Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - Sep 20, 2026

67-89

PIT

79-77

FINAL

PNC Park

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	1
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	4	8	1

WIN

Carmen Mlodzinski

3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

LOSS

Nate Pearson

0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

SAVE

Mason Montgomery

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Box Score

KC BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1M. Garcia3B	0-4	0	0	0	.258
2B. Witt Jr.SS	1-4	1	0	0	.279
3J. CaglianoneDH	2-3	0	0	0	.282
4S. Perez1B	2-4	0	0	1	.227
5M. Massey2B	0-4	0	0	0	.274
6N. LoftinRF	1-4	0	0	0	.240
7J. RaveLF	1-4	1	0	0	.228
8L. MaileC	1-4	0	0	0	.171
9T. TolbertCF	0-2	0	0	0	.288
↳ V. PasquantinoPH	1-1	1	1	2	.244
↳ K. IsbelCF	0-0	0	0	0	.218
↳ I. CollinsPH	0-1	0	0	0	.217

KC PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
M. Wacha	5.2	4	2	4	5	113-78	3.33
N. Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	1	5-3	3.86
C. Thomas(H, 4)	0.2	1	0	1	1	26-15	8.85
J. Cuas(H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	1	7-4	2.21
N. Pearson(L, 2-3)(BS, 2)	0.2	3	2	0	1	25-18	3.43
A. Gose	0.1	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

KC		PIT
9	HITS	8
1	HOME RUNS	2
13	TOTAL BASES	16
1	WALKS	5
8	STRIKEOUTS	9
12	RUNNERS LOB	18

Win Probability

PIT 100.0%

KCEVENPIT

10050100

TOP 9 · KC 3-4 PIT · PIT 100.0%Isaac Collins flies out to right fielder Jake Mangum.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Salvador Perez 1-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 2nd.1-0
BOT 4Oneil Cruz solo 420' homer on a fly ball to center field.1-1
BOT 6Spencer Horwitz 1-run single on a line drive to center fielder Tyler Tolbert. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Rafael Flores Jr. to 2nd.1-2
TOP 7Vinnie Pasquantino 2-run 390' no-doubter on a fly ball to right center field. John Rave scores.3-2
BOT 8Rafael Flores Jr. 2-run 426' no-doubter on a fly ball to left field. Ronny Simon scores.3-4

Season Series

PIT LEADS 3-0

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525