The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sep 20, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Rafael Flores Jr. went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Carmen Mlodzinski pitched 3.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 1 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. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Maile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Nate Pearson | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor Thomas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Gose | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Hoffman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konnor Griffin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Mangum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wilber Dotel | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lake Bachar | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: KC 5, PIT 6 · Next Sep 22, 2026: CHW at KC
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: KC 5, PIT 6 · Next Sep 22, 2026: STL at PIT