Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

67-87, 28-51 Away

Final

Pittsburgh PiratesPiratesPIT

77-77, 40-36 Home

Royals
5
Pirates
8

Game 1

9/18

Royals
Pirates

Game 2

9/19

MLB.TV

Royals
Pirates

Game 3

9/20

MLB.TV

PNC Park

6:40 PM, September 18, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 25,424

Game Time:2:42

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Bill Miller
First Base Umpire - Chad Whitson
Second Base Umpire - Brian Walsh
Third Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	79	75	.513	-	W3
Chicago	78	76	.506	1	L1
Detroit	73	81	.474	6	W1
Minnesota	72	82	.468	7	W1
Kansas City	67	87	.435	12	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	96	58	.623	-	W1
Chicago	85	69	.552	11	L1
Pittsburgh	77	77	.500	19	W2
St. Louis	75	79	.487	21	L3
Cincinnati	72	82	.468	24	W1

Connor Prielipp and Walker Jenkins lead Twins to 3-0 victory over Angels

— Connor Prielipp allowed two hits in a season-high seven innings and fellow rookie Walker Jenkins homered to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

Montes hits leadoff homer in the 9th to lift the Mariners over the Rockies, 5-4

— Lazaro Montes led off the ninth inning with a 426-foot home run and the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Friday night.

White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers

— Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from six down to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-8 on Friday night.

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