Kansas City2FINAL
Thu, Sep 17 · 7:15 PM EDT
Scoring summary
T1M. Garcia grounded into double play, second to first, C. Jensen scored, J. Caglianone out at second, B. Witt Jr. to third off M. Ullola1-0
B1J. Pena homers, 1 RBI off S. Lugo1-1- B2D. Varsho homers, 1 RBI off S. Lugo1-2
- B5L. Wade Jr. homers, 1 RBI off S. Lugo1-3
- B5Y. Alvarez homers, 1 RBI off S. Lugo1-4
- B6J. Pena singles, 1 RBI off C. Thomas1-5
- T8C. Jensen singles, 1 RBI off E. Pecko2-5
- B8T. Trammell homers, 1 RBI off A. Lange2-6
KCTeam stats
This gameHOU3Hits11
0Home runs5
2Walks2
Top 9th
- M. Massey grounded out to first
- M. Garcia grounded out to second
- N. Loftin flied out to left
- N. Loftin hit for J. Caglianone
- J. Hader relieved B. Abreu
Box score
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
KC1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
0
HOU1
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
—
6
11
0
KCTeam stats
This gameHOU3Hits11
0Home runs5
2Walks2
6Strikeouts (batting)7
134Pitches thrown117
0Errors0
Top performers
This game
KCSeth Lugo5.0 IP, 5 K, 4 ER
HOUEthan Pecko5.2 IP, 4 K, 1 ER- HOUJeremy Pena2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Kansas City Royals
| Player | H-AB | R | HR | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Carter JensenC | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Jac CaglianoneDH | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Nick LoftinPH | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Maikel Garcia3B | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Michael Massey2B | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Salvador Perez1B | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John RaveRF | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kyle IsbelCF | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Isaac CollinsLF | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3-29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Kansas City Royals
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seth LugoP | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 76-53 | 5.06 | 76 |
 Connor ThomasP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21-12 | 9.33 | 21 |
 Jose CuasP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-9 | 2.25 | 14 |
 Alex LangeP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23-14 | 6.09 | 23 |
| Total | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 134-88 | 6.75 | 134 |
Closing line
Spread:KC +1.5(-164)CLOSEDHOU -1.5(+139)CLOSED
O/U:O 9(+100)CLOSEDU 9(-120)CLOSED
Moneyline:KC(+129)CLOSEDHOU(-152)CLOSED
Starting pitchers
Season stats to date
7W2
9L0
5.17ERA2.16
134K16
1.47WHIP0.72
KC
Starting lineups
HOUKCHOU
- 22C. JensenC13
J. PenaSS - 7B. Witt Jr.SS244
Y. AlvarezDH - 14J. CaglianoneDH315
I. Paredes3B - 11M. Garcia3B427
J. Altuve2B - 19M. Massey2B521
Y. DiazC - 13S. Perez1B618
D. VarshoCF - 16J. RaveRF726
T. TrammellLF - 28K. IsbelCF811
C. SmithRF - 1I. CollinsLF931
L. Wade Jr.1B
Pitcher matchup
Season stats to date
7W2
9L0
5.17ERA2.16
134K16
1.47WHIP0.72
Batting
Season stats to date
.247 (8th)Batting Average(18th) .242
690 (22nd)Runs(13th) 734
170 (21st)Home Runs(1st) 226
656 (23rd)RBIs(12th) 701
130 (9th)Stolen Bases(30th) 50
.316 (17th)On-Base %(19th) .315
.402 (12th)Slugging %(4th) .417
.718 (16th)OPS(7th) .733
Pitching + Defense
Season stats to date
4.77 (27th)ERA(24th) 4.45
1.41 (27th)WHIP(20th) 1.34
1173 (28th)Strikeouts(9th) 1411
582 (22nd)Walks Allowed(29th) 650
38 (21st)Saves(4th) 49
.261 (28th)Opponent AVG(9th) .237
62 (6th)Quality Starts(25th) 44
Team record
Injuries (10)
M. Spence RP · KCDay-To-Day · Undisclosed
S. Cruz RP · KCOut · Personal
M. Burrows SP · HOU60-Day IL · Elbow · Inflammation
E. De Los Santos RP · HOUOut · Knee · Tendinitis
Game information
- 7:15 PM, September 17, 2026
- Daikin Park, Houston
- Watch: MLB.TV, Fox