The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Sep 19, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Brandon Lowe went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Bubba Chandler pitched 4.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Nolan Hoffman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ronny Simon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Chandler | 4.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lake Bachar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Camilo Doval | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Eisert | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: KC 5, PIT 8 · Next Sep 20, 2026: KC 3, PIT 4
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: KC 5, PIT 8 · Next Sep 20, 2026: KC 3, PIT 4