170.2	3.32	145	67	63	22	42	136	.229	1.10	394
N. Cameron SP	26	25	9-8	0	0	149.1	3.98	134	71	66	15	48	131	.237	1.22	312
S. Lugo SP	27	27	6-7	0	0	150.1	4.61	161	85	77	16	47	116	.279	1.38	266
D. Lynch IV RP	51	5	4-4	1	3	61.2	3.06	46	25	21	5	19	46	.202	1.05	135
S. Cruz RP	49	2	2-3	6	7	51.2	4.35	46	26	25	12	19	56	.237	1.26	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	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	51	0	2-7	10	13	52.2	5.81	52	36	34	6	27	54	.259	1.50	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
R. Dobnak SP	10	8	2-2	0	0	51.2	1.92	50	11	11	3	21	34	.254	1.37	100
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	15	0	1-1	2	3	14.2	0.61	7	1	1	0	6	13	.140	0.89	94
J. Schreiber RP	55	0	1-3	1	4	49.1	3.65	41	23	20	7	22	36	.232	1.28	81
C. Kimbrel RP	6	0	1-0	1	1	6.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.059	0.47	73
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	51
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
J. Cuas RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	15	3	3	0	8	14	.278	1.64	23
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
A. Gose RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	15
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.154	0.50	-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	137	137	62-75	34	57	1204.1	4.63	1175	662	620	166	498	996	.256	1.39	2404

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	134	481	90	154	93	37	93	102	.320	.435	.613	1.048	28	1	1	0	531
I. Paredes 3B	129	468	52	121	73	17	58	71	.259	.358	.421	.779	23	1	0	0	361
C. Walker 1B	131	484	64	111	75	24	43	126	.229	.303	.434	.737	25	1	0	0	338
J. Pena SS	86	340	66	96	44	16	22	82	.282	.337	.476	.813	16	1	9	1	277
C. Smith RF	132	428	56	91	48	17	36	119	.213	.279	.386	.665	15	4	10	2	269
J. Altuve 2B	110	423	60	104	41	14	38	94	.246	.310	.397	.707	18	2	4	3	267
D. Varsho CF	23	85	7	16	9	3	8	21	.188	.258	.329	.587	3	0	1	0	247
Y. Diaz C	74	257	28	67	33	10	10	42	.261	.289	.416	.705	10	0	0	2	156
C. Vazquez C	78	222	21	47	25	7	17	48	.212	.267	.338	.605	7	0	1	0	116
T. Trammell CF	78	202	26	41	20	7	20	70	.203	.288	.356	.644	6	2	3	3	110
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 SS	76	123	21	32	13	2	9	29	.260	.309	.341	.650	4	0	2	0	75
J. Meyers CF	54	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	40	98	13	20	15	2	18	28	.204	.328	.316	.644	5	0	0	0	63
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
B. Shewmake 3B	30	78	10	20	9	3	2	13	.256	.272	.423	.695	4	0	0	0	54
N. Velazquez LF	6	11	0	0	1	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	47
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	136	4571	618	1101	588	180	454	1113	.241	.316	.409	.725	199	15	41	19	3316

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	23	23	8-7	0	0	128.0	3.66	106	54	52	13	51	125	.222	1.23	273
J. Hader RP	36	0	4-1	20	20	35.1	0.76	13	3	3	1	11	48	.109	0.68	266
A. Blubaugh RP	51	0	4-2	1	1	82.1	3.17	62	31	29	10	34	84	.210	1.17	187
S. Okert RP	66	1	6-2	0	1	66.1	2.17	44	17	16	7	14	66	.190	0.87	186
H. Brown SP	15	15	4-3	0	0	81.0	3.33	61	32	30	10	44	86	.210	1.30	178
B. Abreu RP	53	0	5-3	7	8	51.0	4.06	36	25	23	7	36	65	.201	1.41	155
E. De Los Santos RP	59	0	2-3	5	7	63.2	4.52	60	36	32	8	14	59	.245	1.16	147
T. Imai SP	18	15	6-4	0	0	67.2	5.32	55	40	40	9	44	83	.220	1.46	138
K. Teng RP	28	10	5-6	0	0	71.1	4.42	66	39	35	10	30	71	.243	1.35	117
B. King RP	51	1	2-3	6	10	53.0	4.75	57	30	28	8	19	44	.271	1.43	112
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
H. Wesneski SP	6	6	4-1	0	0	32.2	3.86	27	14	14	2	12	28	.229	1.19	87
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	63
C. Javier SP	13	8	1-5	0	0	44.2	6.45	54	32	32	8	19	42	.297	1.63	33
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
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
R. Blanco SP	5	4	0-1	0	0	23.1	7.71	22	20	20	7	12	20	.253	1.46	20
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	2	1	9	.182	0.83	14
B. Sousa RP	23	1	1-3	0	1	19.1	6.52	25	16	14	2	12	21	.313	1.91	9
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
E. Pecko SP	2	2	0-0	0	0	8.0	7.88	8	7	7	2	7	5	.258	1.88	3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	136	136	68-68	41	50	1206.1	4.64	1091	664	622	177	555	1192	.241	1.36	2249

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