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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Kansas City Royals · MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates

79-77

4 – 3

Final

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Kansas City Royals

67-89

PNC Park · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania

Summary

The Kansas City Royals came up just short, 4-3 against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in front of 14,979. The 8th decided it, with two runs for the Pirates. The Pirates are now 79-77 and the Royals 67-89.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 5:35 PM UTC · Sep 20
Event: MLB USA
Ground: PNC Park · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Crowd: 14,979
Match officials: Brian Walsh (Home Plate Umpire), Chad Fairchild (First Base Umpire), Bill Miller (Second Base Umpire), Chad Whitson (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USMLB.TVStreaming · National
USRoyals.TVStreaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Pirates	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		4
Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Player stats

Pittsburgh Pirates

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Konnor Griffin SS	1-5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	19	.267	.322	.389
Brandon Lowe 2B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	30	.262	.332	.492
Bryan Reynolds LF	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	16	.262	.365	.423
Oneil Cruz CF	1-4	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	14	.280	.367	.490
Nick Gonzales 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.302	.365	.389
Jared Triolo SS	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.311	.307
Ryan O'Hearn RF	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	20	.264	.331	.443
Ronny Simon RF	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.438
Rafael Flores Jr. C	2-3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	17	.286	.354	.556
Spencer Horwitz 1B	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	21	.248	.346	.367
Jake Mangum CF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	.279	.336	.370
Team	8-33	33	4	8	4	2	5	9	182

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Lake Bachar RP	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	20-14	3.56	20
Yohan Ramirez RP	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	30-19	2.93	30
Wilber Dotel RP	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32-21	4.58	32
Carmen Mlodzinski RP	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	45-26	3.95	45
Mason Montgomery RP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	2.59	11
Team	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	1	138-88		138

Kansas City Royals

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.258	.313	.371
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	13	.279	.359	.440
Jac Caglianone RF	2-3	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	12	.282	.335	.486
Salvador Perez DH	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	13	.227	.271	.374
Michael Massey 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.274	.307	.436
Nick Loftin 3B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	.240	.324	.380
John Rave RF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	18	.228	.315	.441
Luke Maile C	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	19	.171	.244	.293
Tyler Tolbert SS	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.288	.353	.400
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	1-1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	.244	.330	.406
Kyle Isbel CF	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.263	.321
Isaac Collins LF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.217	.323	.329
Team	9-35	35	3	9	3	1	1	8	138

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Michael Wacha SP	5.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	113-78	3.33	113
Nolan Hoffman RP	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	3.86	5
Connor Thomas RP	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	26-15	8.85	26
Jose Cuas RP	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-4	2.21	7
Nate Pearson RP	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	25-18	3.43	25
Anthony Gose RP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	0.00	6
Team	8.0	8	4	4	5	9	2	182-123		182

Standings

2026 American League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Cleveland	85	77	.525
2	Chicago	84	78	.519
3	Minnesota	77	85	.475
4	Detroit	76	86	.469
5	Kansas City	69	93	.426

2026 National League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Milwaukee	103	59	.636
2	Chicago	89	73	.549
3	Pittsburgh	82	80	.506
4	St. Louis	77	85	.475
5	Cincinnati	75	87	.463

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
9	Blue Jays	79	83	.488
···
13	Royals	69	93	.426

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