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	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
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	119	467	77	133	49	16	55	91	.285	.361	.452	.813	28	1	36	7	413
J. Caglianone RF	126	457	64	130	66	23	29	128	.284	.333	.499	.832	25	2	6	2	338
C. Jensen C	128	447	61	99	61	19	57	147	.221	.309	.409	.718	25	1	2	1	293
S. Perez DH	128	494	46	110	62	17	20	106	.223	.266	.372	.638	21	1	1	0	273
V. Pasquantino 1B	91	337	41	83	41	9	44	62	.246	.335	.383	.718	15	2	5	0	237
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	124	388	41	90	40	6	52	101	.232	.330	.353	.683	23	3	6	5	232
N. Loftin 3B	98	304	38	72	40	6	36	56	.237	.326	.385	.711	23	2	2	1	212
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	78	233	26	55	24	6	14	58	.236	.286	.361	.647	9	1	6	0	134
T. Tolbert SS	67	114	30	35	8	3	12	24	.307	.375	.430	.805	5	0	20	3	125
J. Rave RF	33	83	16	18	8	3	8	19	.217	.286	.410	.696	5	1	4	0	64
J. Rojas 3B	34	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	13	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	0
Total	138	4632	590	1148	561	141	434	1085	.248	.316	.401	.717	249	18	109	29	2831

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	28	28	6-8	0	0	154.0	5.03	170	94	86	18	49	118	.286	1.42	253
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	125
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
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
J. Cuas RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	15.0	1.80	16	3	3	0	9	16	.276	1.67	25
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
A. Gose RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	15
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	11
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	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	5	2	2	0	1	4	.217	0.95	-2
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	138	138	62-76	34	57	1212.1	4.68	1188	673	631	168	502	1001	.257	1.39	2325

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	136	489	91	155	94	37	94	103	.317	.432	.605	1.037	28	1	1	0	534
I. Paredes 3B	131	476	54	122	73	17	59	73	.256	.355	.416	.771	23	1	0	0	364
C. Walker 1B	133	490	64	112	76	24	44	127	.229	.304	.431	.735	25	1	0	0	341
J. Pena SS	88	349	67	99	46	17	22	84	.284	.337	.481	.818	16	1	9	1	285
C. Smith RF	134	434	57	93	50	17	36	120	.214	.280	.392	.672	16	5	10	2	277
J. Altuve 2B	111	428	61	106	41	14	38	96	.248	.311	.397	.708	18	2	4	3	269
D. Varsho CF	24	89	7	16	10	3	8	21	.180	.247	.315	.562	3	0	1	0	247
Y. Diaz C	75	260	30	68	33	10	10	43	.262	.292	.419	.711	11	0	0	2	160
C. Vazquez C	79	225	22	48	25	7	18	49	.213	.270	.338	.608	7	0	1	0	118
T. Trammell CF	80	203	26	41	20	7	20	70	.202	.286	.355	.641	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	78	131	22	36	13	2	9	30	.275	.319	.359	.678	5	0	2	0	81
L. Wade Jr. LF	41	100	14	21	17	3	18	29	.210	.331	.350	.681	5	0	0	0	69
J. Meyers CF	54	141	15	30	11	3	10	31	.213	.268	.326	.594	7	0	1	2	67
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	8	14	1	1	3	1	0	8	.071	.067	.286	.353	0	0	0	0	53
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	138	4641	630	1119	599	183	458	1130	.241	.316	.410	.726	202	16	41	19	3367

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	24	24	8-7	0	0	132.2	3.66	109	56	54	13	56	131	.220	1.24	279
J. Hader RP	37	0	4-1	21	21	36.1	0.74	14	3	3	1	11	48	.114	0.69	275
A. Blubaugh RP	52	0	4-2	1	1	84.1	3.09	63	31	29	10	34	86	.209	1.15	193
S. Okert RP	68	1	6-2	0	1	67.2	2.13	45	17	16	7	14	68	.190	0.87	190
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	55	0	5-3	8	9	52.2	3.93	36	25	23	7	39	68	.196	1.42	166
E. De Los Santos RP	60	0	3-3	5	7	64.2	4.45	60	36	32	8	17	59	.242	1.19	154
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
L. Wade Jr. LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	3	2	2	1	0	0	.500	3.00	69
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	67
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
E. Pecko SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	13.0	6.23	11	10	9	4	9	9	.229	1.54	20
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	24	1	1-3	0	1	20.2	6.53	26	17	15	3	13	22	.306	1.89	11
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	138	138	70-68	43	52	1224.1	4.61	1101	670	627	180	569	1210	.240	1.36	2317

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