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	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	05-03-2026Expected to be out until at least May 4
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Nick Allen	Back	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Jake Meyers	Oblique	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	05-01-2026Expected to be out until at least May 2
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

	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	32	125	11	36	15	2	17	24	.288	.368	.424	.792	9	1	10	2	99
M. Garcia 3B	30	117	18	32	11	3	13	23	.274	.344	.436	.780	8	1	3	2	83
C. Jensen C	30	94	13	23	16	6	11	30	.245	.327	.457	.784	2	0	0	0	69
V. Pasquantino 1B	30	108	13	19	16	4	16	26	.176	.279	.352	.631	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	26	76	11	21	8	3	4	20	.276	.337	.434	.771	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	31	124	12	26	13	5	4	26	.210	.244	.371	.615	5	0	0	0	56
I. Collins LF	27	83	12	18	9	2	12	29	.217	.330	.313	.643	2	0	1	2	44
J. Caglianone 1B	28	91	12	23	5	3	9	33	.253	.333	.429	.762	5	1	0	1	43
L. Thomas RF	26	61	6	15	6	1	13	13	.246	.387	.311	.698	1	0	3	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	11	31	7	8	7	0	6	3	.258	.378	.355	.733	3	0	0	0	29
M. Massey 2B	21	54	5	12	7	1	3	13	.222	.254	.370	.624	5	0	0	0	27
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	12	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	32	1061	133	256	126	33	117	265	.241	.322	.393	.715	52	5	23	10	675

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
S. Lugo SP	6	6	1-1	0	0	37.2	2.63	33	12	11	1	11	31	.241	1.17	87
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
L. Erceg RP	14	0	2-1	8	10	13.1	4.05	10	7	6	0	10	11	.222	1.50	74
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	38
D. Lynch SP	12	0	1-0	0	1	12.1	2.19	5	6	3	1	3	15	.116	0.65	32
N. Mears RP	13	0	2-1	0	2	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	0	7	9	.158	1.11	31
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
M. Strahm RP	12	0	0-0	0	1	11.2	3.86	10	5	5	2	6	14	.222	1.37	17
J. Schreiber RP	13	0	0-2	1	1	11.2	4.63	11	6	6	2	7	5	.268	1.54	9
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	8
A. Lange RP	12	0	0-2	0	0	13.2	6.59	13	11	10	2	10	19	.245	1.68	6
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
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	3	1	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	16	7	7	1	4	8	.471	2.86	-7
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	32	32	13-19	10	17	282.1	4.59	260	154	144	40	142	277	.246	1.42	512

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	33	123	25	42	27	12	21	15	.341	.446	.707	1.153	9	0	1	0	158
C. Walker 1B	33	119	19	35	24	7	14	24	.294	.370	.546	.916	9	0	0	0	109
C. Correa SS	29	111	21	32	15	3	15	21	.288	.370	.441	.811	8	0	1	0	82
C. Smith 3B	32	109	16	23	15	4	14	36	.211	.307	.367	.674	5	0	4	0	78
J. Altuve 2B	30	116	20	29	8	3	17	24	.250	.346	.388	.734	7	0	1	2	77
I. Paredes 3B	28	102	15	27	15	3	10	18	.265	.353	.392	.745	4	0	0	0	72
Y. Diaz C	24	96	7	25	14	2	3	15	.260	.277	.375	.652	5	0	0	1	48
C. Vazquez C	16	50	6	16	11	2	5	8	.320	.382	.520	.902	4	0	0	0	44
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
D. Harris 1B	8	24	4	4	4	0	2	5	.167	.250	.250	.500	0	1	1	0	31
B. Matthews SS	24	62	6	13	8	2	5	27	.210	.269	.371	.640	4	0	2	0	30
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
N. Allen SS	14	20	5	5	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.300	.618	1	0	0	0	10
B. Shewmake SS	3	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.500	.700	0	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	9	12	1	1	3	1	1	7	.083	.154	.333	.487	0	0	0	0	5
D. Johnson CF	7	13	1	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.313	.154	.467	0	0	0	0	4
Total	33	1136	169	303	160	41	128	253	.267	.345	.438	.783	68	2	14	6	855

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	3	3	3-0	0	0	18.0	2.00	11	4	4	1	9	21	.169	1.11	63
L. McCullers SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.1	6.32	27	24	22	4	17	33	.237	1.40	52
K. Teng SP	12	1	1-2	0	0	19.2	2.75	14	6	6	3	6	18	.197	1.02	39
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
E. De Los Santos RP	11	0	0-1	3	3	11.1	5.56	13	7	7	1	4	10	.277	1.50	31
P. Lambert RP	3	3	1-2	0	0	15.1	3.52	12	6	6	0	7	19	.211	1.24	28
A. Blubaugh P	13	0	2-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	3	11	15	.239	1.47	27
M. Burrows SP	7	7	1-4	0	0	37.2	5.97	49	25	25	8	13	36	.318	1.65	27
S. Okert RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	4.50	11	7	7	2	6	9	.224	1.21	22
B. King P	11	0	0-1	1	2	12.2	3.55	13	7	5	0	5	13	.265	1.42	19
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	4	2	0-1	1	1	9.1	5.79	8	6	6	1	8	11	.242	1.71	12
R. Weiss SP	8	2	0-2	0	0	21.2	6.65	27	17	16	6	16	25	.300	1.98	8
J. Murray SP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	6.00	7	4	4	0	5	5	.318	2.00	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
B. Sousa RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	1	2	2	0	4	4	.143	2.14	-1
C. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	22.50	2	5	5	1	3	1	.250	2.50	-3
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	11	0	0-2	1	1	9.1	12.54	11	14	13	4	15	16	.289	2.79	-6
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	33	33	12-21	6	7	286.1	6.00	291	197	191	47	176	297	.265	1.63	357

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