Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 15, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
James McArthur	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Isaac Collins	Undisclosed	04-14-2026Probable for Apr 15
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 20

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Cody Bolton	Back	04-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 16
Jake Meyers	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14
Nate Pearson	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 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
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28

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Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	16	62	10	19	8	2	8	10	.306	.380	.484	.864	5	0	1	1	52
B. Witt SS	16	59	1	16	7	0	10	12	.271	.371	.322	.693	3	0	8	1	46
K. Isbel CF	13	38	6	12	5	2	4	10	.316	.395	.500	.895	1	0	4	0	38
C. Jensen C	15	42	6	10	8	4	3	16	.238	.283	.548	.831	1	0	0	0	32
J. India 2B	12	38	7	7	8	2	7	11	.184	.340	.342	.682	0	0	0	0	31
I. Collins LF	15	42	7	9	4	1	6	15	.214	.327	.310	.637	1	0	0	1	22
S. Perez C	16	59	4	9	2	2	4	11	.153	.219	.288	.507	2	0	0	0	22
V. Pasquantino 1B	16	59	3	9	7	0	7	16	.153	.246	.169	.415	1	0	0	0	20
J. Caglianone 1B	15	48	4	11	0	0	4	17	.229	.315	.313	.628	4	0	0	1	15
L. Thomas RF	12	23	2	3	1	0	5	7	.130	.286	.174	.460	1	0	1	0	10
N. Loftin 1B	4	9	3	2	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	0	0	0	7
S. Marte RF	4	14	1	3	0	0	0	7	.214	.214	.357	.571	2	0	0	0	2
M. Massey 2B	6	11	0	2	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.273	.455	1	0	0	0	1
T. Tolbert SS	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	0
Total	16	506	54	112	50	13	60	137	.221	.311	.344	.655	23	0	15	5	298

HITTING	G
M. Garcia 3B	16
B. Witt SS	16
K. Isbel CF	13
C. Jensen C	15
J. India 2B	12
I. Collins LF	15
S. Perez C	16
V. Pasquantino 1B	16
J. Caglianone 1B	15
L. Thomas RF	12
N. Loftin 1B	4
S. Marte RF	4
M. Massey 2B	6
T. Tolbert SS	5
Total	16

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	3	3	2-0	0	0	21.0	0.43	10	1	1	1	5	17	.147	0.71	77
K. Bubic SP	3	3	2-1	0	0	18.0	2.50	8	5	5	2	7	23	.131	0.83	60
L. Erceg RP	7	0	0-0	5	5	6.2	2.70	5	2	2	0	2	4	.227	1.05	48
S. Lugo SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	17.2	1.53	13	4	3	0	6	14	.206	1.08	46
N. Cameron P	3	3	1-0	0	0	16.0	3.94	16	7	7	2	4	14	.254	1.25	35
N. Mears RP	6	0	1-0	0	1	5.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	6	.118	0.88	22
E. Morgan RP	2	0	0-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	6	.111	0.80	21
D. Lynch SP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	1.42	2	3	1	0	3	8	.091	0.79	16
A. Lange RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	5	3	3	0	5	10	.208	1.50	11
M. Strahm RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	4	3	3	1	2	5	.190	1.06	9
C. Ragans RP	3	3	0-3	0	0	10.2	5.91	12	8	7	3	6	15	.300	1.69	2
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	0
J. Schreiber RP	7	0	0-2	1	1	6.0	6.00	6	4	4	1	6	3	.286	2.00	0
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
L. Avila SP	2	1	0-1	0	0	6.0	9.00	14	6	6	1	4	6	.483	3.00	-8
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	16	16	7-9	7	9	140.2	3.90	119	65	61	17	63	142	.231	1.29	320

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	3
K. Bubic SP	3
L. Erceg RP	7
S. Lugo SP	3
N. Cameron P	3
N. Mears RP	6
E. Morgan RP	2
D. Lynch SP	5
A. Lange RP	5
M. Strahm RP	6
C. Ragans RP	3
T. Tolbert SS	1
J. Schreiber RP	7
S. Cruz RP	5
B. Falter SP	2
L. Avila SP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
Total	16

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	17	56	12	18	14	6	16	8	.321	.487	.714	1.201	4	0	1	0	83
C. Walker 1B	17	60	10	17	13	3	8	11	.283	.368	.533	.901	6	0	0	0	57
J. Altuve 2B	17	61	12	19	6	2	13	12	.311	.432	.492	.924	5	0	1	1	56
C. Smith 3B	17	60	11	17	8	3	7	16	.283	.368	.500	.868	4	0	3	0	55
C. Correa SS	14	55	12	16	9	1	6	9	.291	.361	.400	.761	3	0	1	0	46
J. Loperfido OF	16	44	7	13	5	0	6	14	.295	.373	.386	.759	4	0	1	1	29
I. Paredes 3B	12	44	6	11	6	0	3	11	.250	.353	.341	.694	4	0	0	0	28
Y. Diaz C	13	51	4	11	9	1	3	8	.216	.255	.294	.549	1	0	0	0	27
C. Vazquez C	7	23	3	8	8	1	1	4	.348	.375	.609	.984	3	0	0	0	24
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
T. Trammell LF	4	11	2	3	3	0	2	5	.273	.385	.364	.749	1	0	0	0	8
N. Allen SS	11	16	5	3	0	0	2	4	.188	.278	.188	.466	0	0	0	0	8
B. Matthews SS	10	22	1	3	3	1	3	12	.136	.240	.318	.558	1	0	0	0	8
S. Whitcomb SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	585	95	159	88	19	78	130	.272	.364	.441	.805	42	0	9	4	475

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	17
C. Walker 1B	17
J. Altuve 2B	17
C. Smith 3B	17
C. Correa SS	14
J. Loperfido OF	16
I. Paredes 3B	12
Y. Diaz C	13
C. Vazquez C	7
J. Meyers CF	12
J. Pena SS	10
T. Trammell LF	4
N. Allen SS	11
B. Matthews SS	10
S. Whitcomb SS	3
Total	17

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
L. McCullers SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	15.1	5.87	14	10	10	1	6	17	.255	1.30	34
K. Teng SP	6	0	1-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	2	2	9	.167	0.84	27
B. King P	6	0	0-0	1	1	6.2	1.35	4	1	1	0	3	9	.174	1.05	22
S. Okert RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	4.91	3	4	4	1	3	6	.136	0.82	15
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	3	2	0-1	1	1	8.1	5.40	7	5	5	1	7	11	.233	1.68	12
E. De Los Santos RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	1	1	3	.200	0.94	11
M. Burrows SP	4	4	1-3	0	0	22.0	6.55	33	16	16	5	7	18	.347	1.82	10
C. Roa SP	6	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	4.91	7	4	4	1	7	6	.269	1.91	4
A. Blubaugh P	6	0	1-2	0	0	9.1	9.64	11	10	10	2	5	7	.306	1.71	2
J. France SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	5	4	4	0	4	3	.278	1.93	1
J. Murray SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	9.00	2	2	2	0	3	3	.286	2.50	0
R. Weiss SP	5	0	0-2	0	0	11.0	7.36	17	10	9	3	6	15	.340	2.09	-1
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	7	0	0-2	1	1	5.0	16.20	7	10	9	3	11	10	.333	3.60	-10
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	17	17	6-11	3	3	145.1	6.50	151	107	105	25	97	157	.271	1.71	161

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	3
K. Teng SP	6
B. King P	6
S. Okert RP	7
T. Imai SP	3
C. Bolton RP	3
E. De Los Santos RP	4
M. Burrows SP	4
C. Roa SP	6
A. Blubaugh P	6
J. France SP	2
J. Murray SP	1
R. Weiss SP	5
R. Munoz RP	3
B. Abreu RP	7
C. Javier SP	3
Total	17

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