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Kansas City vs Houston Matchups, Results & Stats

KC vs HOURecords

Team Table
Team	W/L	H/A	$	RF	RA	Tot	O/U
KC	64-81	26-46	-1551	4.28	4.90	9.18	67-76
HOU	73-71	37-38	33	4.49	4.76	9.25	70-66

KC vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

5-5-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	KC Starter (IP)	HOU Starter (IP)
Jun 14, '26	KC	4 - 0	KC -118	u8.5	S. Kolek (7.1)	S. Arrighetti (6.0)
Jun 13, '26	KC	8 - 7	HOU +112	o9.5	N. Cameron (4.1)	M. Burrows (5.0)
Jun 12, '26	KC	10 - 8	HOU -108	o9.5	L. Avila (0.2)	T. Imai (0.2)
May 14, '25	HOU	4 - 3	HOU -116	u8.5	M. Lorenzen (7.1)	C. Gordon (4.1)
May 13, '25	HOU	2 - 1	HOU -131	u7.5	K. Bubic (6.1)	F. Valdez (8.0)
May 12, '25	HOU	7 - 5	KC +110	o8.0	M. Wacha (6.1)	R. Gusto (2.1)
Apr 27, '25	KC	7 - 3	HOU -134	o7.5	K. Bubic (5.0)	H. Brown (6.0)
Apr 26, '25	KC	2 - 0	KC +119	u8.0	M. Wacha (6.0)	F. Valdez (8.0)
Apr 25, '25	KC	2 - 0	KC +102	u8.0	S. Lugo (8.0)	H. Wesneski (5.0)
Sep 01, '24	HOU	7 - 2	HOU -148	o8.5	A. Marsh (5.0)	R. Blanco (5.0)

Kansas City Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-6-0

Over / Under

2-8-0

-$140

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	Starter (IP)	Opp Starter (IP)
Sep 13, '26	@ BOS	L 1 - 4	L +158	u7.5	N. Cameron (6.0)	P. Tolle (6.0)
Sep 12, '26	@ BOS	L 1 - 5	L +183	u8.5	R. Dobnak (5.2)	R. Suarez (7.0)
Sep 11, '26	@ BOS	W 3 - 2	W +177	u8.5	S. Lugo (5.0)	S. Gray (6.0)
Sep 09, '26	AZ	W 5 - 2	W +100	u8.5	D. Lynch IV (5.0)	Z. Gallen (3.1)
Sep 08, '26	AZ	L 3 - 5	L -114	u9.0	M. Wacha (6.0)	C. Burnes (3.0)
Sep 07, '26	AZ	L 4 - 5	L -112	u9.5	N. Cameron (6.0)	D. Law (2.0)
Sep 06, '26	TOR	W 6 - 1	W +102	u9.5	R. Dobnak (6.0)	S. Arrighetti (4.2)
Sep 05, '26	TOR	L 3 - 4	L -108	u9.5	S. Lugo (5.0)	M. Scherzer (5.2)
Sep 04, '26	TOR	L 2 - 9	L -119	o10.0	D. Lynch IV (5.0)	J. Taillon (2.0)
Sep 03, '26	MIA	W 7 - 3	W -123	o9.0	M. Wacha (6.0)	S. Alcantara (6.0)

Kansas City Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Scheduled Starter	Last vs	ML	O/U
Sep 15, '26	@ HOU	M. Wacha (R)	W 4-0	W -118	u8.5
Sep 17, '26	@ HOU	S. Lugo (R)	W 4-0	W -118	u8.5
Sep 18, '26	@ PIT	R. Dobnak (R)	W 4-3	L -190	u8.5

Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-6-0

Over / Under

3-7-0

-$189

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	Starter (IP)	Opp Starter (IP)
Sep 13, '26	@ TB	L 4 - 14	L +110	o8.0	H. Wesneski (3.0)	F. Peralta (5.0)
Sep 12, '26	@ TB	L 2 - 3	L +123	u7.5	P. Lambert (6.0)	I. Seymour (6.0)
Sep 11, '26	@ TB	L 1 - 3	L +162	u7.5	M. Ullola (1.0)	D. Rasmussen (7.0)
Sep 10, '26	@ PHI	W 2 - 1	W +159	u8.5	C. Javier (6.0)	Z. Wheeler (7.0)
Sep 09, '26	@ PHI	L 7 - 11	L +133	o8.0	H. Brown (5.0)	C. Sanchez (6.0)
Sep 08, '26	@ PHI	W 6 - 5	W +112	o8.5	H. Wesneski (6.0)	A. Painter (5.0)
Sep 06, '26	AZ	L 2 - 3	L -121	u8.0	P. Lambert (7.0)	E. Rodriguez (6.0)
Sep 05, '26	AZ	L 3 - 4	L -106	u9.0	E. Pecko (4.1)	B. Pfaadt (6.1)
Sep 04, '26	AZ	W 3 - 1	W -131	u9.0	C. Javier (5.0)	M. Kelly (6.0)
Sep 03, '26	CHW	W 6 - 2	W -157	u8.5	H. Brown (6.0)	L. Castillo (4.0)

Houston Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Scheduled Starter	Last vs	ML	O/U
Sep 15, '26	KC	H. Brown (R)	L 0-4	L +100	u8.5
Sep 17, '26	KC	TBD	L 0-4	L +100	u8.5
Sep 18, '26	ATL	P. Lambert (R)	L 3-8	L -134	o9.0

Series Stats

Remaining Games - Series KC @ HOU
Date	KC Starter	HOU Starter
Thu, Sep 17 19:15 ET	S. Lugo R (7-8 4.99)	--

Series Game Records

Kansas City - series game records
	Overall	After Win	After Loss
Game 1	21-26	11-8	10-18
Game 2	20-26	13-8	7-18
Game 3	20-26	8-12	12-14
Game 4	3-3	3-1	0-2

Houston - series game records
	Overall	After Win	After Loss
Game 1	24-22	10-10	14-12
Game 2	24-22	10-14	14-8
Game 3	21-25	9-15	12-10
Game 4	4-2	4-1	0-1

Next 3 Series

Kansas City
Date	vs	W-L	Home/Away
Thu, Sep 17 - Thu, Sep 17	@ HOU	75-75	37-38 H
Fri, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 20	@ PIT	75-75	38-34 H
Tue, Sep 22 - Thu, Sep 24	vs CHW	77-73	34-42 A

Houston
Date	vs	W-L	Home/Away
Thu, Sep 17 - Thu, Sep 17	vs KC	66-84	27-48 A
Fri, Sep 18 - Sun, Sep 20	vs ATL	88-63	37-36 A
Tue, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 23	@ SEA	70-81	40-35 H

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KC vs HOUInjury report

Kansas City's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
J. Caglianone	RF	Day To Day - Elbow( Sep 11, '26)	Sep 11, '26
Caglianone is not in the lineup for Saturday's (Sept. 12) game against the Red Sox due to an elbow injury.
M. Garcia	3B	Ten Day IL - Hamstring( Aug 20, '26)	Aug 20, '26
The Kansas City Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain.
T. Gonsolin	SP	Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( Aug 12, '26)	Aug 12, '26
The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Tony Gonsolin on the 15-day injured list.
L. Avila	SP	Sixty Day IL - Forearm( Aug 05, '26)	Aug 05, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Luinder Avila from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to right forearm tightness.
B. Way	RP	Fifteen Day IL - Back( Jul 27, '26)	Jul 27, '26
The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Beck Way on the 15-day injured list due to low back spasm tightness.
S. Kolek	SP	Sixty Day IL - Flexor( Jul 21, '26)	Jul 21, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a right flexor strain.
N. Mears	RP	Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Jul 13, '26)	Jul 13, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Nick Mears from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement.
C. Seabold	RP	Sixty Day IL - Lat( Jun 30, '26)	Jun 30, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Connor Seabold to the 60-day injured list with right lat strain.
C. Estevez	RP	Sixty Day IL - Foot( Jun 14, '26)	Jun 14, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP Carlos Estévez from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list with left foot contusion.
C. Ragans	SP	Sixty Day IL - Elbow( May 07, '26)	May 07, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred LHP Cole Ragans from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with elbow impingement.
J. India	2B	Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 27, '26)	Apr 27, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred INF Jonathan India to the 60-day injured list.
J. McArthur	RP	Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 18, '26)	Apr 18, '26
The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP James McArthur from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.
A. Marsh	SP	Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Feb 11, '26)	Feb 11, '26
The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Alec Marsh on the 60-day injured list due to a shoulder injury.

Kansas City Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS	#	Player
SP	65	Noah Cameron
RP	26	Craig Kimbrel
SP	50	Connor Thomas
SP	61	Nate Pearson

Hitters
POS	#	Player
3B	12	Nick Loftin
PH-C	22	* Carter Jensen
SS	7	Bobby Witt Jr.
DH	14	Jac Caglianone
PH-DH	9	* Vinnie Pasquantino
1B	13	Salvador Perez
2B	19	Michael Massey
RF	24	Matthew Lugo
PH-3B	40	* Josh Rojas
LF	1	Isaac Collins
C	18	Luke Maile
PR-RF	16	* John Rave
CF-CF	2	Tyler Tolbert

(* - Change In Order)

Houston's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
Y. Alvarez	DH	Day To Day - Ankle( Sep 11, '26)	Sep 11, '26
Alvarez is not in the lineup for Saturday's (Sep. 12) game against Rays.
M. Burrows	SP	Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Sep 05, '26)	Sep 05, '26
The Houston Astros transferred RHP Mike Burrows from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with right elbow neuritis.
S. Okert	RP	Fifteen Day IL - Hamstring( Sep 03, '26)	Sep 03, '26
The Houston Astros placed Steven Okert (RP) on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.
B. Matthews	CF	Sixty Day IL - Knee( Aug 18, '26)	Aug 18, '26
The Houston Astros transferred OF Brice Matthews from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a left knee sprain.
C. Correa	SS	Sixty Day IL - Ankle( Jun 01, '26)	Jun 01, '26
The Houston Astros Carlos Correa was transferred to the 60-day injured list, he underwent season-ending surgery to repair a tendon tear in his left ankle, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com.
B. Walter	RP	Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Mar 24, '26)	Mar 24, '26
The Houston Astros placed LHP Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he recovers from left elbow surgery.

Houston Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS	#	Player
RP	39	Hayden Wesneski
RP	65	Enyel De Los Santos
SP	56	Ronel Blanco

Hitters
POS	#	Player
SS	3	Jeremy Pena
PH-SS	20	* Nick Allen
DH	44	Yordan Alvarez
PH-DH	30	* Nelson Velazquez
3B	15	Isaac Paredes
2B	27	Jose Altuve
C	21	Yainer Diaz
CF	18	Daulton Varsho
1B	31	* LaMonte Wade Jr.
1B	8	Christian Walker
CF	14	* Jorge Barrosa
RF	11	Cam Smith
LF	26	Taylor Trammell

(* - Change In Order)

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Daniel Lynch IV (L) Last 5

Win / Loss

4-1

ERA

4.98

Avg. IP

4.1

Last 5
Date Score	Line	O/U	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR	PIT	P/IP	GB:FB
Sep 09, '26 KC 5 - AZ 2	W +100	u8.5	5.0	4	2	2	3	2	1	81	16.2	1.3
Sep 04, '26 KC 2 - TOR 9	L -119	o10.0	5.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	70	14.0	4.0
Aug 29, '26 CLE 3 - KC 8	W +146	o7.5	3.1	3	2	2	3	2	1	70	21.0	6.0
Aug 23, '26 KC 11 - DET 7	W +100	o8.5	4.1	4	2	2	2	1	0	59	13.6	0.6
Aug 18, '26 KC 4 - ATH 3	W -156	u9.0	4.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	45	11.3	1.0
Last 5 Avg.			4.1	4.0	2.4	2.4	1.8	1.6	0.4	65.0	15.2	2.6

Last Vs Houston

Last Vs Houston
Date Score	Line	O/U	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR	PIT	P/IP	GB:FB
Aug 23, '21 HOU 1 - KC 7	W +210	u9.0	5.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	88	17.6	3.0
Aug 17, '21 KC 3 - HOU 1	W +177	u9.5	7.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	98	14.0	1.6
Last 2 Avg.			6.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	93.0	15.8	2.3

Cristian Javier (R) Last 5

Win / Loss

1-4

ERA

4.88

Avg. IP

4.2

Last 5
Date Score	Line	O/U	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR	PIT	P/IP	GB:FB
Sep 04, '26 HOU 3 - AZ 1	W -131	u9.0	5.0	1	1	1	8	3	1	79	15.8	1.0
Aug 23, '26 HOU 6 - ATH 7	L -174	o8.5	4.0	4	3	3	8	2	1	90	22.5	0.5
Aug 18, '26 HOU 1 - LAA 3	L -163	u9.0	4.0	5	2	2	5	1	1	87	21.8	1.0
Aug 09, '26 SD 7 - HOU 2	L +106	p9.0	5.0	8	4	4	2	1	2	86	17.2	0.2
Aug 03, '26 HOU 1 - TOR 3	L -148	u9.0	6.0	7	3	3	2	0	1	85	14.2	0.5
Last 5 Avg.			4.2	5.0	2.6	2.6	5.0	1.4	1.2	85.4	18.3	0.6

Last Vs Kansas City

Last Vs Kansas City
Date Score	Line	O/U	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	HR	PIT	P/IP	GB:FB
Apr 09, '24 KC 4 - HOU 3	L -113	u8.5	5.1	5	3	2	4	3	0	93	17.4	0.6
Sep 15, '23 KC 4 - HOU 2	L -184	u10.5	5.0	5	3	3	6	1	2	81	16.2	0.3
Jul 06, '22 HOU 4 - KC 7	L -273	o8.0	5.0	4	5	5	7	3	3	95	19.0	0.6
Last 3 Avg.			5.0	4.7	3.7	3.3	5.7	2.3	1.7	89.7	17.5	0.5

KC vs HOUStats

KC vs HOU Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team	ERA	AVG.	OBP	WHIP	IP	HR	BB	K
Kansas City	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Houston	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Starters
Team	Runs/9	ERA	AVG.	OBP	WHIP	IP	HR	BB	K
Kansas City	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Houston	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Relievers
Team	Runs/9	ERA	AVG.	OBP	WHIP	IP	HR	BB	K
Kansas City	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Houston	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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Bullpen
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Kansas City Bullpen	REST	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	GB:FB
Carlos Estevez (R)	172	1	0.1	4	6	6	1	2	0	162.00	18.00	0:0
Nick Mears (R)	112	21	19.1	18	11	11	2	10	15	5.12	1.45	18:11
Last 3		1	0.2	2	3	3	0	2	1	40.50	6.00	0:0
Connor Seabold (R)	78	21	24.0	30	15	14	2	11	20	5.25	1.71	24:20
Last 3		1	0.2	0	2	1	0	2	0	13.50	3.00	2:0
Beck Way (R)	54	19	23.1	27	13	10	4	10	21	3.86	1.59	26:11
Nolan Hoffman (R)	8	7	9.0	10	5	5	0	4	5	5.00	1.56	9:4
Last 3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1:0
Alex Lange (R)	8	54	55.2	56	39	37	9	29	56	5.98	1.53	59:27
Last 3		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	9.00	3.00	1:0
Steven Cruz (R)	8	52	54.2	49	27	25	12	18	58	4.12	1.23	53:21
Last 3		2	2.0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0.00	2.00	2:0
Anthony Gose (L)	7	7	7.1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.82	5:6
Last 3		2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	1:3
Craig Kimbrel (R)	7	44	44.2	39	26	22	4	18	40	4.43	1.28	30:35
Last 3		2	2.0	7	5	4	0	0	2	18.00	3.50	1:1
Jose Cuas (R)	7	19	18.0	23	6	5	0	10	19	2.50	1.83	11:8
Last 3		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.80	2:0
Daniel Lynch IV (L)	7	53	71.2	57	32	28	6	22	49	3.52	1.10	83:45
Last 3		1	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	3	3.60	1.20	5:4
Bullpen Total	468	298	328.0	318	182	163	40	135	283	4.47	1.38	318:188
Last 3		13	15.1	21	16	11	2	10	9	6.46	2.02	15:8
Available Bullpen	468	298	328.0	318	182	163	40	135	283	4.47	1.38	318:188

Houston Bullpen	REST	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	GB:FB
Steven Okert (L)	16	68	67.2	45	17	16	7	14	68	2.13	0.87	39:47
Josh Hader (L)	8	41	40.1	16	4	4	1	11	53	0.89	0.67	25:22
Last 3		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	2.00	0:2
Bryan Abreu (R)	8	59	57.0	38	25	23	7	40	72	3.63	1.37	40:26
Last 3		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	1.00	0:2
Bennett Sousa (L)	8	27	23.1	27	17	15	3	15	26	5.79	1.80	14:20
Last 3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0:0
Hayden Wesneski (R)	8	8	45.2	33	17	17	3	14	36	3.35	1.03	41:22
Last 3		1	6.0	5	3	3	1	0	3	4.50	0.83	5:3
Enyel De Los Santos (R)	7	63	67.1	61	36	32	8	17	62	4.28	1.16	52:43
Last 3		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0:0
AJ Blubaugh (R)	7	57	89.0	71	35	33	12	36	90	3.34	1.20	67:61
Last 3		2	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	27.00	4.00	0:0
Bryan King (L)	7	53	54.0	61	35	31	8	18	44	5.17	1.46	64:23
Last 3		1	0.0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1:0
Tatsuya Imai (R)	7	20	72.2	58	42	42	9	50	91	5.20	1.49	58:36
Last 3		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0.00	2.00	1:1
Bullpen Total	76	396	517.0	410	228	213	58	215	542	3.71	1.21	400:300
Last 3		10	13.0	16	11	10	2	4	12	6.92	1.54	7:8
Available Bullpen	76	396	517.0	410	228	213	58	215	542	3.71	1.21	400:300

Kansas City All Starters	REST	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	GB:FB
Cole Ragans (L)	133	8	35.1	27	20	19	10	23	45	4.84	1.42	23:20
Stephen Kolek (R)	76	10	54.0	55	30	27	8	12	34	4.50	1.24	68:29
Luinder Avila (R)	46	21	70.0	71	43	43	7	42	61	5.53	1.61	75:36
Easton McGee (R)	12	8	10.1	15	8	8	3	5	9	6.97	1.94	7:7
Seth Lugo (R)	11	29	159.0	178	97	89	18	51	119	5.04	1.44	151:114
Randy Dobnak (R)	10	12	63.2	61	18	18	6	23	43	2.54	1.32	85:32
Noah Cameron (L)	9	28	160.1	142	75	70	16	50	145	3.93	1.20	148:98
Michael Wacha (R)	8	29	182.2	154	70	66	24	47	147	3.25	1.10	161:124
Connor Thomas (L)	8	11	15.2	24	18	18	4	7	11	10.34	1.98	21:7
Nate Pearson (R)	7	35	40.0	26	11	9	1	19	35	2.03	1.13	35:24

Houston All Starters	REST	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	GB:FB
Mike Burrows (R)	72	18	94.2	112	69	63	21	35	75	5.99	1.55	85:60
Ronel Blanco (R)	15	6	27.1	25	20	20	7	15	23	6.59	1.46	24:24
Ethan Pecko (R)	11	4	17.1	16	11	10	4	10	11	5.19	1.50	13:15
Peter Lambert (R)	10	25	139.2	116	59	57	14	56	137	3.67	1.23	101:102
Miguel Ullola (R)	10	5	7.0	5	3	3	2	1	10	3.86	0.86	2:7
Hunter Brown (R)	7	17	92.0	74	39	36	11	46	100	3.52	1.30	99:40

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