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Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

MLB

5 — 8

DateSeptember 18, 2026

VenuePNC Park

Team Form

Last 5 · latest first

Kansas City Royals

LWLLL

Pittsburgh Pirates

WLLWL

Key Stats

2026 season · Team stats

Kansas City Royals

.244

AVG

.314

OBP

.712

OPS

158

HR

4.63

ERA

1.39

WHIP

4.20

R/G

7.4

K/9

Pittsburgh Pirates

.253

AVG

.330

OBP

.733

OPS

175

HR

4.19

ERA

1.30

WHIP

4.77

R/G

9.2

K/9

Key Players

Kansas City Royals

Pittsburgh Pirates

Mason Montgomery

Boxscore

Scoring by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
KC	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
PIT	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	—	8

Team stats

KC Stat PIT

5 R 8

8 H 15

2 E 0

2 HR 1

2 BB 3

11 SO 7

8 LOB 26

0 SB 1

8 ER 5

0 DP 0

KC

Kansas City Royals

Batting

Kansas City Royals Batting
Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Carter Jensen C Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	.233	.320	.450
Bobby Witt Jr. SS Starter	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	.276	.358	.440
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B Starter	2-4	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	13	.240	.327	.395
Maikel Garcia 3B Starter	1-4	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	13	.262	.318	.378
Michael Massey 2B Starter	1-4	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	16	.279	.312	.444
Salvador Perez DH Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.226	.270	.374
John Rave LF Starter	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	13	.227	.319	.454
Nick Loftin RF Starter	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	15	.232	.319	.376
Kyle Isbel CF Starter	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	.221	.267	.326
Isaac Collins PH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.219	.325	.332
Tyler Tolbert PH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.293	.358	.407

Pitching

Kansas City Royals Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Randy Dobnak P Starter	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	1	74-46	3.08	74
Connor Thomas P	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	19-16	9.15	19
Anthony Gose P	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	22-15	0.00	22
Nate Pearson P	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	28-14	3.07	28
Lucas Erceg P	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	5.96	12

PIT

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting
Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Konnor Griffin SS Starter	4-5	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	18	.271	.325	.393
Brandon Lowe 2B Starter	1-5	5	1	1	2	1	0	2	19	.260	.331	.488
Bryan Reynolds RF Starter	2-5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	17	.263	.366	.427
Oneil Cruz CF Starter	3-5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	21	.277	.364	.483
Nick Gonzales 3B Starter	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	.304	.368	.391
Ryan O'Hearn DH Starter	0-3	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	19	.266	.333	.449
Ronny Simon RF Starter	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	17	.318	.362	.386
Spencer Horwitz 1B Starter	2-3	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	13	.248	.347	.368
Henry Davis C Starter	1-3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	20	.169	.272	.313
Jared Triolo 3B	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.241	.311	.307
Billy Cook LF	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.208	.235

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Paul Skenes P Starter	6.0	6	5	5	1	7	2	89-63	3.91	89
Brandon Eisert P	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	14-7	5.23	14
Yohan Ramirez P	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20-16	3.00	20
Gregory Soto P	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18-13	3.78	18