Kansas City Royals

5thin AL Central · 67-88

Ugh, no.

Kansas City Royals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates

67-88 5 – 6

78-77

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

PNC Park (Pittsburgh) · 21,004 fans · MLB.TV, Royals.TV

Recap

Brandon Lowe's go-ahead homer in the 8th lifts the Pirates past the Royals, 6-5

Brandon Lowe hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

PNC Park · Pittsburgh

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	13	1
PIT	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2		6	9	1

Win Probability · Kansas City Royals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Kansas City Royals

Nick Loftin · 4-5, 1 RBIBatting
Steven Cruz · 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 1 K (L, 2-4, B, 2)Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Brandon Lowe · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Luke Weaver · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 3-1)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Scoring

Bot 8th

HR Lowe homered to right center (401 feet), Triolo scored.5–6

Top 7th

1B Loftin singled to center, Caglianone scored, Pasquantino to third.5–4

Top 7th

1B Caglianone singled to left, Witt Jr. scored.4–4

Top 5th

SAC Massey hit sacrifice bunt to first, Caglianone scored.3–4

Top 5th

GRO Pasquantino grounded out to first, Witt Jr. scored, Caglianone to third.2–4

Bot 4th

HR Mangum homered to left (397 feet), Gonzales scored.1–4

Top 3rd

HR Jensen homered to right center (375 feet). Umpire review: call on the field was upheld.1–2

Bot 2nd

HR Simon homered to left (393 feet), Lowe scored.0–2

Team Stats

Kansas City RoyalsPittsburgh Pirates

Batting

13 Hits 9

1 Home Runs 3

2 Walks 2

12 Strikeouts 7

3 Stolen Bases 1

20 Left on Base 11

Pitching & Fielding

120 Pitches Thrown 175

1 Errors 1

0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

Kansas City Royals ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	5	1	1	1	1	0	3	.233	26	.319	.454
B. Witt Jr.SS	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	.279	13	.360	.442
J. CaglianoneDH	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	.279	28	.332	.485
T. TolbertPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	0	.358	.407
V. Pasquantino1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.242	19	.328	.396
S. PerezPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	5	.269	.373
M. Massey2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.277	20	.310	.441
M. GarciaPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	5	.317	.376
N. Loftin3B	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	.240	14	.324	.382
J. RaveRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.228	12	.317	.447
K. IsbelCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.218	15	.263	.321
I. CollinsLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.217	18	.324	.329
Team	38	5	13	5	1	2	12		175

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N. Cameron	6.0	7	4	4	2	6	2	94-65	3.92
N. Hoffman(H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.97
S. Cruz(L, 2-4, B, 2)	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	17-12	4.37
Team	8.0	9	6	6	2	7	3	120-83

Pittsburgh Pirates ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. GriffinSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.269	22	.324	.389
O. CruzDH	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.280	16	.368	.484
B. ReynoldsLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.261	15	.364	.424
R. Flores Jr.C	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.277	13	.343	.523
J. Triolo3B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	0	.311	.307
B. Lowe2B	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	.262	10	.332	.494
N. Gonzales3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.304	14	.367	.392
B. CookCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	0	.208	.235
R. O'Hearn1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.264	14	.329	.444
R. SimonRF	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	.313	9	.353	.438
H. DavisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	0	.272	.313
J. MangumRF	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	.281	7	.337	.373
Team	32	6	9	6	3	2	7		120

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B. Chandler	4.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	90-57	4.34
B. Eisert	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	5.10
L. Bachar(H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17-10	3.50
C. Doval(B, 5)	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	26-17	4.30
L. Weaver(W, 3-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	2.79
M. Montgomery(S, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21-13	2.63
Team	9.0	13	5	5	2	12	1	175-111