Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

Kansas City Royals69-93

58

Final

Pittsburgh Pirates82-80

Friday, September 18, 2026
6:40 PM EDT
MLB

Match odds

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Box score

KC	Team stats	PIT
0.244	AVG	0.254
4.65	ERA	4.19
0.314	OBP	0.331
0.712	OPS	0.735
5	RBI	8
0.398	SLG	0.404
15	H	8
8	R	5
1.39	WHIP	1.3
33	AB	37
2	2B	5
0	3B	0
1	HR	2
8	ER	5
7	SO	11
3	BB	2
0	SB	1
0	CS	0
8	IP	9

Kansas City Royals · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Carter Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Michael Massey	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
Maikel Garcia	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
Bobby Witt Jr.	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Loftin	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
John Rave	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Kyle Isbel	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Tolbert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Isaac Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Randy Dobnak	3.2	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Thomas	1.1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Lucas Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Pearson	1.0	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
Anthony Gose	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Brandon Lowe	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0
Bryan Reynolds	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Oneil Cruz	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Konnor Griffin	5	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ronny Simon	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Spencer Horwitz	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0
Henry Davis	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Ryan O'Hearn	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Nick Gonzales	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Triolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Paul Skenes	6.0	6	5	1	7	2	0	0	0
Yohan Ramírez	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gregory Soto	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Brandon Eisert	0.2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Recent form

Kansas City RoyalsLLLWL

Pittsburgh PiratesLWLLW

League table

#	Team	Record
1	Milwaukee Brewers	103-59
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	100-62
3	Tampa Bay Rays	98-64
4	Atlanta Braves	94-68
5	Cleveland Guardians	85-77
6	Houston Astros	81-81
7	New York Yankees	93-68
8	San Diego Padres	91-71
9	Chicago Cubs	89-73
10	Philadelphia Phillies	88-74
11	Chicago White Sox	84-78
12	Texas Rangers	80-82
13	Boston Red Sox	87-75
14	Arizona Diamondbacks	86-76
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	82-80
16	Miami Marlins	80-82
17	Minnesota Twins	77-85
18	Seattle Mariners	76-86
19	Baltimore Orioles	79-82
20	Washington Nationals	77-85
21	St. Louis Cardinals	77-85
22	Detroit Tigers	76-86
23	San Francisco Giants	65-97
24	Athletics	64-98
25	Toronto Blue Jays	79-83
26	Cincinnati Reds	75-87
27	New York Mets	74-88
28	Kansas City Royals	69-93
29	Los Angeles Angels	62-100
30	Colorado Rockies	58-104

About this match

Pittsburgh Pirates beat Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Friday, September 18, 2026 in the MLB.

Recent form: Kansas City Royals have won 1 of their last 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 of their last 5.

Carter Jensen leads Kansas City Royals in home runs (27 HR).

Brandon Lowe leads Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs (35 HR).