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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Kansas City Royals

Match details
MLB· 2026USABaseball · League() UTC Final
Pittsburgh PiratesHome
4 : 3Final score
Kansas City RoyalsAway
Full time · Home win
Result Confirmed · odds are for reference
DataFeed 0

Lineups · Absences

Confirmed batting order
Confirmed batting order Source: MLB · Starters 9
#PosPlayerAVGHRRBI
1SSKonnor Griffin.272633
22BBrandon Lowe.2603596
3LFBryan Reynolds.2611772
4CFOneil Cruz.2802067
53BJared Triolo.238329
6DHRonny Simon.25414
7CRafael Flores Jr..2641125
81BSpencer Horwitz.2441049
9RFJake Mangum.276533
This season
Starting pitchersLake Bachar
Confirmed batting order Source: MLB · Starters 9
#PosPlayerAVGHRRBI
13BMaikel Garcia.268338
2SSBobby Witt Jr..2811854
3DHJac Caglianone.2892375
41BSalvador Perez.2292178
52BMichael Massey.2741350
6RFNick Loftin.240845
7LFJohn Rave.232613
8CLuke Maile.15915
9PHIsaac Collins.213640
This season
Starting pitchersMichael Wacha
Confirmed out · Doubtful
Not received yet
MLB official · As of Oct 1 00:00

Match result

Final
Final score
4 : 3
Result
Home win Final
Hits 8 : 9Errors 1 : 1
Period score123456789Total
Pittsburgh Pirates00010102—4
Kansas City Royals1000002003
Hits 8-9

Player stats · This match

Source: MLB
Batters 11 players
PlayerABHHRRBIBBSO
2BB. Lowe410011
SSK. Griffin510001
LFB. Reynolds310011
RFJ. Mangum300011
3BN. Gonzales400001
CFO. Cruz411100
CR. Flores Jr.321211
DHR. O'Hearn310011
1BS. Horwitz410102
3BJ. Triolo000000
DHR. Simon000000
Pitchers 5 players
PlayerIPHARERBBKDec
C. Mlodzinski3.032211W
W. Dotel2.010001—
Y. Ramirez2.010004—
StarterL. Bachar1.031101—
M. Montgomery1.010001SV
Batters 12 players
PlayerABHHRRBIBBSO
SSB. Witt Jr.410001
DHJ. Caglianone320010
LFJ. Rave410002
CL. Maile410002
3BM. Garcia400001
2BM. Massey400001
RFN. Loftin410000
1BS. Perez420101
CFT. Tolbert200000
PHI. Collins100000
PHV. Pasquantino111200
CFK. Isbel000000
Pitchers 6 players
PlayerIPHARERBBKDec
StarterM. Wacha5.242245—
C. Thomas0.210011—
N. Pearson0.232201L
A. Gose0.100000—
J. Cuas0.100001—
N. Hoffman0.100001—

Data provided by MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

As of Sep 29 03:56

Odds

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Last 20 matches

By team · Incl. exhibition and postseason
Recent match metrics
Pittsburgh PiratesWWWLLWLLWW13W 7L
Kansas City RoyalsLLLWLLLWWL7W 13L
Pittsburgh Pirates
Based on 20 games		Kansas City Royals
Based on 20 games
20Games20
13W 7LW · L7W 13L
65%Win rate35%
4.35Scored per game3.75
4.15Conceded per game4.75
+4Score difference-20
0/20 gamesScoreless games0/20 games
9.2Hits per game7.6
0.5Errors per game0.6
1.9Early runs scored (innings 1-3)1.4
1.2Early runs allowed (innings 1-3)1.6
1.1Late runs scored (7th inning on)1.2
1.4Late runs allowed (7th inning on)1.6
8.5Average combined score8.5
45%One-run game rate20%
Pittsburgh Pirates
Based on 11 games		Home matches onlyKansas City Royals
Based on 9 games
11Games9
7W 4LW · L3W 6L
64%Win rate33%
4.64Scored per game4.33
4.45Conceded per game4.89
+2Score difference-5
0/11 gamesScoreless games0/9 games
9.2Hits per game7.6
0.2Errors per game0.3
2.2Early runs scored (innings 1-3)1.9
1.4Early runs allowed (innings 1-3)1.7
1.4Late runs scored (7th inning on)1.6
1.6Late runs allowed (7th inning on)1.9
9.1Average combined score9.2
55%One-run game rate22%
Pittsburgh Pirates
Based on 9 games		Away matches onlyKansas City Royals
Based on 11 games
9Games11
6W 3LW · L4W 7L
67%Win rate36%
4.00Scored per game3.27
3.78Conceded per game4.64
+2Score difference-15
0/9 gamesScoreless games0/11 games
9.1Hits per game7.6
0.9Errors per game0.7
1.4Early runs scored (innings 1-3)0.9
1.1Early runs allowed (innings 1-3)1.5
0.7Late runs scored (7th inning on)1.0
1.0Late runs allowed (7th inning on)1.3
7.8Average combined score7.9
33%One-run game rate18%
Recent matches
As of Oct 17 02:04

Head-to-head

Same season · 2 matches
2Pittsburgh Pirates W
0Kansas City Royals W
Not enough records (2 games)Average combined score
Pittsburgh Pirates Reference
Scored : Conceded
14 : 10
At home
2W 0L
Away
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Match info · Related matches

Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals met in MLB on 20 Sep 2026 17:35 UTC.

The match ended Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Kansas City Royals.

Pittsburgh Pirates are 8th in the table and Kansas City Royals are 13th.

Pittsburgh Pirates won 3, drew 0 and lost 2 of their last 5 matches.

Kansas City Royals won 1, drew 0 and lost 4 of their last 5 matches.

In their last 2 meetings, Pittsburgh Pirates won 2, Kansas City Royals won 0 and 0 ended level.

Lake Bachar starts on the mound for Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates's lineup includes Bryan Reynolds, Oneil Cruz.

Michael Wacha starts on the mound for Kansas City Royals.

Kansas City Royals's lineup includes Jac Caglianone, Salvador Perez.

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