Pittsburgh Pirates

3rdin NL Central · 77-77

YES!

Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals

67-87 5 – 8

77-77

Final · Fri, Sep 18

Game Details

PNC Park (Pittsburgh) · 25,424 fans · MLB.TV, Royals.TV

Recap

Konnor Griffin has 4 hits as the Pirates rally past the Royals to reach .500

Rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin had four hits, Brandon Lowe hit his 32nd homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates surged past the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	2
PIT	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	0		8	15	0

Win Probability · Pittsburgh Pirates

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Kansas City Royals

Vinnie Pasquantino · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Nate Pearson · 1.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 K (L, 2-2)Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Konnor Griffin · 4-5, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Yohan Ramirez · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 7-4)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 7th

1B Griffin reached on infield single to shortstop, Horwitz scored, Davis to second.5–8

Bot 7th

1B Horwitz singled to left, Cruz scored and Gonzales scored.5–7

Bot 5th

BFO O'Hearn grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cruz scored, Gonzales out at second.5–5

Bot 4th

GRO Griffin grounded out to shortstop, Horwitz scored.5–4

Bot 4th

2B Davis doubled to right, Simon scored, Horwitz to third.5–3

Top 4th

HR Massey homered to right (371 feet).5–2

Bot 3rd

HR Lowe homered to center (417 feet), Griffin scored.4–2

Top 3rd

2B Garcia doubled to right, Pasquantino scored and Witt Jr. scored, Garcia out stretching at third.4–0

Top 3rd

1B Pasquantino singled to right, Isbel scored, Witt Jr. to second.2–0

Top 1st

HR Pasquantino homered to right (395 feet).1–0

Team Stats

Kansas City RoyalsPittsburgh Pirates

Batting

8 Hits 15

2 Home Runs 1

2 Walks 3

11 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 1

8 Left on Base 26

Pitching & Fielding

155 Pitches Thrown 141

2 Errors 0

5 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JensenC	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.233	21	.320	.450
B. Witt Jr.SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.276	15	.358	.440
V. Pasquantino1B	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.240	13	.327	.395
M. Garcia3B	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	.262	13	.318	.378
M. Massey2B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	.279	16	.312	.444
S. PerezDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.226	16	.270	.374
J. RaveLF	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.227	13	.319	.454
I. CollinsPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.219	5	.325	.332
N. LoftinRF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.232	15	.319	.376
K. IsbelCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.221	8	.267	.326
T. TolbertPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.293	6	.358	.407
Team	33	5	8	5	2	2	11		141

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R. Dobnak	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	1	74-46	3.08
C. Thomas	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	19-16	9.15
A. Gose	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	22-15	0.00
N. Pearson(L, 2-2)	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	28-14	3.07
L. Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	5.96
Team	8.0	15	8	8	3	7	1	155-99

Pittsburgh Pirates ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. GriffinSS	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	.271	18	.325	.393
B. Lowe2B	5	1	1	2	1	0	2	.260	19	.331	.488
B. ReynoldsRF	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	.263	17	.366	.427
O. CruzCF	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	.277	21	.364	.483
N. Gonzales3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.304	8	.368	.391
J. Triolo3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	3	.311	.307
R. O'HearnDH	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	.266	19	.333	.449
R. SimonRF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.318	17	.362	.386
B. CookLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	0	.208	.235
S. Horwitz1B	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	.248	13	.347	.368
H. DavisC	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.169	20	.272	.313
Team	37	8	15	8	1	3	7		155