Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Sep 20, 2026

1:35 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Kansas City Royals

Pittsburgh Pirates

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	-	4	8	1

Hits KC 9 · PIT 8

Errors KC 1 · PIT 1

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
3BMaikel Garcia	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258
SSBobby Witt Jr.	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.279
DHJac Caglianone	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.282
1BSalvador Perez	4	0	2	1	0	1	2	.227
2BMichael Massey	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.274
RFNick Loftin	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.240
LFJohn Rave	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.228
CLuke Maile 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	.171
CFTyler Tolbert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288
PHVinnie Pasquantino HR	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.244
CFKyle Isbel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218
PHIsaac Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217
Totals	35	3	9	3	1	8	12	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Michael Wacha	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	113-78	3.33
Nolan Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	3.86
Connor Thomas (H, 4)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	26-15	8.85
Jose Cuas (H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-4	2.21
Nate Pearson (L, 2-3)(BS, 2)	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	25-18	3.43
Anthony Gose	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00
Totals	8.0	8	4	4	5	9	2	—	—

Home Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
SSKonnor Griffin 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.267
2BBrandon Lowe	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	.262
LFBryan Reynolds	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.262
CFOneil Cruz HR	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	.280
3BNick Gonzales	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.302
3BJared Triolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
DHRyan O'Hearn	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.264
DHRonny Simon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.313
CRafael Flores Jr. HR 2B	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	.286
1BSpencer Horwitz	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	.248
RFJake Mangum	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.279
Totals	33	4	8	4	5	9	18	—

Home Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Lake Bachar	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	20-14	3.56
Yohan Ramírez	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	30-19	2.93
Wilber Dotel	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32-21	4.58
Carmen Mlodzinski (W, 8-7)	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	45-26	3.95
Mason Montgomery (S, 16)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	2.59
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	1	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 2nd.
B4	1–1	Oneil Cruz homers (20) on a fly ball to center field.
B6	1–2	Spencer Horwitz singles on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Tolbert. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Rafael Flores Jr. to 2nd.
T7	3–2	Vinnie Pasquantino homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field. John Rave scores.
B8	3–4	Rafael Flores Jr. homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Ronny Simon scores.

Game Details

PNC Park

Probable Starting Pitchers

Michael Wacha

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

3.34

WHIP

1.097

K/9

7.11

BB/9

2.34

188.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.32 WHIP —

Lake Bachar

Pittsburgh Pirates Home

ERA

2.01

WHIP

1.164

K/9

10.07

BB/9

5.24

22.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.55 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+107	+1.5 (-209)	O 8.5 (-103)
Pittsburgh Pirates	-116	-1.5 (+185)	U 8.5 (-110)

Closing line · Sep 20

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