Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

Kansas City Royals69-93

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Final

Pittsburgh Pirates82-80

Sunday, September 20, 2026
1:35 PM EDT
MLB

Match odds

No pre-game prices were stored for this game.

Box score

KC	Team stats	PIT
0.245	AVG	0.254
4.66	ERA	4.19
0.315	OBP	0.332
0.713	OPS	0.738
3	RBI	4
0.398	SLG	0.406
8	H	9
4	R	3
1.39	WHIP	1.3
35	AB	33
1	2B	2
0	3B	0
2	HR	1
4	ER	3
9	SO	8
5	BB	1
1	SB	0
0	CS	0
8	IP	9

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

Kansas City Royals · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Michael Wacha	5.2	4	2	4	5	1	0	0	0
Nate Pearson	0.2	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
Connor Thomas	0.2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Gose	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cuas	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nolan Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates · Batting
Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Konnor Griffin	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Spencer Horwitz	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Brandon Lowe	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Oneil Cruz	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Gonzales	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bryan Reynolds	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jake Mangum	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ryan O'Hearn	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rafael Flores Jr.	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0
Ronny Simon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates · Pitching
Player	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV
Carmen Mlodzinski	3.0	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
Yohan Ramírez	2.0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wilber Dotel	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lake Bachar	1.0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mason Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Recent form

Kansas City RoyalsLWLLL

Pittsburgh PiratesLLWWW

Head to head

0KC wins

2PIT wins

Last 2 meetings with a stored final score.

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 4-3 on Sunday, September 20, 2026 in the MLB.

Recent form: Kansas City Royals have won 1 of their last 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 of their last 5.

In the 2 recent meetings on record, Kansas City Royals won 0 and Pittsburgh Pirates won 2. The last one finished KC 5, PIT 6 on Sep 19, 2026.

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

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